This has been a bumper year for the Singita School of Cooking (SSC) in the Kruger National Park; this unique programme celebrated a decade in existence, with 60 students having found new careers as professional chefs after graduation and now gearing up for the big move to an exciting new facility at Singita Lebombo Lodge...
Wednesday the 8th of February 2017 was a very exciting day for the local community at Singita Grumeti, as the first group of students from the new Singita Serengeti School of Cooking (SSSC) was awarded their graduation certificates at a special ceremony in front of their tutors and proud family members. The ceremony marks the...
Next year marks the ten year anniversary of the Singita School of Cooking, which offers a professional cookery course to members of the local community in Singita Kruger National Park. The success of this programme led to the establishment of the Tanzanian campus in July last year, where Singita Serengeti Executive Chef Frank Louw spearheads the training...
Investing time, commitment, energy and expertise to support local communities is critical to Singita’s success, as you will have read in our recent blog post about the latest graduating class from the Singita School of Cooking (SSC). Projects like this provide exciting opportunities to people from nearby villages that otherwise would not exist, and encourage them to thrive, both socially and economically.
In the years since the Singita School of Cooking (SSC) opened in 2007, the programme has successfully placed nearly 50 chefs into positions at Singita, as well as the other lodges in the Kruger Park region. The students’ level of expertise upon completion of the course is widely recognised, and a fresh new group of graduates has recently earned their NQF Level 4 Certificate in Professional Cookery.
From the outside, it’s not much to look at: a nondescript building in the heart of the Singita Kruger National Park staff village. Take a step closer and the sound of pots clattering on iron stovetops breaks the bushveld silence. A babble of chatter and laughter wafts out across the dusty courtyard, as a flash of chef’s whites whips past the screen door.
Earlier this year we brought you the story of Joyful Nghala, a trainee chef at the Singita School of Cooking (SSC) at Singita Kruger National Park.
