Throughout Africa, chefs are getting creative. From Ghana to Namibia, they're tweaking traditional recipes, or reaching into the past to revive ancient dishes.
One chef dazzling local taste buds is South Africa's Reuben Riffel . He's putting his hometown of Franschhoek on the map thanks to his inventive menus. Pictured spicy beef tartar, egg yolk, parsley and caper salad, Parmesan custard, pickled butternut discs.
With four acclaimed restaurants, three bestselling cookbooks and a star turn on Masterchef South Africa , Riffel's star is on the rise.
The South African chef is definitely one to celebrate his own roots and he suggests others to do the same.
"You need to look inward. You can learn from international chefs and international cuisines but I think it's time that (Africans) create," he says.
"We have amazing chefs that can cook beautifully but I'd like to see us leading the way at some stage as well."
