56. Holly Rey - Baking with the Reys

Where do I even begin with this one? Holly Rey is a complete legend. (She's my niece.) I would say 'rockstar' to coin another worn phrase, but rock is not her genre and my niece is so much more than a recording artist and entertainer. As the first woman in 20 years to win a SAMA Best Song Award for the smash hit 'Deeper' (Brenda Fassie won for 'Vulindlela' in 1999), and the winner of the first South African season of  'Masked Singer' there's no question she's talented. It also seems that anything this clever human (my niece)  touches tends to sparkle. Earlier this year she and her little sister Mimi (also my niece) won 3 US Taste Television awards for a series they created in lockdown called 'Baking With The Reys'. When she was in Cape Town recently recording content as a guest on another cooking show, we had a rare chance to sit down for a chat. It's  inspiring to talk to a young person who understands the networked world in which we live and has leveraged elements of that to build an enviable career for herself.  (In the interests of full disclosure, I believe it is important to mention that she is my niece.)Here's a clip of Holly Rey (my niece) live on stage with President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosawww.rwm2012.comOn Instagram @a_table_inthecornerCover image sketched by Courtney Cara LawsonAll profile portraits by Russel Wasserfall unless otherwise creditedTitle music: 'In Time' by Olexy via Pixabay