Achievements

Achievements

Tandy has taken part in numerous community challenges and competitions including most of the challenges hosted by yuppiechef, an online kitchen tool company. She has also participated in Presto Pasta Nights; The Secret Recipe Club; Meeta’s Monthly Mingle; Fresh From The Oven; I Made It; Daring Cooks and Daring Bakers. She has been interviewed by Jeanne Horak-Druiff of Cook Sister!, by Taste Magazine as well as Delivery Rank. She was mentioned on the radio by Simon Gear in his green minute as well as Ryan O’Connor on his radio show where he noted Lavender and Lime as being the best baking blog. Tandy contributed to food blogging 101 on the Good Housekeeping website as well as to Dining Out In The Helderberg Basin for Edgars Club Magazine. She was a contributor for 1 year to Eat Out, and has had recipes published world-wide. Her recipes were also published on various platforms before she started blogging. Her recipe for duck egg ravioli was showcased in the Taste Magazine (November 2011) and her Chocolate Stout Cake was in the December 2013 edition. She also wrote a series of recipes for Woolworths South Africa for their chopping board chit chat as well as providing content for Strandveld Wines.

Her recipe for chocolate pasta has been featured in the The Huffington Post as well as Fitness, an online magazine. Tandy’s recipe for apricot ice cream was published in the UK in 101 Sugar-Free Recipes. In 2015 Tandy worked with Avalanche Potatoes as well as Ryvita to name a few brands.

In April 2011 Tandy won the DSTV competition to cook with Jonathan Daddia at the Good Food and Wine Show. She has also cooked with Anthony Worrall-Thompson, Brian Turner, James Martin, Alvin Quah and Giorgio Locatelli in hands-on workshops.

In 2012 and 2013 Tandy was selected as a top 10 finalist in the Eat In Best Local Food Blog Awards. In 2013 and 2014 she was a finalist in Fair Lady’s Best Food Blogger. Tandy has competed in various blogging competitions including Project Food Blog and Freshly Blogged.

Tandy has worked with Weltevrede Wine Estate to create recipes for them, and has created recipes for other brands and supermarkets. You can find two of her recipes in The Great Marula Menu.