Our name comes from the saying never trust a skinny chef*. We celebrate people who walk the talk, who practice what they preach - who eat their own food. We believe that, in a world of talkers, it's the doers that are going to change it.
When starting a business, there are a host of basic legal mistakes to avoid. By identifying, recognising and avoiding these mistakes, you can avoid the common stumbling blocks that so many young businesses fall over. Heavy Chef identifies the 8 biggest traps that entrepreneurs continually get caught in - you can't afford not to scrutinise this list (3 minute read).
Heavy Chef's CEO Fred Roed spoke to Sean Reitz, serial entrepreneur, drone fanatic and co-founder of DroneCon, to find out about the upcoming conference, what it's all about and why we should be excited about it. Sean was also a panelist at last year's Heavy Chef event focusing on Drone Tech (excerpt: "I'm in the most exciting field in the world") and he's the CEO at United Drone Holdings. It's safe to say that Sean knows a thing or two about drones.
Heavy Chef hosted two highly anticipated events this month, focusing on the online video revolution and welcoming on stage radio and TV presenter - and YouTube aficionado - Danilo Acquisto, along with a host of up-and-coming South African YouTube superstars to explain why we should be excited about the opportunities digital video content offers us.
Heavy Chef's very own Video Anchor, Caley van der Kolk, continues with her very meta series of articles documenting her lessons as she creates Heavy Chef's online video channel, entitled Raw. This follows her first article, last month, where Caley outlines the preparation required in starting a vlog - and the second article focusing on the equipment you'll need to vlog. Now, Caley turns her lens (geddit?) on syndicating your vlog and how to gain followers.
Danilo Acquisto is the CEO of Special Effects Media South Africa, the only official YouTube partner in the country. He started his media career when he became one of the three inaugural winners of SABC’s Presenter Search. Today, he’s a presenter on Afternoon Express on SABC3 with Jeannie D and Bonnie Mbuli. Fred Roed managed to catch up with Danilo in between appointments in this young dynamo's crazy-busy schedule to find out more about the Online Video Revolution.
Across the globe, millions of scrappy youngsters are uploading over 300 hours of content to YouTube every minute. Many corporates are creating their own shows, crafting their own playlists and driving their own narratives. Heavy Chef is hosting some very special screen stars to explain just what exactly this new landscape looks like - and importantly, why we should all be excited about it.
So you’ve set up your online store and it’s been running for a while. Sales are up and so is your confidence to run this mothership. You may be thinking lately that you’re ready to optimise your online store to increase sales and create a better experience for your customers. Fear not, here are some easy tweaks you can make and some things to think about to get the most out of your online store.
Are you prepared for how technology is going to change your life, your business and your investments in the next 20 years? Wealth Movement, a division of Wealth Migrate which is a global FinTech real estate investment platform, will be hosting the 2018 FINEVENT in March with Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town being host cities.
In 2014, water activist Mina Guli did something extraordinary. She ran 40 marathons in 40 days, tracing the world's greatest rivers - and initiating one of the digital industry's most iconic influencer campaigns to boot. At the time, Heleen Mills was tasked by African education / advisory firm Treeshake to project manage the social media component of Mina's quest. On the Heavy Chef stage, Heleen manages to capture the essence of the task in a heart-warming, funny and essential presentation.
Levels of interest were exceptionally high at this month's Heavy Chef events. No wonder, the topic was something we are all just learning to decipher and comprehend: the power of online influence. Speakers on stage revealed the latest findings and insights on influencer marketing, a tool that is definitely here to stay.
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Since 2007, when we held our first scrappy little meet-up in Mike and Nicola Perk's flat in Sea Point (we recall it was around 9 people, or so), we've been hosting some of Africa's most inspirational doers - monthly in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Our internships, events, tours and workshops are attended by millennials and millionaires, igniters and influencers alike. Heavy Chef has grown into the most digital-savvy regular experience platform on the continent. Find out more, here.
That would be Simon Dingle talking waaay in front, in 2017 - something about Blockchain and how it's gonna revolutionise the world as we know it.
Our events generally reach around 500k-1m impressions on Twitter alone.
This is also not a stock photo. Promise.
This is not a stock photo. This is a real interaction at the Gareth Cliff "Future of Radio / Unradio" Heavy Chef event in Johannesburg in May 2014.
Andrew Watkins-Ball, one of Africa's most exciting entrepreneurs, at an event in 2017. And that's Fred, our founder in the background. He's trying to pick something out of his back molars with his tongue.
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R145. Cape Town. Arlene Mulder. Heavy Chef has invited Arlene Mulder, the Cofounder and MD of explosive social entrepreneur venture We Think Code_ to reveal the Coding revolution that is happening in South Africa, and Africa. On 3rd May, Arlene will relate her own story, moving from financial services to the scrappy world of building a fast-growing startup. We Think Code is almost single-handedly changing the face of coding education in SA and on the 3rd May, we’ll get a sense of some of the heart-warming stories, challenges and successes that are being faced by Arlene and her team.
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