Michelle Cronjé-Cibulka shares her version of braaibroodjies, paptert and potato salad

Afro-Boer baker’s café has been open since August 2013.  It has won multiple prestigious awards with Eat-Out, Best of Pretoria, Diners Club Wine Awards, and TripAdvisor Service Excellence Awards. It has been named one of the top 20 Iconic South African restaurants by Eat-Out Magazine and has featured in Food and Home, SARIE Kos Magazine, on MNet’s, kykNET, VIA TV, Pretoria News, and the Sunday Times Newspaper. 

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Michelle Cronjé-Cibulka drives her team - of mostly raw novices and newcomers to the industry - with the help of her right-hand, Operations Manager, Giselle van As, and shapes them into skilled managers, baristas, chefs, bakers and waiters, by mostly, teaching industry and life skills and providing an opportunity to learn self-empowerment and how to make a difference in households and communities. 

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The festive season is here and everyone is getting ready to spend quality time with family and friends. 

Michelle Cronjé-Cibulka shared her version of South Africa's legendary braaibroodjies, paptert and potato salad. 

Find the recipes below - written by the legendary chef herself: 

Braaibroodjies

"Cheese, tomato and onion make the perfect braaibroodjies. Some people add some chutney."

Paptert

Potato Salad

"Condensmilk in potato salad makes it unique to South Africa."

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