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A few years we had a vision. We had noticed how, with the rapid growth of the tourist industry in South Africa, there was an ever-increasing shortage of good, highly…
After identifying a pending shortage in the supply of highly motivated and expert culinary staff in the catering industry in South Africa, we decided to do something about it by…
“The most beautiful thing you can do in any profession is teach your craft.” So said Francois Dionot, founder of L’Academie de Cuisine, the premier culinary school in Washington DC,…
Catering courses of one type or another are available in many of the larger centres of South Africa, but la crème de la crème of catering courses is to be…
Innovation, expertise and tradition make for an exceptional combination. It is because of that, that our internationally renowned fine dining college has few equals. There are a few – if…
Throughout the Greater Johannesburg area you will find a large number of cooking colleges, many of them being excellent teaching establishments. But as far as cooking colleges go in the…