Hi,
I am Angela, wife to Rob, mother of a gorgeously cheeky and intelligent 5 year old, doggy mum to Ceasar and Duchess - our 7 year old and 4 year old Rottweiler
Until a year ago. I had been living in the UK with the whole tribe. My life revolved around being wife and mum but also carer to both my elderly parents. As is the usual case with the passing of time these circumstances change. Since losing my mother and my dad suffering a massive stroke I was suddenly left with some 'time on my hands' (does that concept even exist?).
In a 'past life' in South Africa I had dreamt of becoming a chef-long before the concept of the celebratory chef. Simply because I love cooking and baking. With the unsocial hours generally worked by chefs and the security situation in South Africa back in the eighties and nineties this was deemed not possible. Instead I got a job at a bank and worked my way up in the organisation. My passion for food never did go away.
I ended up doing catering for functions instead - 21st parties, engagements, weddings and anniversaries, corporate functions etc etc My biggest challenge came when between us my mum and I did a formal 5 course meal for 400 people with only a 'human dishwasher' as help.
Schloss Kiwi is the culmination of years of dreaming up new ideas of food, trying them out, cooking old traditional foods from different regions of the world. especially those I have lived in myself - Iraq, South Africa, UK, Germany and now New Zealand.
These days we live on a 'lifestyle block' north of Auckland New Zealand. A small rural community that seems to have taken us in as much as we have embraced it. The plan is to plant a fruit orchard - the first trees are already in, build a decent chicken run for our own eggs, establish a full seasonal vegetable garden, plant some more fruit trees - perhaps some exotic ones........spot the trend here? Even my household matters are dominated by food......
I am Angela, wife to Rob, mother of a gorgeously cheeky and intelligent 5 year old, doggy mum to Ceasar and Duchess - our 7 year old and 4 year old Rottweiler
Until a year ago. I had been living in the UK with the whole tribe. My life revolved around being wife and mum but also carer to both my elderly parents. As is the usual case with the passing of time these circumstances change. Since losing my mother and my dad suffering a massive stroke I was suddenly left with some 'time on my hands' (does that concept even exist?).
In a 'past life' in South Africa I had dreamt of becoming a chef-long before the concept of the celebratory chef. Simply because I love cooking and baking. With the unsocial hours generally worked by chefs and the security situation in South Africa back in the eighties and nineties this was deemed not possible. Instead I got a job at a bank and worked my way up in the organisation. My passion for food never did go away.
I ended up doing catering for functions instead - 21st parties, engagements, weddings and anniversaries, corporate functions etc etc My biggest challenge came when between us my mum and I did a formal 5 course meal for 400 people with only a 'human dishwasher' as help.
Schloss Kiwi is the culmination of years of dreaming up new ideas of food, trying them out, cooking old traditional foods from different regions of the world. especially those I have lived in myself - Iraq, South Africa, UK, Germany and now New Zealand.
These days we live on a 'lifestyle block' north of Auckland New Zealand. A small rural community that seems to have taken us in as much as we have embraced it. The plan is to plant a fruit orchard - the first trees are already in, build a decent chicken run for our own eggs, establish a full seasonal vegetable garden, plant some more fruit trees - perhaps some exotic ones........spot the trend here? Even my household matters are dominated by food......
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