A delectable win for young chef
FERNDALE – Young apprentice chef Gugu Ndhlovu wins Chef of the Year award at the annual HTA In-Service Apprentice Chef of the Year competition.
Qualified apprentice chef, Gugu Ndhlovu, wins coveted HTA in Service Chef of the Year award and takes home a scrumptious R7 500.
HTA is a Ferndale-based culinary art school and each year for the past 13 years they have hosted the Chef of the Year competition which, for the last three years, has been sponsored by Nedan and AFGRI Milling. It is said to have been conceptualised by the school’s director, Stephen Billingham.
Eight recently qualified young apprentice chefs were selected to take part in the competition representing their training establishments. The objective of the competition, other than that of the educational and fun component offered through competitions, is to expose young chefs, the next generation of industry leaders, to a wide range of products and to allow them to incorporate them into four- or five-star cuisine.
The winner was announced at the cocktail event held after the competition. This was attended by approximately 80 influential industry members, family members as well as other sponsors.
The finalists are industry-based students who completed their final block release of the three-year chef apprenticeship programme in 2018 at HTA. They were chosen as semi-finalists for this competition based on their overall performance and marks practically and theoretically over a total of three years.
Following a cook-off held in May at HTA, the eight finalists were selected. Each finalist was awarded with a Nedan and AFGRI Milling embroidered chef jacket from Sigma Chef, a framed HTA certificate and medal and a range of gifts from sponsors.
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