African Equity Empowerment Investments Limited’s (AEEI) group chief executive officer Khalid Abdulla, was named the Business Leader of the Year – Southern Africa 2017 at the 7th All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA) in partnership with CNBC Africa.

Join the thriving Cape Town WordPress community on the 26th and 27th October for two days of insightful workshops, talks and a whole lot of networking.

Ntombenhle Khathwane, founder & owner of Afrobotanics, spoke to Heavy Chef about how fairness and equality should be a leaders core values.

We interviewed Matthew Buckland, a man who has made an indelible mark on the media industry, from his current position as the founder of Creative Spark and Burn Media to his previous titles as the MD of Mail & Guardian and interactive editor for Carte Blanche.

At the new OPEN Workspace auditorium in Sandton, Johannesburg, on Tuesday the 17 October 2017, two of South Africa’s foremost thought-leaders will tackle the question “How to survive, and thrive, in the 4th Industrial Revolution”.

Magda Wierzycka, the controversial CEO of Sygnia, gave a fascinating insight into her journey from Polish refugee to polarising public figure, at two packed Heavy Chef sessions held in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Magda is reviled by certain parties in government, resented by many of her peers in the financial services industry and loved by harangued South African citizens who feel helpless in the face of growing corporate corruption and greed.

Andrew Mackenzie, of Boomtown, spoke to Heavy Chef about the difference between failure and bravery and how companies can grow and succeed once this has been identified and defined.

Deirdre Elphick-Moore, with over 10 years of international experience in human capital management at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. Co-founding The Office Coach in 2009, she spoke to Heavy Chef about the traits that modern leaders need in order to succeed. 

The Leadership Edition. In this time of reshuffling cabinets and building walls, God knows we need some of that good stuff. Who better than Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela to show us the way. We chose Madiba for our cover, because, well, we miss him. Featuring some of Africa's top business leaders, billionaires, hundred-millionaires and newly funded startup grommets, this edition aims to inspire and empower you to get cracking with your own path to leadership.

Here it is at last. The long-awaited Heavy Chef Magazine: The Technology Edition. Tech being the order of the day at HC, it kinda makes sense that we focus an entire journal on the topic, right? Well, wait no longer. We’ve published a comprehensive magnum opus covering the most salient topics in Tech on the African continent. 

Fees will fall! - well, not quite yet, but until they do here is a free edition of the Heavy Chef magazine: The Education Edition. Edited and overseen by the irrepressible Mike Perk, Co-founder of digital innovation agency WWC, this magazine features some of the brightest minds in education on the African continent. The Education Edition includes entries and interviews with Sam Paddock, Sean Riley and Tarryn Knight. 

Yes! The third edition is up for grabs. Featuring the creme of Africa’s creative crop, you won’t find more inspiring goodness than in the shiny pages of Heavy Chef Magazine: The Creativity Edition. Topics covered include Virtual Reality, creative SEO, social media, viral campaigns and the science of creativity. The Heavy Chefs in this edition include Alistair King, Sammy-Jane Every, Mike Sharman, Fred Roed, Uno de Waal, Alexandra van Tonder, Fran Luckin and the almighty Xolisa Dyeshana.

The second edition is here. Curated by the Heavy Chef team, assisted by the good people at WWC and contributed to by the developers in the HC community, this thing is a nerd tour-de-force. In this issue, we focus on e-commerce and the people behind the burgeoning African industry. You may not understand all of it, but you’ll certainly look like a smart fella when someone peers over your shoulder to see what you’re reading.

Woooop! Here it is. The first ever, gleaming preening truth-dealing Heavy Chef Magazine (or "HC Mag" as we've started to call it - sorta like GQ Mag, but for smarter sexier people than the palookas who read GQ, y'know?).