{"id":1439,"date":"2020-08-18T11:26:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T11:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/?p=1439"},"modified":"2020-08-18T11:26:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T11:26:21","slug":"women-who-create-candice-robbertze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/2020\/08\/18\/women-who-create-candice-robbertze\/","title":{"rendered":"Women who create: Candice Robbertze"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Candice Robbertze is a wife, a mom of two lovely boys, an advocate for women empowerment and a passionate entrepreneur.\u00a0She studied hospitality management and decided to become a chef.\u00a0Candice is currently running five different companies \u2013 all in the food, health and wellness, and lifestyle industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Oh, and I love to dance for exercise alone in my kitchen at home with my number one supporter: Frankie my Yorkie!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What has your journey been like to becoming a chef?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I grew up in a home of wine and cuisine connoisseurs.\u00a0My mom and dad owned a butchery for many years, so we always had amazing, delicious meals around us.\u00a0After I matriculated, I went overseas and ended up on a yacht in Monaco where I was employed as a chef (fake it till you make it!)\u00a0 My mom had to send me recipes in letter format and fax it to me so that I could make quiches and extravagant meals for all these celebrities that came on board the yacht.\u00a0After I returned to South Africa, I studied at UJ, the Hotel School in Smith Street.\u00a0One of my biggest challenges has always been to prove my worth in a male-dominant industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What do you like most about what you do?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My day is never the same.\u00a0It is fast-paced, I meet a lot of people and have the privilege to impact so many people\u2019s lives with what I do.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Take me through your creative process: from coming up with menu and food ideas, to actualising them?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In my case right now it is more about coming up with a specific product.\u00a0 Just recently I had to bring out a new high-protein, low-carb range for a project we did.\u00a0It literally took two days from conceptualising to actually having the products ready for a photo shoot.\u00a0The new lines include healthy donuts, waffles, muffins, and cupcakes, specifically designed for athletes and people who want a sugar snack without the guilt, and while you are snacking you get the ultimate nutrition that your body needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7M-jCARA-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1441\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7M-jCARA.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/?attachment_id=1441\" class=\"wp-image-1441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7M-jCARA-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7M-jCARA-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7M-jCARA-650x866.jpeg 650w, https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7M-jCARA.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/L73AxTXg-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1442\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/L73AxTXg-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/?attachment_id=1442\" class=\"wp-image-1442\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><em>Healthy deliciousness<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Name 3 women you admire and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Princess Diana \u2013 she was selfless while maintaining dignity and helping others, balancing family life and being in the spotlight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maya Angelou \u2013 through her written words she continues to motivate people.\u00a0My favorite quote: &#8220;Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doreen Morris \u2013 the first African woman on mainstream television in South Africa in 1984. I watched her on TV growing up, and I was lucky enough to sit next to her at a women\u2019s day event last year.\u00a0Such an inspiring and dynamic woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Any advice for other women?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It goes back to my Find Your Voice campaign that we launched in 2017. Women have to speak out. There is a place for you, as a woman, at the table of opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Lead image taken by Nicolette Duvenhage<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Candice Robbertze is a wife, a mom of two lovely boys, an advocate for women empowerment and a passionate entrepreneur. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-girl-boss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1439"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1444,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1439\/revisions\/1444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}