South Africa’s favourite Tannie, Evita Bezuidenhout, brought out her first ever cookery book Evita’s Kossie Sikelela earlier this year. She was delighted when it was awarded as the South African winner in the category “Best Easy Recipes Book” at the Gourmand World Cookbooks Awards for 2010.
Speaking to talk show host John Maytham on Cape Talk this morning, Tannie Evita (Evita is the alter ego of comedian, playwright and AIDS activist Pieter Dirk Uys .) said that while she was delighted that this meant she could be in Paris for the final round of the “Gourmand Best in the World” awards (which will take place in Paris on March 3 on the first day of the Paris Cookbook Fair), for her ''being the Best in SA was even better than being the Best in the World'' and that if she did go to Paris, France, she would remember that she has also been to Parys, Free State.
Tannie Evita''s Cook Book Wins Award
Tannie Evita''s best selling Cook Book has received international acclaim for its great, simple South African recipes.
Evita thanked her co-author Linda Vicquery for compiling the book – she herself didn’t have time, she explained, as she was “too busy running a country and babysitting for President Zuma”.
The book has sold more than 40 000 copies to date. All royalties will be matched by the publisher and donated to The Darling Trust, founded by Evita’s creator Pieter-Dirk Uys, which serves the community of Darling in the Western Cape through art and culture, education and health.
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