29. Khanya Mzongwana
Vital Stats:
- Business: Off The Wall
- Established: 2014
Up-and-coming fact:
At 22, she closed down her first restaurant in Port Elizabeth and moved to Pretoria, where she was appointed head chef before resigning to open another restaurant – this time, a pop-up based in Hatfield.
Every monthly dinner hosted by her pop-up restaurant features cuisines themed around culture-rich regions in Europe, Africa, Asia and America. In addition to running Off The Wall, Mzongwana, is a food stylist whose numerous Instagram photos of meals she cooked herself earned her an offer from Taste magazine to be a contributor. She recently embarked on a brand new project, Undignified, which aims to celebrate food while interrogating complexities around food rights and access.