Rhapsody's Comedy Cook Off road show ends on a high note

Industrial catering industry suppliers Prenox was the catering equipment supplier for these events, which showcased some of South Africa's funniest comedians and celebrities.

The top South African chefs who travelled to these seven events included Martin Kobold, honorary past president of the SA Chefs Association; Trevor Boyd, owner of Salon de Culinaire and Arnold Tanzer, vice president of the SA Chefs Association and Sunday Times Chef of the Year in 2008.

Guest chefs at these events included Garth Shnier, executive chef of the Sandton Sun Hotel; Jodi-Ann Pearton, winner of the By Invitation Only Chef of the Year competition two years ago and Dilene Boyd, owner of Salon de Culinaire and the Unilever By Invitation Only Chef of the Year winner last year.

A high profile list of comedians and celebrities participated in these events and included Darren "Whackhead" Simpson; Bevan "Tooth Fairy" Cullinan; Graeme Joffe; Chris Forrest and Melt Sieberhagen. Malcolm "Player 23" Ferreira was the resident comedian and hosted each of the events.

Celebrity judges, who had the privilege of tasting the meals made by the teams at the various events, included Wynand Olivier, Nico Panagio, Gerry Elsdon, Gareth Cliff, Pieter Koen, Paul du Toit, Gerrie Pretorius, Terrence Bridget and Garth Collins.

"We at Prenox were thrilled to be involved as one of the sponsors of this unique road show. Our kitchen equipment helped create the delicious and distinctive meals that were made and we hope to be involved in these comedy cook off events again in the future", says Ingrid Johnson, client service manager at Equipment Design & General Engineering (Edge) which manufactures Prenox products.

As a result of its successful association with the show and that its kitchens were highly rated by the chefs who tried them out during the cook-off events, the company was recently requested to facilitate the installation of kitchen equipment at the new Rhapsody's Lounge at Lynnwood Bridge.