Safaris & spices: An African food journey

About Nico Verster

Nico Verster has spent the past 15 years as a professional chef in some of the most breathtakingly beautiful locations throughout the Middle East and South Africa. He has worked in some of South Africa's top boutique hotels mastering his craft of modern African cuisine. Hotels include the Royal Portfolio Birkenhead House Royal Malewane and LaResidence as well as some of Africa's leading safari lodges like Phinda Private Game Reserve and Jamala Madikwe in Madikwe Game Reserve where he is currently a part owner and the permanently based head chef. Over the past two years Nico has been travelling and studying North East and West African cuisine to create his new book Safaris and Spices. Destinations include Morocco Mozambique Tanzania Zanzibar and Madagascar to name a few. Joe Dreyer award winning photographer Joe Dreyer completed a Bachelors of Fine Art Degree specialising in Fine Art Photography at Rhodes University in Grahamstown. In collaboration with soulful photographer Daniela Zondagh Joe started JoeDaniela Photography which offers an elite photography service that promises to raise the bar of photography in South Africa. With 20 years of passionate photographic experience this dynamic duo effortlessly complements each other with their individual strengths and proficiencies.