Rookie Chef! Cooking classes for aspiring young chefs

 

South Africa’s leading culinary school – Capsicum Culinary Studio – has identified a gap in the market and has launched a new course Rookie Chef 2020 aimed at teens aged from 13 to 18.

 

Youngsters with a passion for food and cooking will learn how to prepare delicious starters, mains and desserts as well as being taught knife skills and kitchen safety.

 

The three-month course – comprising a three-hour hands-on course each week with the schools’ chef lecturers – costs R8 500 and includes an apron, basic chef’s knife, a kitchen towel, course notes and recipes as well as chef demos, all ingredients and prizes for the star rookie chefs. Those who graduate will be issued with a certificate of completion.

 

Says Candice Adams, National Academic Manager at Capsicum Culinary Studio: “There are youngsters who already know they want to make food their profession once they have finished school and this will give them a real advantage. Those who just want to increase their skills set will also find the course invaluable.

 

“Ultimately, though, we believe that it is important to get all children into the kitchen as it provides them with so many essential skills and learning tools for later life.”