When Rufaro Chaniwa was only five-years-old her mother started teaching her and her siblings how to cook.

Says Chaniwa:

“She wanted us to learn to be self-sufficient from a young age so she started off by showing us how to wash the dishes. Then you could move on to how to prepare the vegetables, then the sauces, the starches and finally the meats. The meats were always left to the eldest so cleaning duty was for the youngest. It was like any setup in the kitchen where you work your way up the ladder.” 

While Chaniwa learnt the basics, it wasn’t something she considered she wanted to do for the rest of her life.