BLOEM - JULY 2024

Chef Gianni
brings comfort to your home
Gianni always tries his utmost best to reinvent
himself. “I try to recreate myself and my business on
an ongoing basis, with creativity and self-drive. I have
a beautiful wife and children who need me, therefore
sacrifice is always crucial to hold a happy home.
Gianni was 14 years old when his late father
taught him how to make homemade Lasagne and
Cannelloni. “I earned pocket money at that age from
cooking and creating. I was the only male in our
standard at school who took Home Economics and
thrived in the environment,” Gianni gushed.
Gianni travelled Italy quite extensively and lived with
family throughout this entire process, mastering his
culinary skills by learning how to cook in their homes.
It can definitely be said that a few beloved family
recipes made their way straight into the homes of
Gianni’s customers.
Comfort Chefs is a product of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Gianni was forced to put food on the table due to the
pandemic. He then decided to start the business from
home, after 8 months, Gianni realised it was time to
find premises and investment in order to sustain the
fast growth of Comfort Chefs.
“Comfort is what the world was seeking during the
pandemic so 1 plus 1 most certainly equalled 2,”
Gianni said.
“It’s like having a restaurant in your deep freezer,” was
my initial catchphrase. Comfort Chefs has become a
household name in Bloemfontein and surrounds with
a database of more than 800 families supporting and
purchasing Comfort Meals on a weekly, monthly and
quarterly basis,” the proud owner mentioned.
Comfort Chefs produces home-cooked, high-quality
freezer meals on a large scale basis for the local
community and also couriers these dishes nationally
to other provinces.
We also provide Platters, catering services, cakes, and
our own butchery selling meat used in our dishes,
directly to the public.
The on-the-go gourmet business also has a feature
for the modern-day working mother to feed her
children, called tot-packs. The tot-packs and adult
packs can also be purchased for diabetic patients.
The butchery helps Gianni quite efficiently by
keeping costs down, making their products more
affordable.
Through Comfort Chefs, Gianni constantly tries to
motivate and inspire others to find the courage and
take various leaps of faith.
“When I go home to my family each evening I look
at my wife and my children and become motivated
for the next day to keep providing. I guess that could
mean that I am inspired by the privilege to provide.
I have 4-year-old twin girls and a 6-year-old type
1 diabetic son, that says it all about the service I
provide,” Gianni said.
“We are constantly evolving and keeping up with our
customer’s expectations and demands. It will take
a while longer to establish further and become a
first- choice brand on supermarket shelves, a concept
which might take time.
Between work and home, Gianni focuses on giving all
of himself by serving his customers and loved ones.
Children need ALL of you, and that is a privilege and
pleasure to give to mine, Gianni concluded.
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