Kamini Pather

Kamini, pronounced like ‘harmony’ started her career in the food industry when she won the second season of MasterChef SA. Since then, she has been the host of and an executive producer on her SAFTA winning food-travel show, Girl Eat World. GEW was broadcast locally on SABC 3 and the Food Network, as well as on Netflix North America and is currently being flight globally on Discovery World, as well as being available to stream via ShowMax.

Kamini has a Bachelor of Commerce degree, a diploma in Copy Writing and a WSET 2 certification.

Since winning MasterChef SA, Kamini has won a few media wards which include an SA Style Award and as well as a Glamour Women Of The Year Award. Kamini has hosted radio segments on some of the well-loved radio stations in the Western Cape, GoodHopeFM and HeartFM, as well as 2 Oceans Vibe Radio and Cliff Central. She was a guest judge on Top Chef, has an online cookery course with Yuppie Chef and has contributed to the monthly meals at Ucook.

Besides cooking, Kamini is an avid CT Marathon runner and a qualified yoga instructor. She believes that one should only trust a skinny chef and lives her life accordingly.

More recently, Kamini has been cooking up a storm in her home kitchen and capturing the moments through video and image content creation, using brands that she would normally keep in her pantry. She believes in quick, healthy and delicious food that often include smatterings of inspiration from her cultural heritage and her country.