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Chef Callan Austin wins international 2019 – 2021 S. Pellegrino Young Chef Academy Award Young Chef Award for Social Responsibilty, only SA winner!

 

Chef Callan Austin of Chefs Warehouse Tintswalo won the S.Pellegrino Young Chef Award for Social Responsibility at the Grand Finale of the S. Pellegrino Young Chef Academy Competition  2019 – 2021 in Milan this past weekend. His dish was named ‘The Ghost Net’.

Chef Paul Prinsloo was a Finalist in the Young Chef Academy Award, one of ten chefs. The overall winner was Chef  Jerome Ianmark Calayag, representing the UK and Northern Europe.

Chef Marcus Gericke is the Head Chef at Le Coin Français in Franschhoek, and  was a Finalist in the Fine Dining Lovers Food for Thought Award 2021 for his ‘Remembrance’ dish of a Quail consommé. Continue reading →

Top eating trends for 2014

Paleo dietAmericans are consulting dietitians more than ever before, to gain nutritional information and advice about diets.  A survey conducted amongst 500 dietitians highlighted the following food trends for 2014, likely to apply locally too.  According to eTurboNews the top 14 eating trends are as follows:

1.   Anti-wheat:  wheat-reduced diets like the Paleo diet, gluten-free, or ‘wheat belly‘, is the top eating trend, despite there being no evidence that these lead to weight-loss.

2.  Ancient grains:  are popular again, despite the contradictory anti-wheat trend.

3.   Low fat: the focus on low fat diets will largely fall away.

4.   ‘MyPlate‘: this educational tool to create a healthy diet and to eat correctly is recommended to their clients by the majority of dietitians.

5.   Health:  this is an important consideration for shoppers, so much so that in-store Supermarket Continue reading →