Trip to London offered to Ultimate School Cook Off winner

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The International Hotel School's (IHS) Ultimate School Cook Off competition to find the best school chef in Grade 11 or 12 will result in winners earning a share of R300,000 in prizes, including a trip to London.

The competition will be held nationally in September, with the regional finals taking place at the IHS campuses in Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town. The winner of the regional final in each province will win a bursary to study the one-year Culinary Arts programme at that campus. The regional winners will then be flown to Durban to compete against each other in the final cook off to be held in October.

The national winner will receive a culinary trip to London in January 2015. This includes return flights, a 3-night stay at The Draycott Hotel, dinner at two top London restaurants, a trip to Harrods' Food Hall, Fortnum & Mason and the Borough Market, a visit to a chocolatier, a trip on the London Eye as well as a sightseeing tour. The winner will also be taken on a behind the scenes tour through a 5-star hotel including a tour of its kitchens.

To enter, go to www.schoolcookoff.co.za.