Cooking the books: Celebrity chef who defrauded SARS of R5m awaits his fate

Celebrity chef Lusizo Mvula Henna, known as Chef Sizo, has found himself in hot water for defrauding the taxman, using his business' Blaque Olive Private Chefs CC account.

Henna cut a lonely figure in the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crime Court, sitting in Palm Ridge, on Thursday, when sentencing proceedings against him were supposed to start but could not go ahead due to outstanding reports.

There was no visible support from friends or family of the celebrity chef who was found guilty of defrauding SARS of more than R5 million in December.