The Olympic Heat Is On For Culinary Team SA

Fruit & Veg City, South Africa’s premier fresh produce retailer with over 100 stores nationwide, announced its patronage of SACA (The South African Chefs Association) as a way of confirming their passion and commitment to the culinary industry in South Africa. This makes Fruit & Veg City an official patron of the South African Chefs Association.

Culinary Team South Africa, ranked 10th in the world and consisting of seven junior members and 12 senior members, were recently awarded a bevy of medals at the Culinary World Cup in Luxemburg –seven silver medals in ‘hot kitchen’, seven silver medals in ‘cold table’, one silver in the ‘individual showpiece’ section and three bronze medals in ‘individual entries’. This national team will be competing internationally in the oldest and most prestigious culinary competition in the world, the IKA Culinary Olympics 2012, hosted in Erfurt, Germany.

The team are already working on perfecting their dishes for the Olympics at monthly four-day training sessions. The preparation and training for this prestigious culinary competition entails hard work as this group of gifted chefs will have to perfect their own menu, as well as practice each recipe on the Olympic menu. “We are delighted to have Fruit & Veg City on board as a partner in assisting the team with their fresh produce requirements.  As fresh food sponsor they supply the National Culinary Team of South Africa with produce for every month’s practice. It is going to be a pleasure for the team to be able to go and do the shopping in a quality store with quality ingredients. This will contribute to the conditioning and success of the culinary team in preparation for the Olympics in October 2012.” says Bruce Burns, Culinary Team South Africa Manager.

Source: SACA