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Somizi's Mouth-Watering Cookbook Secures Top Spot
Popular South African media personality Somizi Mhlongo-Motaung's 'Dinner at Somizi's - I Am Not A Chef' is the highest selling cookbook in South Africa.
According to News24, Somizi Mhlongo-Motaung's cookbook Dinner at Somizi's - I Am Not A Chef has held the highest selling spot since November of last year. The book sales for the cookbook have reportedly toppled over veteran chef Jamie Oliver's cookbook. Mhlongo-Motaung, who is one of South Africa's most prominent media personalities and dance choreographers, took to Instagram to share the exciting news.
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</div></blockquote></div><p>The success of the cookbook follows the popularity of Mhlongo-Motaung's Shomax television show, <em><a href="https://www.showmax.com/eng/tvseries/auk5vg4w-dinner-at-somizis" target="_blank">Dinner at Somizi's</a>, </em>where guests are interviewed while making a scrumptious dinner. The culinary variety show garnered a huge following when it debuted during the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic in July of last year. However, <em>Dinner at Somizi's</em> was not entirely embraced when it first came out as some <a href="https://www.timeslive.co.za/tshisa-live/tshisa-live/2020-07-03-somizi-pans-cooking-show-critics/" target="_blank">criticised the show for not having a trained chef as the host</a>.<br></p><p><div class="preroll-video"></div><ora-player></ora-player></p><p><em>Dinner at Somizi's- I Am Not A Chef </em>comes as cultural upswing in South Africa's literary scene. Mhlongo-Motaung reportedly wanted to <a href="https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/entertainment/2021-01-08-somizis-cook-book-is-a-no-1-bestseller/" target="_blank">create a book for his fans</a> to show off how easy it is to make authentic and aesthetically-pleasing meals. The media personality and author follows in the footsteps of other famous published South African chefs and cooks, <strong>Siba Mtongana</strong>, Cape Town chef <strong>Zola Nene</strong>, <strong>Lorna Maseko</strong> and musician, <strong>J-Something</strong>. </p><p>Mhlongo-Motaung thanked his fans for buying his first cookbook and making his dreams come true. In 2017, he released his first autobiography titled <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35433203-dominoes" target="_blank"><em>Dominoes: Unbreakable Spirit - The Somizi Mhlongo Story</em></a>. The book tells of the up and downs Mhlongo-Motaung has faced in his tumultuous public career from starring in South Africa's hit film <em>Sarafina </em>to losing all of his money and rising back to popularity.</p><p><div class="dfp_atf-slot" data-not-loaded="true"></div><script type="text/javascript">
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