Lorna Maseko, Image: Instagram
Celebrity chef Lorna Maseko bags two awards at the international Gourmand 2020 award for her latest cookbook. Lorna won in the best celebrity chef cookbook and best international cookbook categories.
The celebrity chef announced the good news via her Twitter page.
%%%twitter https://twitter.com/hashtag/CelebrateWithLornaMaseko?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CelebrateWithLornaMasekohas won 2 awards with the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2020 | Best Celebrity Chef Cookbook AND Best International Cookbook | This is the best news ever!!!!! pic.twitter.com/ScMSmiMyWj
— Celebrate With Lorna Maseko (@Lorns_Maseko)
The winners of the prestigious awards were announced online says Edouard Cointreau, the president and founder of the awards in a statement. The event has also been put on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
“International travel is now impossible. Most of our winners will be in their homes for several more weeks. So, we realised that releasing the list now makes hundreds happier in these very difficult times.”
Lorna launched her book in September 2019.
She is self-taught and told the Sunday Times last year that she was not here for anyone who said she's not a proper chef.
“Some people would say I am not a proper chef but learning how to do things in your own kitchen is a trial-and-error situation. It's like dancing because of the repetitiveness - working at something until you perfect it.
“The days of being without a qualification holding you back are gone. Now there's a level of craftiness you have to have naturally to do the job.”
