Tal Smith a owner of the deli Sababa. Tal opened her first outlet in St. John's Piazza, Sea Point. Russell Smith is a professional photographer who has shot on location internationally as well as working in the studio. They both live in Cape Town, South Africa. Cooking is Nirit Saban's playground and her passion. She loves traveling, exploring different cultures, art, dance and music, and using food as a medium and base to create, recreate and discover. She feels deeply connected to nature and what it provides us. Brought up in a family where food was always celebrated and festivals were always occasions for an abundant variety of delights, the foundation for her food-love was laid. She spent a couple of years in Israel, learning from local chefs and master confectioners, before returning to Cape Town in 2010 to run a very successful catering and deli kitchen, until establishing Olami in 2016.