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A truly inspired competition from Unilever Food Solutions has seen young chefs from all over South Africa striving to impress judges with their personal ‘Sauce of Inspiration’ stories about what inspired them towards a profession as a chef and their dreams for the future. The prize is R20 000 towards helping the winner achieve his or her culinary dreams.

Culinary Team South Africa has a busy year ahead in its Olympic year and it started with the announcement of the Senior and Junior Team Captains. These National Teams and their Captains are the official squad, which will represent South Africa in the Culinary Olympics early in October in Erfurt, Germany. This Green and Gold Team is currently ranked in 10th place in the world.

The winner of the prestigious Unilever By Invitation Only Masters 2012 competition was announced at a gala banquet last night (17 April) after a final head-to-head cook-off battle among five of South Africa’s top chefs at the SA Chefs Association premises at the University of Johannesburg. The winner is Dion Vengatass, from the Mount Nelson in Cape Town – the youngest competitor amongst four veteran chefs, who walked off with the grand prize of R40 000.

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