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We love it that the food industry is so dynamic. New techniques, ingredients, exiting chefs or suppliers and the latest events at the Academy are all part of the news that we share with you.
Celebrating a culinary union
With three Prue Leithers already studying Italian cuisine in Colorno, Italy, Prue Leith Chefs Academy officially launched the Italian joint-programme with Alma – La Scuola Internazionale di Cucina Italiana last month with a week of phenomenal Italian food. There was … Continue reading
Finding culinary equilibrium between delicious classics and modern demands
It’s that time again. I’m just about to start filming for the Great British Menu – the seventh series is coming up. I think Ladbrokes should start taking bets on how long the BBC will keep me as their pet … Continue reading
2012 – The year of very, very good food
There are many predictions about 2012, but one we know will definitely come true at Prue Leith Chefs Academy is that quality food will be celebrated like never before. The year kicked off on a very high note with a … Continue reading
Decoding Gaultiero Marchesi
Professional cookery is no longer just a craft. It is officially an art. Chefs publicise their thought processes and creative philosophies in glossy coffee table books because we no longer just lust after their recipes, we want to know the … Continue reading
Exploring Italian Spirit
Italy has long been a food destination for tourists but for chefs it is much more – it is a culinary Mecca. You have to at least once travel to the source to experience the food and ingredients produced by … Continue reading
Meeting our new family
Prue Leith Chefs Academy partnered with ALMA La Scuola Internazionale de Cucina Italiana in Italy earlier this year to offer a joint-programme in which students can specialise in Italian cuisine. Recently Prue Leith Director of Operations Anthony Roberts and Head … Continue reading
Sugar, spice and all things charitable
Maria Radcliffe It was literally a sweet surprise for students when Chef Peter Gyorgyicsek – a Hungarian master pastry chef from Cofab and member of the South African National Culinary Team, recently visited the Academy pastry kitchen, with gadgets, silicone … Continue reading
Play with your Food
Food is a phenomenal medium for artists to work with. It took just one dessert in the Pick ’n Pay School Chefs Competition to recently re-establish that fact at Prue Leith Chefs Academy. A tomato filled with a dried fruit … Continue reading
Celebrating Prue Leith’s rising stars
A huge congratulations and good luck is in order for Prue Leith graduate Wynand van Rooyen who recently won the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs Young Chef of the Year 2011. Wynand’s winning menu compiled in a mystery basket competition was: Sea … Continue reading
Eat, Drink, Learn
Travelling awakens inspiration, broadens horizons and the palate and certainly teaches chefs more about their beautiful art. The recent Prue Leith Food and Wine Tour to the Western Cape did just that. Two lecturers and ten students took to Cape … Continue reading
