Superb prizes for the winners including hugely desirable KitchenAid Artisan Mixers, Gadget & Utensils, Ceramics, Bakeware and more, much more as each of the participants will take home treasures from KitchenAid Africa, a company that has reached its centenary with aplomb, enviable products that have stood the test of time worldwide on every cook’s wish list! […]
DISTELL INTER HOTEL CHALLENGE WINE STEWARDS
Future Sommeliers! An achievement to aspire to, well worth climbing up that ladder and here they are… EMILE LIEBENBERG The Liz McGrath Collection “I work in the Greenhouse restaurant in the front of house department at The Cellars-Hohenort hotel” says Emile Liebenberg. “I officially started in March 2018 as a runner, I’m currently Head Waiter. […]
DISTELL INTER HOTEL CHALLENGE HOT CHEFS!
If your preference is for the hot kitchen you are following a grand old tradition. The hot kitchen holds many challenges and for those that persevere holds many rewards. Not an easy path, but one that has great scope for creativity in multiple ways. You will, of course, be called upon from time to time […]
DISTELL INTER HOTEL CHALLENGE PASTRY CHEFS
We are so proud of our Pastry Chefs who have joined us this year in spite of daunting odds. They will be producing, we are sure, exquisite entries for some equally fabulous prizes! This year, we held two of the four planned ‘Distell Inter Hotel Challenge 2020 Press Launches’ in March, one at The Palazzo […]
The Pastry Chefs Rising High
Cakes, pastries and desserts are the creative sides to cooking. Patisserie is an exquisite art form that can provide great satisfaction to the fortunate possessors of an artistic streak. It is rare to find chefs able to master both the hot kitchen and patisserie. There is no doubt that making patisserie your lifetime’s career will […]
The Bakers are on top form!
The feedback from the judges was superb with the many years of experience shared to all. Jac Kolver, Product Developer: Bakery & Market Bakery, Woolworths Foods, Lorraine Meaney, Head Pastry Chef, Cape Grace and Kyle Hickman, Executive Sous Chef, One&Only Cape Town giving a thorough run-through for every entry, providing a huge learning curve, which […]
Meet the Young Stars
The One&Only Reaching for Young Stars 2020 Candidates, all highly motivated; Bakers, Baristas, Hot Chefs and Pastry Chefs pulled out all the stops to succeed! ABDUL MU-EED SLAMDIEN “I am from the Southern Suburbs in Cape Town and attend the International Hotel School. I started at IHS after training as a pilot when I wanted […]
One&Only Reaching for Young Stars Awards 2020
Thursday 10th December 2020 RE: THE ONE&ONLY REACHING FOR YOUNG STARS RESULTS 2020 the year in which the One&Only Reaching for Young Stars initiative turned 10 and what a year this has proved to be, a veritable 12 months roller coaster, probably the worst year in the hospitality industry in history in South Africa with […]
One&Only Reaching for Young Stars 2020
Each year our young enthusiastic candidates play their hot pianos as they prepare their entries in a hushed glass-enclosed kitchen at the International Hotel School, home to the competition. Here they are at it, as precious time ticks by, ready for the first starter plate to be called for on the dot of 12h00! CHEF […]
One&Only Reaching for Young Stars 2020
It is this time of year again, only this year has to be different! The essentials are all there and in place with a virtual Launch Workshop for the One&Only Reaching for Young Stars 2020. Of course, this is a most significant year, our 10th at our home, the One&One Cape Town, where we have […]