Candice Meth, a 39-year-old Durban-based healthcare risk management team leader, is balancing a high-pressure career with her passion for cooking as she secures a place in the Top 11 of MasterChef South Africa. A wife and mother of three, Candice brings heartfelt storytelling and bold flavour to every dish, inspired by generations of family cooking. For her, this journey is also deeply personal, honouring her late mother and celebrating food as a powerful way to connect, heal, and inspire. We caught up with her earlier,here’s how it went down.