Hard work sets 15-year-old dream in motion. Jackie Cameron realised her dream to tutor aspiring chefs when her school of food and wine - based in Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal - welcomed its first intake in April 2015.
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Imagine achieving third place in the world. Well, with help and encouragement from many enthusiastic folk, the Gourmand Awards jury judged Baking with Jackie Cameron (Struik Lifestyle, an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa), the best pastry/baking cookbook in the world. And that was in a competition considered the Oscars of the food industry. I’m sure you will understand that I am thrilled beyond words.
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Imagine the thrill when the Gourmand Awards jury announced that my latest book, Baking with Jackie Cameron (Struik Lifestyle, an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa) was judged national winner in the pastry category.
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4 Struik Lifestyle titles named winners in South Africa in the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2017. Struik Lifestyle, an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa, is proud to announce that four of its titles have been named winners in South Africa in the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards for 2017.
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"Just about everything Jackie Cameron touches turns to gold. From the legacy she left behind in the Hartford House kitchen to the professionalism of her Hilton School of Food and Wine and the pastry on her puff tarts, Jackie is one of KZN’s culinary shining lights." - Delicious Durban
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Jackie Cameron made her first biscuits under the watchful eyes of her grandmothers and it was in their kitchens that she came to understand the special relationship between food and family. She pays tribute to these early influences by including some of their cherished recipes in Baking with Jackie Cameron.
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