Vusi Mkhabela, the owner of Black Rose, sold food at weekend markets and did catering. He lived  without a salary for weeks because areas he works in closed at the beginning of the lockdown. “I was stuck financially and mentally,” said Mkhabela — until he decided to cook from home and  market it on social media during lockdown level four. Events and markets were still banned, but  Minister of Trade and Industry Ebrahim Patel then allowed cooked meals to be sold and Mkhabela  used this to get his business going again.  “I started cooking at home; we took pictures and fed our Instagram pages and WhatsApp,” he said.  People latched on to the opportunity to eat someone else’s food. As the lockdown restrictions  eased, he got a catering job which enabled him to rent a space in Maboneng, Johannesburg, where  he opened The Gourmet Shrine. Recommend to Mr Mkhabela why he should consider a partnership as the business  form for The Gourmet Shrine.

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Vusi Mkhabela, the owner of Black Rose, sold food at weekend markets and did catering. He lived 
without a salary for weeks because areas he works in closed at the beginning of the lockdown.
“I was stuck financially and mentally,” said Mkhabela — until he decided to cook from home and 
market it on social media during lockdown level four. Events and markets were still banned, but 
Minister of Trade and Industry Ebrahim Patel then allowed cooked meals to be sold and Mkhabela 
used this to get his business going again. 
“I started cooking at home; we took pictures and fed our Instagram pages and WhatsApp,” he said. 
People latched on to the opportunity to eat someone else’s food. As the lockdown restrictions 
eased, he got a catering job which enabled him to rent a space in Maboneng, Johannesburg, where 
he opened The Gourmet Shrine.

Recommend to Mr Mkhabela why he should consider a partnership as the business 
form for The Gourmet Shrine.

 

 

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