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Author, TV personality and home-cookery expert Mimi Jardim was born in Portugal and moved to South Africa when she was a child. Well-known in cookery circles and vastly experienced, Mimi has taught home economics at colleges and schools, run her own school of cookery and published four cookbooks, including the highly successful Cooking the Portuguese Way in South Africa. Mimi started developing recipes for iconic South African fast-food restaurant Nando’s in 1992, and holds the secret to many of their delicious marinades and sauces. She still consults for the brand today and has travelled the world promoting its peri-peri flavours. Mimi lives in Johannesburg with her husband, Augusto, and has four children and one grandchild.