With the whole world about to put a huge microscope on South Africa with the advent of the 2010 FIFA World Cup have you actually sat down and read through our anthem? When Bafana Bafana take to the field will you proudly sing along. Will you fully understand what you’re singing and why it’s so significant?

Hello there my lovelies. Yes, it’s me again, the one you think you know but still don’t know. It’s been a good few months since I last reported back on the many happenings – happening in the wonderful place we call Prue Leith Chef’s Academy.

The call for pick-up sounds. Minds hone in on the task at hand. Hands whip into a flurry of action. Plates are being assembled and start resembling something edible. And suddenly in full glory, a plate of delicate and detailed precision appears.

Dave, Roxanne and Chrizette were the guinea pigs chosen for the first edition of what will hopefully become a regular feature. Many thanks to them!

At the end of last year when everyone was winding down and preparing for the much-needed holiday; Wikus Myburg (a.k.a Pastry Boy and “Baby Tjoklits”) was tempering himself for the prestigious Lindt :Working with Chocolate, Tempering, Décor and Showpiece course.

With the start of each semester the S.R.C. meets to discuss and plan the coming activities and goals for the student body. A meeting was held during the first week of this year and many ideas and goals were shared.

Being kosher is not only a choice it’s a lifestyle. The word kosher means “proper or fit” and does not only apply to hygiene and not eating pork as many think. It comes from a verse in the old testament, which states that you shall not “boil a kid in its mother’s milk” from this comes the idea of not eating milk or dairy products with meat items, so no cheese burgers and the masses ideas of kosher (kashrut).