Claire Allen, 31, grew up in the tiny town of Dundee, KZN, before her family moved to Cape Town at the age of nine. She started her events management company Signature Productions during matric, before graduating from Varsity College with a diploma in public relations. In 2014 she became a finalist on the third season of MasterChef South Africa, which helped her launch her career as a food entertainer. Claire has appeared on SABC3’s Expresso, presented live at the Good Food & Wine Show, and, along with MasterChef South Africarunnerup Siphokazi Mdlankomo, she’s created her own live cooking show and YouTube channel, Short Chef, Skinny Chef. She also runs a social media content creation service, called Hmmm Delicious, under the Claire Allen brand. Claire recently returned from a three-month trip…
