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How the French cuisine's influenced on South African Cuisine

By Kholofelo
  • 1999 BCE

    19th Century

    19th Century
    French cuisine Became an inspiration to South African Chefs enhancing the manner in which they cook ,The Herbs used ,Increased Their knowledge and allowed them to experiment the French Cuisine with the South African Heritage Cuisine .(Bilal Aftab,1999)
  • 1801 BCE

    18th Century

    18th Century
    A French writer Joseph Berchoux defined French cuisine as “Passion of eating good food, hygienically and well prepared, enjoyable delicious cuisine, food layout and preparation method”
    The inclusion of cream and mutton was introduced by the French.
  • 1702 BCE

    17th century

    17th century
    During the pioneering days of the 17th century, new foods such as biltong, droëwors (dried sausage) and rusks evolved locally out of necessity.French Huguenot refugees from persecution, brought wines as well as their traditional recipes from France.
  • 1689 BCE

    16th Century

    16th Century
    The French Huguenots, fleeing from religious persecution in France, were another European culture that settled in the cape in 1689. The stamp they put on the Cape Colony’s cuisine was more in the line of refining it. They were the ones that changed the way food was served, from serving it all at once allowing everybody to select what they wanted to eat, to serving the dishes in a sequence of multiple courses.

  • 21st century

    21st century
    “The cuisine is refined, the ingredients we use worldwide are the same is just the different technique and approach that we use to cook them, and I think the French have been doing it for a long time and I think they have refined it.”(Mabaso 2018)