Willie Matthews
Founder member, former Hotel owner, with over 35 years of experience in the hospitality industry, Willie sees to our marketing, customer liaison, event management to name but a few.
Annemarie Matthews
Co-founder member, also brings with her over 35 years of experience in the food industry, seeing to daily kitchen & office operations, customer liaison.
Ian Matthews
Co-owner, Ian grew up in the food industry, as a student working at Simply Chapat Restaurant formed a solid understanding of the industry. His professional career started in banqueting, at the Sandton Hilton, more experience attained on Rovos Rail & Mount Grace Hotel. Ian has brought the skills and knowledge often needed, attained from doing Cordon Bleu cookery.
Cindy Nkoe
Cindy has shadowed Ian for many years now and has gained a good understanding & ability of our kitchen operations, office administration, and event management.
Nelly Magwai
Equipment store manager, and General kitchen assistant, specializing in the preparation of our Entertainment Platters and Canape items.
Julia Panana
Our lead Pastry chef, doing great work preparing all of our desserts & puddings.
Lucas Magwai
Expert Legumier chef, taking great care in the preparation of our Vegetable, Salad and Starch sides, finishing dishes with his good tasting ability to ensure proper seasoning end result.
Elizabeth Mokoa
An energetic General kitchen assistant, always taking pride in her work with an emphasis on attention to detail and a quality tasty end result.
Some of our Event Staff
A few of our long standing and top performing event staff – from left to right, Tanisha, Nelly, Benny, Vivian, Miss T, Lucas