Hard work sets 15-year-old dream in motion. Jackie Cameron realised her dream to tutor aspiring chefs when her school of food and wine - based in Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal - welcomed its first intake in April 2015.
Read MoreEvery chef has their pet hate – and Jackie’s is seeing someone in the kitchen with one of her knives in their hand. “Nobody is allowed to touch my knives – they’re from the Wüsthof Classic Ikon range and they’re engraved. I use them, sharpen them and wash them myself,” she says. “I am very classical and old-fashioned in many ways and these knives are truly stunning – and they fit my hand like a glove,” she says. Having bruised and cut herself early in her career with blunt knives, Jackie makes sure her knives are always sharp.
Read MoreJackie Cameron (31) is very enthusiastic about her plans to open a chef school in KwaZulu-Natal next year, after spending 10 years as head chef of the award-winning Midlands hotel and restaurant Hartford House. - Edward West / fin24
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