Fresh Nopales in South Africa

For those of you that don’t know, Saturday, 16 September is Mexican Independence Day. Every year, the Embassy of Mexico in Pretoria throws a special celebration for the Mexican community and some specially-invited local guests. This year, Hector decided to contribute with a special dish for the event – a fresh Nopales salad!!! Nopales are […]
Wine Connect Authentic Mexican Cuisine Event with Chef Ricardo Palomar – 27 July 2017

During the week of the 19th July 2017, one of our fellow Mexican foodies, Chef Ricardo Palomar, brought the Hilton Sandton’s executive chef: Stuart Cason, to Azteca to source ingredients for an authentic Mexican dinner that they were planning to have at the hotel for Wine Connect.We were so excited to share our products, food […]
Nkowa Private School Visits Our Factory

A few weeks ago, we were honored to host a very unique and beautiful group of visitors… 12 children and 3 teachers from Nkowa Private School situated in Rivonia visited our manufacturing plant for a ‘hands on learning experience’, focusing on Mexican history and traditions though the products that we locally manufacture here in Midrand. […]
Welcome to the Azteca Blog!

Hector and I moved to South Africa in the late 90’s with his company at the time – Mullins Food Products. His task was to set up a South African operation supplying sauces to companies like McDonalds. It was a scary move, with two small children but we weren’t going to let the opportunity pass […]