City Lodge accommodates SA National Culinary Team

12 Mar 2015

The City Lodge Hotel Group is to take care of the accommodation needs of the South African National Culinary Team, as it prepares for next year's IKA Culinary Olympics taking place in Erfurt, Germany.

This means that the eight-member team - three from Joburg and five from Cape Town - will be able to get together for practices as they build up to the big event, which takes place from 22-26 October, 2016.

If the Joburgers go down to Cape Town, they will be able to stay at any City Lodge Group Hotel - if the Capetonians come up to Joburg, they will be able to stay at any City Lodge Group Hotel.

L to R:: Chef Jerome Norton (Four Seasons, The Westcliff); Chef Vusi Ndlovu (The Saxon); Chef Heinz Brunner, (The Local Grill and team manager); and Peter Schoeman, City Lodge’s Divisional Director, Sales and Marketing

Travel is necessary

As Heinz Brunner, Manager of the SA National Culinary Team, said: "Travel is necessary to ensure that the team can practice together and then go back to their restaurants and perfect their dishes through including them on their own menus." The team will practice at different venues every two months.

"We are training hard, developing an exceptional menu and working as a team to produce world-class food that represents South Africa's culinary scene with excellence. We couldn't do this without our fantastic sponsors and partners. A huge thank you goes to the City Lodge Hotel Group for its support as our accommodation partner and to Imperial LSC as our headline sponsor."

Commenting on behalf of the City Lodge Hotel Group, Peter Schoeman, Divisional Director, Sales and Marketing, said: "It is a privilege for us to assist our Springboks of the food world as they prepare to represent our country in the world's ultimate culinary challenge."

The competition will see national teams from across the globe compete in categories such as Hot Kitchen, Cold Table and Pastry.