Our story
Lize-Mari Jacobs and Themba Khoza opened Mielie & Co. in 2019 in an old saddlery on Andringa Street. It began as a table of Lize-Mari's peach chutney at the Saturday market and grew into a deli, a bakery corner and a small online shop.
Today six of us run the counter, the kitchen and the deliveries. We still cook every chutney in the same copper pot, and we still know most of our customers by their coffee order.
We visit every farm we buy from, and we pay on the day we collect.
Yesterday's bread becomes rusks and croutons, and the peels go back to the farm for compost.
Honest food should not be a luxury, so we keep a shelf of staples at cost plus a little.
Co-founder and head of the kitchen
Co-founder, buying and deliveries
Deli counter manager
Baker
Pop in for a coffee and a slice of cheese, or send us a note about orders, platters and delivery.