What's New @ Cooked!

Cooked Grows a new arm

2009 is the year for taking on new challenges for Cooked in Africa. A company that has successfully produced thought provoking entertainment for TV is now branching out into the world of commercials. At the company’s core it bases itself on its ability to transform fresh ideas and through their approach and work ethic create a final product that always proudly shouts Cooked in Africa Films.

What better to pair with your food than our wine?

Exploring the Vine is the newest series to join the cooked in Africa stables. Currently in production it follows the daily lives of three young winemakers, James Corder, Howard Booysen and Stuart Botha from vine to wine as they attempt to make a name for themselves in the ultra-competitive South African wine industry. Their aim is to prove why South Africa has found the perfect balance by combining all the finesse of the old world with barrels of new world audacity, resulting in a product across the board, the three believes to be the best in the world.

Untold secrets of Southern Africa

Getaway to Africa 2 is the second leg of the 5-part exploration of the African continent. The episode themes for this season have been selected and intrepid explorer Justin Bonello is itching to get back out into Africa, his aim this time will be to travel less and spend more time doing what he’s best at, story telling. This season will follow Justin as he discovers the vast unexplored territories, their people and the diminishing wildlife in his mother country as well as the mountain kingdom of Lesotho and the immense desert sea of Namib, in Namibia.

A Cooked book

We are extremely proud of our cooking/travel book, titled Cooked in Africa, which after three years of preparation will finally be out later in the year. This has been a team effort from day one, mingling beautiful photography and striking African design with crazy and insightful tales form Justin’s favourite Southern African destinations and the dishes he created for both new and old friends along the way.

Africa: the origin of Rock, Blues and Ramba

Africa Rocks is a 13 part series presented by Danny Kodesh, Cooked in Africa camera man, editor and long time friend. Danny has grown-up on the likes of Jimmi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, so he can tinkle a tune or two. But what he lacks in technical dexterity and musicianship, he makes up for with his passion for his two loves, music and Africa.
Together we follow him to mega concerts and remote and distant villages; by joining in the festivities together we will learn about the continent’s religious rites and celebrations through the Universal language of music.




Cooked enters VUKA! for the first time

This year, Cooked is for the first time proudly entering MNET’s Vuka! Awards, a socially responsible award show celebrating the creative talent of the South African film and media industry. Together with Dreamfields, a non-profit organization dedicated to growing the dreams of South Africa’s next soccer stars. Cooked produced and funded a heart-warming thirty second TV ad. Shot out in Nyanga, with the help of a team of future soccer heroes, the A-Stars, and their ‘coach’ Bongani Ndyalvane, the ad really does highlight the Dreamfields philosophy “We Grow Dreams”. Cooked in Africa Films would like to thank everyone involved for their hard work in making this project become a reality. Special thanks to John Perlman for organising the dream team’s kit at ridiculously short notice.