{"id":6053,"date":"2020-05-21T06:01:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T04:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/joburg-west\/?p=6053"},"modified":"2024-05-31T09:16:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T07:16:32","slug":"are-you-an-aspiring-chef-or-want-a-change-of-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/joburg-west\/blog\/2020\/05\/21\/are-you-an-aspiring-chef-or-want-a-change-of-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you an aspiring chef or want a change of career?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you 17 years or older with a passion for cooking?<\/p>\n

If you are an aspiring chef or want a change of career, then enter Capsicum Culinary Studio’s Chef Talent Scout Competition to stand the chance of winning one of six bursaries – with the combined value of R740 000 – including the ultimate prize of a three-year bursary towards the study of the school’s Advanced Culinary Arts Programme valued at R200 000.<\/p>\n

The other five prizes will be one-year bursaries for a Professional Chef Programme or Professional Patisserie Programme, awarded to regional finalists to study at one of Capsicum Culinary Studio’s six campuses across the country – Boksburg, Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, and Rosebank (Johannesburg).<\/p>\n

To enter the competition, contestants must create a dish – sweet or savoury – using a red capsicum pepper or any other red ingredient; take a good, clear photo of the finished dish and upload it onto their Instagram page, tagging @Capsicumcooking and using the hashtag #CapsicumTalent.<\/p>\n

The competition closes at midnight on Monday, November 30, 2020, with the names of each of the 10 finalists from each region announced on Wednesday, December 9, 2020.<\/p>\n

Those finalists will be invited to participate in a cook-off on January 20, 2021, at the Capsicum campus closest to them, where they will have to prepare the dish they entered on Instagram, using their ingredients.<\/p>\n

The winners from each campus will then compete in a cook-off, to be held at the school’s Rosebank campus (with travel to Gauteng sponsored for those living in other parts of the country), for the final cook-off on Saturday, February 6, 2021, where they will have to create the ultimate dish using ingredients from a mystery basket.<\/p>\n

Says Capsicum Culinary Studio’s Academic Head Candice Adams: “This is a fantastic opportunity for six individuals who are interested in cooking to realise their dreams of studying towards a career in the hospitality industry and at one of South Africa’s best culinary schools.”<\/p>\n

Adams urges entrants to remember that they must enter an image of their reddish on Instagram and tag #CapsicumTalent and @Capsicumcooking to qualify.<\/p>\n

All details, as well as Ts & Cs, can be found at https:\/\/www.capsicumcooking.com\/chef-talent-scout<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Capsicum Culinary Studio is the largest chef school of its kind in South Africa with campuses in Boksburg, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Pretoria, which collectively maintain a 95% pass rate.\u00a0It has more local and international accreditations and associations than most chef training institutes in the country\u00a0and a large number of alumni living and working abroad.<\/p>\n

Contact Capsicum at one of its six campuses or go to www.capsicumcooking.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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