09/02/2026
Today we’re taking you back to the roots of traditional village cooking as we make fatcakes and chips over an open fire, using firewood and an iron pot in a rural South African village.
There’s something special about cooking outdoors the old-school way — the sound of the fire, the simplicity of the ingredients, and the rich flavours that only village fire cooking can bring. This is how fatcakes and chips have been made for generations, straight from fire to plate.
Today we’re taking you back to the roots of traditional village cooking as we make fatcakes and chips over an open fire, using firewood and an iron pot in a ...