Morris will be appearing at a number of the food extravaganza’s different theatres and stands including the Celebrity Chefs Theatre and Romancing the Stove as well as appearing with two top Peruvian chefs as they explore Peruvian gastronomy.

“I can’t wait, I love interacting with an audience,” says Morris who has cooked for dozens of celebrities and royals, including Prince Charles, Thabo Mbeki, Kenneth Kaunda, Charlize Theron and Al Gore.

Morris will be appearing with her friend Reza Mahammad in a demonstration at the Celebrity Chefs Theatre on Saturday, 25 July. Earlier this year it was announced that the pair will star in a new Food Network series Jenny & Reza’s Fabulous Food Academy, to be aired on DStv Channel 175 later this year.

“We are the best of friends,” she says of Mahammad. “And we are going to give Good Food & Wine Show audiences a sneak preview of what to expect on our television series later this year. There are going to be a lot of laughs – and some great food.”

Morris appears in the theatre again (this time flying solo) on Sunday, 26 July. Booking for these shows can be made through Computicket.

A new feature for the Johannesburg show is Romancing the Stove, in which couples are invited to come and join Morris for live interactive cooking lessons where they are shown how to create food that lifts moods, celebrates special occasions and adds a bit of spice to their love lives.

“Food is a love affair in the true sense of the word, one that employs all the senses”, says Morris. “Feeling your food is important,” she says. “Caress it, stroke it and know it intimately. How you eat your food will reveal what kind of lover you are. You don't want someone who eats a sosatie with a knife and fork,” she says with a laugh.

Morris will be also be discovering modern Peruvian gastronomy with Peruvian chefs Emilio Macías and Andre Patsias at Stand F30 in the show’s main arena. The two have honed their skills at acclaimed restaurants including Astrid y Gaston in Lima, ranked at No 14 on San Pellegrino’s 50 Best Restaurants in the World. The pair has also worked at Noma in Denmark and Spain’s Quique Dacosta.

The Good Food & Wine Show Johannesburg will take place from Thursday, 23 to Sunday, 26 July at the Ticketpro. Tickets cost R130 for adults, R110 for pensioners, R110 for children 13 to 18-years-old, R50 for children 7 to 12-years-old, and free for children under the age of six.

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