Sibahle Mtongana (, born 10 December 1984) is a South African celebrity chef, restaurateur, television presenter, and author. Her restaurant, SIBA â The Restaurant, was founded in 2020, initially as a pop-up venue. She is best known for her freelance work at Drum Magazine, and the Cooking Channel and Food Network television series, Siba's Table.
Mtongana grew up in the township of Mdantsane near East London, South Africa. She is the daughter of Noliza, a retired teacher and Mncedisi Mnwana, a retired supervisor of a leather goods manufacturer. She is the youngest in a family of six children. She did her schooling in Alphendale High School, where she matriculated in 2002, and enrolled for a degree in Food and Consumer sciences at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, which she graduated in 2006.
Mtongana started as a student lecturer in CPUT, and made extra income by being an extra in several features films and TV commercials. She then served as a food editor for Drum Magazine for five years. During that time she made her television debut with the cooking show Cooking with Siba on Mzansi Magic in 2011.
Siba is married to Executive Creative Director for Woolworths, Brian Mtongana. She and Brian have 4 kids: Lonwabo, Linamandla, Buhlebenkosi & Ntandoyenkosi.