Kamini Pather

A fifth-generation South African of South Indian origin,^[1] Pather was born in Mobeni Heights,^[2] a suburb of Durban to parents Rajen and Anitha and grew up in Glenwood. She has a younger brother, Neelan.^[3] She attended Durban Girls' College and went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing and Management from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.^[4] She holds a diploma from the Red and Yellow Creative School of Business^[5][6] and has a qualification in yoga.^[7]

After writing for Aficionado, Pather started her own food blog, then titled Deelishuss, in 2008.^[8] In 2012, she worked for the online food magazine CRUSH and in 2013, worked as a food assistant for Siba Mtongana.^[9] Pather's radio gigs have included 2oceansvibe Radio, Good Hope FM, and Heart 104.9 FM.^[10]

Pather won the second season of MasterChef South Africa in 2013.^[11]

Pather hosted and produced the food travel series Girl Eat World with Lucky Bean Media. Filming for the series took place in 2014 over the course of 9 weeks, taking place in 10 difference cities around the world and involving said cities' local food bloggers. It premiered on SABC 3 in May 2015.^[12] It was also broadcast in other countries.^[13] The series won a 2016 SAFTA for Best Magazine Show.^[14][15]

She ran the 2016 Cape Town Marathon.^[16] She appeared as a guest judge on Top Chef South Africa.^[17]

In 2017, Pather released a kitchenware line, Kitchen Kulture.^[18] In 2018, she collaborated with South African meal kit service UCOOK and went on to launch Füdy, her own plant-based dark kitchen via UberEats SA.^[19][20]

Pather released Eat Glocal, an e-book on Indian South African cooking, in January 2021.^[21]