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Ad Talent // Newsletter September 2010 |
| Zinzi’s Chef Wins Unilever Chef Of The Year 2010 |
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23 September 2010 - Christo Pretorius, Chef De Partie at the famous ZINZI Restaurant situated on the Hunters Country House Estate and part of the 5-star Hunter Hotels Group, has received top honours at this year's Unilever Chef of the Year competition and was presented with the First Prize in the Junior Category as well as an incredible R10, 000.00. Using his culinary talent, creativity and of course compulsory Unilever ingredients, Pretorius had just one hour to come up with his menu and then three hours later prepare a three course meal and present it to the local and international accredited judges. His mystery basket consisted of protein, Robertson's veggie seasoning, local salmon, Knorr demi glace, streaky bacon, Carte D ‘Or wild berry sauce, a whole duck, Knorr mash flakes, shrimp and fresh mussels. A wide variety of fruit and vegetables along with basic dairy and dry ingredients were also included. His winning menu consisted of a starter of local salmon and mussel cannelloni served with shrimp bisque and vegetable seasoning pickled mushrooms, a main course of pan-roasted duck breast with a demi-glaze gelée, onion mash flake purée, caramelised pumpkin and bacon, and a decadent dessert of wild berry soufflé with a lavender crème anglaise and a strawberry apple salad. States Pretorius: "It's an enormous honour to have been chosen but most of all I'm proud to have brought this accolade back home to Hunter Hotels and Plettenberg Bay, and I hope this will highlight the amazing culinary opportunities along the Garden Route." The finalists were selected from semi-final mystery basket cook-offs held in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban. The 2010 Chef of the Year competition was launched this year at Hostex at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on the occasion of the ‘By Invitation Only' competition, in which six of South Africa's top chefs were handpicked to compete for a grand prize of R40 000 - Dilene Boyd (nee Cranna) of Salon de Culinaire, walked away with top honours. |
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