Silwood proves its training best!
SILWOOD wins 1st, 2nd & 3rd place in the 2011 Sunday Times Junior Chefs Competition Congratulations to 1st place Ash Heeger (graduate 2010), 2nd place Hloni Tlhapuletsa (graduate 2008) and 3rd place Nik Tonglet (current diploma student)
Silwood has also won the 2011 CITY AND GUILDS cookery school skills challenge, the 2010 SHOWCOOK Inter-school’s Competition and has won the 2008, 2009 & 2010 Sunday Times Student Challenges- proving SILWOOD training BEST. Well done to Stacey-Lee Chan, graduate of 2006 for winning the international Chaine des Rotisseurs Competition in Finland.
Sunday Times Junior Chefs Competition 2011
National Skills Challenge 2011
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Silwood diploma students Marikje Duminy and Nik Tonglet won the national City and Guilds, inter cookery schools skills Challenge at Hostex. |
Sunday Times Chef Challenge
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Silwood certificate students Sara Lohmaier & Lauren Bolton won the national Sunday Times Chef Challenge. Silwood has won all the Sunday Times Student challenges to date. Read More |
Show Cook’s Inter-Cookery School Competition
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Silwood diploma students James Gaag and Belinda Wichmann won the Show Cook competition organized by Annette Kesler. The 3 competing schools were Silwood, SA Chefs Academy and ICA. Read More |
International Chaine des Rotissuers
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Silwood graduate of 2006 Stacey-Lee Chan won the international Chaine des Rotissuers young chefs competition in Finland, proving herself “best young chef in the world”!Stacey was one of only 3 girls against 21 boys in this prestigious international competition. Germany came 2nd and Canada 3rd. Read More |
Sunday Times Senior Chefs Competition
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Silwood graduate of 2005, Jodi-Ann Pearton, won the Sunday Times Senior Chefs Competition. Read More about Jodi and www.fooddesign.co.za |
The World Chocolate Masters in London
The SA Olive Oil Awards
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Certificate student, Marijke Duminy, won a gold medal for her olive oil, Andante, at the SA Olive Oil Award |














