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Charles Culbert, vice chairman of Gauteng region
reports from South Africa “In
the morning we hosted a charity boerewors roll braai
for over 450 children at Emisebeni Primary School,
MOFOLO VILLAGE, Soweto (which was found through Starfish
Charity Organisation). There were over 20 chefs from
the industry who helped feed these wonderful children
who thanked us by dancing and singing the lunchtime
away. They were so well organised and sat in rows
waiting for their turn to come up and get a boerewors
roll (donated by Shoprite/Checkers together with the
charcoal and firelighters), a Bibo cooldrink (donated
by Coca Cola), a sweet and toy (donated by 1 Time
Airways). The ages of the children ranged from about
5 years to about 10 years old. I am telling you, these
children were so well behaved, they put a lot of other
schools to shame. For more photo's please go to the
SACA website.
In the evening we had the social event at Unilever's
Offices in Woodmead. It was great to see so many Board
of Directors there, including Martin Kobald, Stephen
Billingham, Owen Julies, Craig Elliot and our Gauteng
Committee members. There were approximately 50-60
chefs there enjoying the lasagne (mince sponsored
by Shoprite/Checkers) and Chicken a' la King (chicken
sponsored by Rainbow) and all the cooking done (and
sponsored by Unilever together with their premises
and staff who worked overtime), delicious salads (sponsored
by Fruit Spot), huge cheese selection (sponsored by
Caterix), wine (sponsored by De Wetshof) and beer
(sponsored by SAB).
The food was excellent, thanks to Nancy and her team
and everyone climbed in and good comments abounded
from all sides. There was also a raffle at R10 a ticket
and Cordelia Kunaka (a new member) won the weekend
for 2 away from Southern Sun, second prize going to
Rousseau Hill of a steamer set, third prize to Neels
du Plooy of a McCains hamper, and fourth prize going
to Owen Julies of a bottle of wine. I believe the
last people left just after 1am, so obviously everyone
had a good time. International Chef's Day certificates
were handed out to everyone who attended the morning
and evening functions as a thankyou for their participation.
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