ADVERTORIAL
FIVE
YEARS LATER …
SINCE 2021, THE V & A WATERFRONT’ S MAKERS LANDING HAS NURTURED SOUTH AFRICA’ S NEXT GENERATION OF FOOD ENTREPRENEURS TO BUILD RESILIENT, INCLUSIVE BUSINESSES THAT GROW, EMPLOY, AND TRANSFORM THE LOCAL FOOD ECONOMY.
Five years on, Makers Landing is driven by a radical idea: food should be seen, not hidden. The process matters just as much as the plate – the chopping, the fermenting, the slow smoking, the problem-solving. At its heart, Makers Landing is a real, working, food business incubator. Since the launch of the Makers Landing Food Incubator Programme in 2021, this philosophy has shaped a generation of food entrepreneurs.
Building businesses
The Incubator was designed to do more than showcase talent. It set out to build businesses. Entrepreneurs are given a space to produce, as well the tools to understand their numbers, refine their products, meet compliance standards
20 TRADE & TASTE / 2026