Martin Mössmer

Linguist, PhD student, cook

Originally from Pretoria, South Africa, I moved to Cape Town in 2007 to study the culinary arts. For the next few years I worked as a chef, before opening a bakery in the Muizenberg village. After four years of kneading dough and many 3 am’s, I decided to go to university. There, in 2014, linguistics stormed in and took over my life and many of my interests! I have been studying, researching, and working in Linguistics ever since.

These days I'm an avid domestic cook and baker, and I enjoy tinkering with recipes until they're just right. You could say that I'm the same when it comes to research! I enjoy listening to music (blues, classical, and 70s and 80s stuff), going to galleries and museums, and – above all – good wine and good company.