LEWAINE WINS MARGARET HIRSCH BUSINESS WOMAN OF THE MONTH IN SOUTH AFRICA

The owner of Fine Young Cooks, Lewaine Von Allemann was announced the October winner of the Margaret Hirsch Business Woman of the Month award at a business women’s networking meeting that took place on Friday at Hirsch Ballito.   Lewaine, who has always had a passion for cooking, runs her cookery school for children around the North Coast and has also started up classes for adults.  She has become very much part of the Fine Living Bru cooking competition that is held during the Mr. Price PRO International surfing week that is held every year in Ballito.   Margaret gave an inspiring talk about how important it is to stay true to oneself in business, and to never give up on one’s dreams.  “Everyone should have a vision board.  It works. Believe it and it will happen!” she told the gathering of local business women.    Margaret started the Margaret Hirsch Business Woman of the Month (leading up to the Business Woman of the Year)  competition in all of the areas in which Hirsch’s operates (11 throughout South Africa) because she could see how she – and Hirsch’s – had  benefited from the business accolades she has received over the years. “Winning business orientated awards has been wonderful – both for Hirsch’s and for me personally, and I would like to see this happening to other women in business. As women, we tend not to be assertive enough.  There are so many fantastic women out there who are not coming forward to be acknowledged for their contribution to the business world, and I would like to encourage them to come forward and enter the competition.”  She explained.  The next winner of the competition will be announced at a function organised by the Ilembe Chamber Steering committee in November