I have been a vegetarian for over 20 years and now vegan for 7 years. For the past 20 years I have been actively promoting plant-based food by providing  plant-based options to people who would like to have a veggie meal. (Note I am not trying to convert people to vegetarianism – I am merely providing a veggie option:-) (I have the ability to convince the most discerning palates to enjoy my veggie meals.)

My Purpose and Mission

My passion for food and my style of cooking has led me to the winning podium in many competitions, gaining the title of the “Curry Queen”,” The Meat Free Marvel Winner” and “S.A’s Savvy Vegetarian”. I find these competitions are a wonderful platform to show-case my talent, as well as to get the spotlight on my veggie dishes.

I cook to inspire and be inspired….Welcome to Videhi’s Veggietable 🙂

Work, achievements and accolades.

• Multiple Award Cook-off winner
• Vegan recipe columnist
• Vegetarian recipe columnist
• Mrs India S.A. Judge
• Vegetarian/Vegan recipe creator
• Food blogger
• Special Feature Meat Free Monday’s
• Guest vegetarian chef on Lotus FM (Life n Style)
• Former Vegan Mela Chef on SABC3
• My Special Quorn Vegan Feature on Eastwave  FM providing product knowledge and my Quorn Vegan recipes live on air.
•  I encourage one Meat Free Meal by sharing my recipes on air

Accolades

• Instacook 1^st prize winner in the Meat Free Marvel Category
• Won the first prize in the Expresso SABC 3/PnP Curry cook-off, making me the national 1^st prize winner. This prestigious event was held at the Pick n Pay Good Food Studios in Sandton. Finalists were chosen one from every region of which I represented Gauteng. My vegetarian dish took top honours beating all non-veg dishes.
• Column in the Sunday Times Food Weekly featured over a couple weeks “Videhi’s Spice Route”
• Demonstrated my recipes which feature in Sunday Times Food Weekly on Expresso SABC 3 every Friday for a month.
• Vegetarian Recipes feature on Expresso SABC3/Pick n Pay website
• Vegetarian/Vegan Recipe Columnist – The Post Newspaper
• Vegetarian Column/Recipes – The Rising Sun – Lenasia & Fordsburg
• Vegetarian Column/Recipes – Impressions Magazine
• Another of my crowning glories was winning the title Mrs Personality 2010 in the Mrs India S.A. Beauty pageant
• 1^st prize in, The Post real Curry competition Gauteng regional finals in 2009.

How it all started

I found that vegetarians are always side-lined and under-catered for. The lack of, or should I say disinterest, some people have in preparing vegetarian food is totally evident in the meals they put out there. Over the years I have learnt that the disinterest also stemmed from that lack of variety and awareness of vegetarian food. Hence my purpose and mission was born.

My Vision:

• Making Veggie Days Happy Days
• To have a veggie cooking show to show, showcasing my talent and expertise.
• To change the perception of of what is usually considered as dull and boring: To WOW! I HAD NO IDEA THIS WAS POSSIBLE.
• To provide one nutritious Meat-free Meal to underprivileged schools.
• Long term vision to have an annual Veggie Day (Vday)  gathering – a colourful display of our enthic and cultural diversity in South Africa which includes good food, wine, music song and dance.

This site is dedicated to everyone who wishes to include a veggie meal into their lifestyles.

   “Videhi Making Veggie Days Happy Days”