Our very first year that we’ve introduced the Barista category in the One&Only Reaching for Young Stars competition and it has been a learning curve for everyone! Happy to say it was very well received that Avanti Coffee Company put together a most comprehensive curriculum for the team to follow and everyone was very enthusiastic […]
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 […]
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 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 […]