This week, Nedbank hosts the latest “Amex for Foodies” world dining series event in South Africa for its American Express Cardmembers. The Amex for Foodies global series provides American Express Cardmembers access to leading international chefs. In South Africa, the exclusive two-night culinary event for Nedbank’s American Express Cardmembers features renowned chef Fatmata Binta hosted by chef Wandile Mabaso at his Bryanston restaurant, Les Créatifs.
Chef Fatmata is carving a name for herself as the re-interpreter of the cuisine of the nomadic Fulani people of the Sahel. In line with her nomadic heritage, Chef Fatmata does not have her own restaurant. Rather, she quarters the globe working with internationally renowned chefs to explore diverse cooking techniques, ingredients, and ways of life.
Chef Fatmata’s combination of Fulani cuisine with a fine dining experience has been earning her kudos in the world of international cuisine. She was honoured with the 2023 Basque Culinary World Prize and won the Best Chef Rising Star Award in 2021.
The event and Amex for Foodies is part of a broader series of exclusive experiences for American Express Cardmembers, including Cardmembers from licensed issuers that are part of the American Express network in select cities around the world. Through these collaborations with leading banks, the benefits, services, and experiences that American Express offers are extended to more people globally.
“During South African Women’s Month, we’re delighted to introduce our American Express Cardmembers to Fatmata Binta – an amazing chef who is at the forefront of an emerging trend in global cuisine—reinterpreting a vanishing cuisine for the 21st century,” says Buli Ndlovu, Executive Head: Retail and Business Banking Marketing at Nedbank. “Chef Fatmata’s advocacy for the Fulani way of life and the cuisine embedded in it echoes Chef Wandile’s drive to fuse the ancient cuisines of France and Africa into something new and extraordinary.”
The two-night event offers Nedbank’s American Express Cardmembers a four-course menu co-designed by chefs Fatmata Binta and Wandile Mabaso for R1150, or R1950 with a wine pairing. To learn more visit https://experiences.global/za/access/foodies/events/lescreatifs.
