Jenny Morris, affectionately known as The Giggling Gourmet, is one of South Africa’s most recognised and cherished food personalities. A chef, author, teacher, radio and TV presenter, caterer, and culinary tour guide, she has built a dynamic, multi-faceted career around her lifelong love affair with food. That passion began in childhood, when she created irresistible treats for school fundraisers, and it evolved into her acclaimed catering company, Giggling Gourmet, which helped establish her as a trusted culinary voice.
For Jenny, food is a full-sensory experience. Taste, aroma, touch, and emotional connection all play a role in how she engages with ingredients and teaches others to cook. She is known for encouraging cooks to “feel” their food and for infusing humour, warmth, and playful confidence into every demonstration. Her signature laugh and irreverent style have endeared her to audiences across television, radio, live events, and global culinary tours.
Over the years she has cooked for presidents, heads of state, and thousands of food lovers, proudly convincing even the most formal dignitaries to eat with their hands.
Jenny Morris states “I simply cannot do without it. There is nothing better.”
Since those early days, Jenny went on to cater for functions at high school, and later cooked for friends and family. Jenny is the well known creator of Giggling Gourmet a catering company of note.
Jenny Morris – AKA The Giggling Gourmet – is one of SA’s most-loved food personalities she is an author, magazine writer, radio and TV presenter, celebrity chef, teacher, caterer and culinary tour guide who has had an ongoing love affair with food since she was a child, when she started making mouth watering treats for school fundraisers.
It’s a love affair in the true sense of the word, one that employs all the senses.
Taste is the most obvious, as is aroma. For Jenny touch is also important. “Feeling your food is important,” she says. “Caress it, stroke it, know it intimately.”
How you eat your food will reveal what kind of lover you are. “You don’t want someone who eats a sosatie (kebab) with a knife and fork,” says Jenny with the naughty spontaneous laugh that has earned her the moniker of Giggling Gourmet. “
And if I can get presidents and heads of state to eat with their hands, I can do it for anyone!” Among her kitchen essentials Jenny lists garlic, butter, olive oil, trusty zester, and dhania (cilantro).
The Cooks Playground™ where Jenny teaches practical hands-on cooking courses at her cooking school, these include the now famous Cooks Parties™, Team Cooking™ and Single Cooks™ alternatives all of which have fun and laughter as a main ingredient.
The irrepressible Giggling Gourmet is back! In this exciting new recipe book, international celebrity chef Jenny Morris revisits her favourite travel destinations and cooks her way around the world.
Sprinkled with personal anecdotes, and narrated with characteristic sparkle and quirky humour, this collection of over 150 accessible, imaginative recipes captures the culinary essence of each of the countries she visits.
Jenny Morris, the irrepressible Giggling Gourmet, welcomes you into the warm, fragrant kitchen of The Cook’s Playground, her culinary school based in Cape Town. Drawing on the treasured childhood memories that shaped her abiding love of food, Jenny has created a definitive collection of taste sensations. An inspired and adventurous cook, she transforms the simplest, freshest ingredients into tantalising feasts to share with family and friends on any occasion.
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In this 1 minute 15 second clip, Jenny Morris offers a lively snapshot of Moroccan cooking, showcasing the bold flavours and aromatic spices that define the region’s cuisine. True to her Giggling Gourmet persona, she moves with ease and enthusiasm, highlighting ingredients through sensory cues rather than rigid instruction.
Jenny introduces key Moroccan flavour elements such as cumin, coriander, paprika, and preserved lemon, describing how the aromas and textures guide her decisions as she cooks. She emphasises the importance of touch and scent, encouraging viewers to engage with their ingredients intimately to bring out deeper flavour and confidence in the kitchen.
As she cooks, Jenny blends spices with fresh herbs, demonstrating how Moroccan cuisine balances warmth, fragrance, and brightness. Her passion is evident in her expressive commentary and playful tone, which help demystify the complexity of North African dishes. She speaks to the joy of cooking slowly, seasoning thoughtfully, and letting ingredients tell their own stories.
The clip ends with Jenny presenting the finished dish, celebrating its colour, aroma, and the pleasure of sharing food made with intention and heart.
00:18 Jenny highlights sensory cooking through aroma and touch
00:35 Combining spices, herbs, and key Moroccan ingredients
00:55 Bringing the dish together with warmth and colour
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