"She makes the most comforting curry, the heartiest pies and a killer tart. And that’s not just your mother we’re talking about. We convinced South African food pros, from Reuben Riffel and Zola Nene to Ina Paarman and Dorah Sitole, to share the most treasured of their mothers’ recipes." - Taste Magazine
Read MoreImagine 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.
Read MoreImagine 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.
Read More4 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.
Read MoreAnother year – and another birthday - pass by. Birthdays are of utmost importance to me – that’s probably the reason I count the years from ‘my day’. And the countdown for that starts on November 1.
Read More3 Day Teen Cooking Camp with Chef Jackie will be a hands-on cooking camp with recipes from Jackie’s two cooking books; “Jackie Cameron Cooks at Home” and “Baking with Jackie Cameron”. Everything cooked will be eaten by the teen chefs.
Read MoreI'll be in Clarens next weekend - 12th November, for a book launch at Bon Appetit Deli & Bistro - see you there!
Read MoreWith over 80 recipes and more than 50 mouth-watering photographs, Baking with Jackie Cameron takes old-school recipes that we are reassuringly familiar with and makes them intriguingly different.
Read MoreI'm taking this opportunity to celebrate the “fairer sex” with a drop-dead-divine recipe; seriously worth getting fat on! I’m confident there are few women who could resist a decadently-moist chocolate cake with the most tantalising red-velvet, cream-cheese icing and homemade marshmallows. Rejoice ladies – and have a good time!
Read More"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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