Capsicum Culinary Studio’s Chef Talent Scout Competition is back
To enter the competition, contestants must create a dish - sweet or savoury - using a red capsicum pepper.
Are you 17 years or older with a passion for cooking?
If you are an aspiring chef or want a change of career, then enter Capsicum Culinary Studio’s Chef Talent Scout Competition to stand the chance of winning one of six bursaries – with the combined value of R740 000 – including the ultimate prize of a three-year bursary towards the study of the school’s Advanced Culinary Arts Programme valued at R200 000.
The other five prizes will be one-year bursaries for a Professional Chef Programme or Professional Patisserie Programme, awarded to regional finalists to study at one of Capsicum Culinary Studio’s six campuses across the country – Boksburg, Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, and Rosebank (Johannesburg).
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To enter the competition, contestants must create a dish – sweet or savoury – using a red capsicum pepper or any other red ingredient; take a good, clear photo of the finished dish and upload it onto their Instagram page, tagging @Capsicumcooking and using the hashtag #CapsicumTalent.
The competition closes at midnight on Monday, November 30, 2020 with the names of each of the 10 finalists from each region announced on Wednesday, December 9, 2020.
Those finalists will be invited to participate in a cook-off on January 20, 2021, at the Capsicum campus closest to them, where they will have to prepare the dish they entered on Instagram, using their own ingredients.
The winners from each campus will then compete in a cook-off, to be held at the school’s Rosebank campus (with travel to Gauteng sponsored  for those living in other parts of the country), for the final cook-off on Saturday, February 6, 2021, where they will have to create the ultimate dish using ingredients from a mystery basket.
“This is a fantastic opportunity for six individuals who are interested in cooking to realise their dreams of studying towards a career in the hospitality industry and at one of South Africa’s best culinary schools,” said Capsicum Culinary Studio’s academic head Candice Adams.
Adams urges entrants to remember that they must enter an image of their red dish on Instagram and tag #CapsicumTalent and @Capsicumcooking in order to qualify.
All details as well as terms and conditions can be found at https://www.capsicumcooking.com/chef-talent-scout.
Capsicum Culinary Studio is the largest chef school of its kind in South Africa with campuses in Boksburg, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Pretoria, which collectively maintain a 95 per cent pass rate.
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It has more local and international accreditations and associations than most chef training institutes in the country and a large number of alumni living and working abroad.
Contact Capsicum at one of its six campuses or go to www.capsicumcooking.com
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