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As part of a four-day state visit to South Africa, Austrian Federal President Dr. Alexander Van der Bellen, accompanied by First Lady Doris Schmidauer and a high-level economic and cultural delegation, paid a visit to our social enterprise Cooktastic in Cape Town.
She is Mama Cooktastic for several hundred of our graduates. Since the launch of Cooktastic in 2020, for the very first time Mbuyi visits Austria – the country that´s been a strong supporter from the start and now welcomed her like a best friend.
Leopold, Hannah, Johanna, Ruen stayed from Oct 2024 until March 2025. Our volunteers at Cooktastic have been an incredible and unexpected addition to our project. What started as a spontaneous idea quickly turned into valuable aspects of our work.
No “normal” business. It´s a place, where culinary excellence meets with social impact. Some of our top graduates, young Chefs from earlier disadvantaged background, deliver innovative services.