Pretoria - Top tavern chefs from the inland provinces of Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and North West got a chance to test their culinary skills on Tuesday in the regional final of the Mzansi Tavern Chef Cook-off.
The competition took place at the Chefs Training and Innovation Academy in Centurion.
It is designed to promote food serving in taverns and combat binge drinking. The chefs battled it out to claim the regional title and a prize of R30 000 towards food serving in their outlets.
Two winners were chosen on the day from among the contestants competing in separate pools, from the central and northern provinces, respectively.
Regional winners also have the opportunity to compete in the national Grand Final and win a makeover of their outlet worth R100 000.
A partnership between Heineken Beverages, Nederburg Wines and the National Liquor Traders, and featuring MasterChef’s Pete Goffe-Wood and Benny Masekwameng, along with Drinks Federation of South Africa chairperson Monhla Hlahla as judges, the competition kicked off with the Coastal provincial events in the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal.
During the regional contest, the tavern chefs challenged each other in two pools in a cook-off judged on taste, creativity, affordability and presentation.
Pretoria News