Douglasdale Nandos gets peri-peri hot

Nandos Douglasdale hosts the central region 2023 Griller Challenge where seven grillers from across Gauteng and Mpumalanga went head to head to find the best grillers that can represent South Africa in Malaysia this September.

May 29, 2023

Success Mthombeni 1 minute read

Nandos Central Regional Grillers Challenge participants Noel Ndebele, Bukhosi Phakathi, Kelvin Dube, Mpho Mafrika, Sibongire Njiko, Godfrey Masipa and Lindokuhle Maswane.

Just like the peri-peri chicken, Nandos’ grillers there also prove they can bring on the heat. Nandos Douglasdale hosted the Central Region 2023 Griller Challenge, seven grillers from across Gauteng and Mpumalanga went head to head to find out who can win and represent the country by competing in the international competition in Malaysia this September.

Pius Ncube enjoys the Griller Challenge competition.

This year, Bukhosi Phakathi from Nandos Crown Mines walked away with the Central Region Griller Challenge prize, while Sibongire Njiko and Kelvin Dube both walked away as second and third-best grillers on the day, respectively.

The Grillers’ Challenge is a platform for Nandos grillers to showcase and improve their skills when they compete with other grillers all over the world. Nando’s purpose is to change lives, and this initiative not only does that by exposing grillers to different experiences and incredible prizes, but by encouraging staff to keep the Nandos’ standards of chicken high.

Nandos Douglasdale store manager Frank Rantao showed gratitude and was proud to be the central region hosting manager for this international competition. “We are so happy and honoured they chose Douglasdale to host the regional finals. It shows we are doing something great, unfortunately, we don’t have a griller representing us in the competition, but it inspires and motivates us to know that we can also do it going forward.”

Phakathi and the second runner-up Njiko both automatically qualify for the national finals, third-place Dube will stand a chance to qualify in a national third-place draw and qualify to participate in the national finals. All eyes will be on the nationals as the winner will have an opportunity to represent the country in the hottest competition finals in Malaysia.