Lesego Semenya
South African chef, media personality, and writer
Lesego Semenya (11 April 1982 – 12 July 2021), also known as Les Da Chef, was a South African chef, media personality, and writer.
Early life and education
Semenya was born and raised in Soweto. His parents were teachers, his mother a principal and his father a maths and science teacher, and he had two younger brothers. He attended Greenside High School and went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of the Witwatersrand.
Semenya began his career as a process engineer for the IQ Business Group and a journalist for the youth magazine UnCut. In 2008, he decided to change careers after receiving a mild clinical depression diagnosis. He took a gap year to travel the country before enrolling at the Prue Leith Culinary Institute in Centurion, earning the Grande Diploma in Food and Wine in addition to five other qualifications. In 2020, he received the alumni award for Inspiring Culinary Excellence from Leith.
Career
Semenya worked at The Westcliff at the Four Seasons, Johannesburg under Nicky Gibbs.
For the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, Semenya entered and won a pie-making competition organised by the British High Commission, Pretoria.
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