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== Career ==

Sujanani began her public career in 2009 giving cookery demonstrations at food and wine shows.<ref name=”:0″>{{Cite web |last=Grant-Marshall |first=Sue |title=Winning Women – Yudhika Sujanani: Spiced up holy cow |url=https://www.news24.com/archives/city-press/winning-women-yudhika-sujanani-spiced-up-holy-cow-20150430 |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=News24 |language=en-US |archive-date=28 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528005946/http://www.news24.com/Archives/City-Press/Winning-Women-Yudhika-Sujanani-Spiced-up-holy-cow-20150430 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Sujanani was appointed as Celebrity Chef and Food Presenter for Sugar ‘n Spice in March 2013.<ref name=”:1″>{{Cite web |title=Yudhika Sujanani – Brand Ambassador at AMC Cookware South Africa |url=https://theorg.com/org/amc-cookware/org-chart/yudhika-sujanani |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=THE ORG |language=en}}</ref> She also presented cookery shows for the [[SABC|South African Broadcasting Corporation]] (SABC)<ref name=”:0″ /><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIpeUa6cvLE |title=Food Mela : Endless Possibilities with Yudhika Sujanani |date=2019-06-30 |last=Mela on SABC |access-date=2025-06-13 |via=YouTube}}</ref> and was interviewed about Indian cooking by [[Noeleen Maholwana-Sangqu]].

Sujanani has published recipes in South African newspapers and websites, including the ”Sunday Times,”<ref>{{Cite news |last=Biller |first=Hilary |date=4 November 2021 |title=Celeb chef Yudhika Sujanani shares her top-selling Diwali treats |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/food/2021-11-04-celeb-chef-yudhika-sujanani-shares-her-top-selling-diwali-treats/ |access-date=13 June 2025 |work=Sunday Times |archive-date=21 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121114104/https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/food/2021-11-04-celeb-chef-yudhika-sujanani-shares-her-top-selling-diwali-treats/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Biller |first=Hilary |date=5 November 2023 |title=Light up your life with a festival of delights |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/food/2023-11-05-light-up-your-life-with-a-festival-of-delights/ |access-date=13 June 2025 |work=Sunday Times |archive-date=31 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331053459/https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/food/2023-11-05-light-up-your-life-with-a-festival-of-delights/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the Home Channel,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moyo |first=Minenhle |date=2024-06-18 |title=Sugar n’ Spice with Yudhika – Recipes – The Home Channel |url=https://thehomechannel.co.za/sugar-n-spice-with-yudhika-recipes/ |access-date=2025-06-13 |language=en-US |archive-date=13 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250113075209/https://thehomechannel.co.za/sugar-n-spice-with-yudhika-recipes/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ”[[Independent Online]],”<ref>{{Cite web |last=Naidoo |first=Omeshnie |date= |title=Curry me home – recipes |url=https://iol.co.za/lifestyle/food-and-restaurants/2015-10-30-curry-me-home-recipes/ |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=IOL |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Day |first=Angela |title=Spice up your Valentine |url=https://iol.co.za/lifestyle/food-and-restaurants/2011-02-11-spice-up-your-valentine/ |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=IOL |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sujanani |first=Yudhika |title=Food for love – recipes |url=https://iol.co.za/lifestyle/food-and-restaurants/2016-02-12-food-for-love-recipes/ |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=IOL |language=en}}</ref> and ”[[The Witness (newspaper)|The Witness]]”.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-23 |title=Rolling the rotis…the good, the bad and the ugly |url=https://witness.co.za/news/2015/06/23/rolling-the-rotis-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=The Witness |language=en-GB}}</ref> She also wrote the book ”Curry Me Home Again” and contributed to the ”Great South African Cookbook” in 2016.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Great_South_African_Cookbook/RExiDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=yudhika+sujanani&pg=PA7&printsec=frontcover |title=Great South African Cookbook |date=2016-07-18 |publisher=Quivertree Publications |isbn=978-1-928209-72-0 |language=en}}</ref>

In February 2014, Sujanani launched ~~the~~ Holi Cow Cooking School and Deli in [[Fourways]], [[Johannesburg]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yudhika Sujanani, Author at Woolworths TASTE |url=https://taste.co.za/author/yudhika/ |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=Woolworths TASTE |language=en |archive-date=26 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250326100140/https://taste.co.za/author/yudhika/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=van Niekerk |first=Andre |date=24 August 2014 |title=The Restaurant: Holi Cow, Fourways |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/2014-08-24-the-restaurant-holi-cow-fourways/ |access-date=13 June 2025 |work=Sunday Times}}</ref>

In February 2014, Sujanani launched Holi Cow Cooking School and Deli in [[Fourways]], [[Johannesburg]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yudhika Sujanani, Author at Woolworths TASTE |url=https://taste.co.za/author/yudhika/ |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=Woolworths TASTE |language=en |archive-date=26 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250326100140/https://taste.co.za/author/yudhika/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=van Niekerk |first=Andre |date=24 August 2014 |title=The Restaurant: Holi Cow, Fourways |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/2014-08-24-the-restaurant-holi-cow-fourways/ |access-date=13 June 2025 |work=Sunday Times}}</ref>

Sujanani is also an activist and ~~serves as~~ a Hunger Advocate for the [[United Nations]] [[World Food Programme]].<ref name=”:1″ />

Sujanani is also an activist and a Hunger Advocate for the [[United Nations]] [[World Food Programme]].<ref name=”:1″ />

=== Controversy ===

In 2020, Sujanani complained that an ENO advertisement depicted [[bunny chow]] in a fashion that was disrespectful to the heritage of Indians, however the Advertising Regulatory Bureau (ARB) ruled that associating bunny chow with heartburn or indigestion is not in itself offensive.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ngcobo |first=Nokuthula |date=2020-11-04 |title=Bunny chow ad is in good taste, ad regulator rules |url=https://www.ecr.co.za/shows/east-coast-breakfast/bunny-chow-ad-good-taste-ad-regulator-rules/ |access-date=2026-02-04 |website=East Coast Radio (ECR)}}</ref>

In 2021, a petition drafted by South African Indians have Rights (SAIR) directed allegations of cultural appropriation against the Holi Cow Cooking School and Deli over the company logo and food.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moodley |first=Vasalya |last2=Anbu |first2=Susanna |date=2021-04-22 |title=Unravelling the Holi Cow debacle: a restaurant, a Hindu Symbol and beef on premises – Student News Africa |url=https://studentnews.africa/2021/04/unravelling-the-holi-cow-debacle-a-restaurant-a-hindu-symbol-and-beef-on-premises/ |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=PDBY, [[University of Pretoria]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The controversy was widely reported in the South African press.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lutchman |first=Chanelle |date=3 February 2021 |title=RELIGIOUS BULLFIGHT Hindus target Holi Cow |url=https://www.zinio.com/gb/article/post/wednesday-february-3-2021-i517736/religious-bullfight-a0 |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=The Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 February 2021 |title=Hinduism: beef with what’s cooking |url=https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/post-south-africa/20210210/281724092243716 |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=The Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 February 2021 |title=There shouldn’t be any holy cows |url=https://www.pressreader.com/similar/281724092243716 |access-date=13 June 2025 |website=South Africa News}}</ref><ref name=”:2″>{{Cite web |last=Lutchman |first=Chanelle |date=28 June 2021 |title=Celeb chef asked to change ‘Holi Cow’ restaurant name and apologise to Hindu’s |url=https://iol.co.za/thepost/community-news/2021-02-05-celeb-chef-asked-to-change-holi-cow-restaurant-name-and-apologise-to-hindus/ |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=IOL |language=en |archive-date=23 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250423213429/https://iol.co.za/thepost/community-news/2021-02-05-celeb-chef-asked-to-change-holi-cow-restaurant-name-and-apologise-to-hindus/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was commented on by organisations including the World Hindu Foundation South Africa.<ref name=”:2″ />

South African celebrity chef

Yudhika Sujanani
In a 2019 cooking video
Occupations	Chef, restaurateur, writer, activist
Spouse	Rob Latang (m. 2012)

Yudhika Sujanani is a South African celebrity chef, restaurateur, writer and activist. She launched the Holi Cow Cooking School and Deli in February 2014.

Sujanani began her public career in 2009 giving cookery demonstrations at food and wine shows.^[1]^[2]

Sujanani was appointed as Celebrity Chef and Food Presenter for Sugar ‘n Spice in March 2013.^[3] She also presented cookery shows for the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)^[1]^[2]^[4] and was interviewed about Indian cooking by Noeleen Maholwana-Sangqu.

Sujanani has published recipes in South African newspapers and websites, including the Sunday Times,^[5]^[6] the Home Channel,^[7] Independent Online,^[8]^[9]^[10] and The Witness.^[11] She also wrote the book Curry Me Home Again and contributed to the Great South African Cookbook in 2016.^[12]

In February 2014, Sujanani launched Holi Cow Cooking School and Deli in Fourways, Johannesburg.^[13]^[14] She is brand ambassador for AMC Cookware.^[3]^[15]

Sujanani is also an activist and a Hunger Advocate for the United Nations World Food Programme.^[3]

In 2020, Sujanani complained that an ENO advertisement depicted bunny chow in a fashion that was disrespectful to the heritage of Indians, however the Advertising Regulatory Bureau (ARB) ruled that associating bunny chow with heartburn or indigestion is not in itself offensive.^[16]

In 2021, a petition drafted by South African Indians have Rights (SAIR) directed allegations of cultural appropriation against the Holi Cow Cooking School and Deli over the company logo and food.^[17] The controversy was widely reported in the South African press.^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21] It was commented on by organisations including the World Hindu Foundation South Africa.^[21]

Sujanani married businessman Rob Latang at a private ceremony in Thailand in 2012.^[22]

^ ^a ^b Grant-Marshall, Sue. “Winning Women – Yudhika Sujanani: Spiced up holy cow”. News24. Archived from the original on 28 May 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
^ ^a ^b “Reza Mahammad and Yudhika Sujanani sign on for Good Food & Wine Show”. Bizcommunity. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
^ ^a ^b ^c “Yudhika Sujanani – Brand Ambassador at AMC Cookware South Africa”. THE ORG. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
^ Mela on SABC (30 June 2019). Food Mela : Endless Possibilities with Yudhika Sujanani. Retrieved 13 June 2025 – via YouTube.
^ Biller, Hilary (4 November 2021). “Celeb chef Yudhika Sujanani shares her top-selling Diwali treats”. Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
^ Biller, Hilary (5 November 2023). “Light up your life with a festival of delights”. Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 31 March 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
^ Moyo, Minenhle (18 June 2024). “Sugar n’ Spice with Yudhika – Recipes – The Home Channel”. Archived from the original on 13 January 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
^ Naidoo, Omeshnie. “Curry me home – recipes”. IOL. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
^ Day, Angela. “Spice up your Valentine”. IOL. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
^ Sujanani, Yudhika (12 February 2016). “Food for love – recipes”. IOL. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
^ “Rolling the rotis…the good, the bad and the ugly”. The Witness. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
^ Great South African Cookbook. Quivertree Publications. 18 July 2016. ISBN 978-1-928209-72-0.
^ “Yudhika Sujanani, Author at Woolworths TASTE”. Woolworths TASTE. Archived from the original on 26 March 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
^ van Niekerk, Andre (24 August 2014). “The Restaurant: Holi Cow, Fourways”. Sunday Times. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
^ Soobramoney, Candice (15 October 2014). “Stirring memories of a life-long passion for cooking”. Post. Retrieved 4 February 2026 – via PressReader.com.
^ Ngcobo, Nokuthula (4 November 2020). “Bunny chow ad is in good taste, ad regulator rules”. East Coast Radio (ECR). Retrieved 4 February 2026.
^ Moodley, Vasalya; Anbu, Susanna (22 April 2021). “Unravelling the Holi Cow debacle: a restaurant, a Hindu Symbol and beef on premises – Student News Africa”. PDBY, University of Pretoria. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
^ Lutchman, Chanelle (3 February 2021). “RELIGIOUS BULLFIGHT Hindus target Holi Cow”. The Post. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
^ “Hinduism: beef with what’s cooking”. The Post. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
^ “There shouldn’t be any holy cows”. South Africa News. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
^ ^a ^b Lutchman, Chanelle (28 June 2021). “Celeb chef asked to change ‘Holi Cow’ restaurant name and apologise to Hindu’s”. IOL. Archived from the original on 23 April 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
^ “But interracial relationships still draw stares comments”. Sunday Tribune. 16 September 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2025 – via Pressreader.com.

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