Foodie Blog
With 26 internationally judged distinctions, our graduation a couple of weeks back was testament to the high standard we demand at Jackie Cameron School of Food & Wine. The graduates have all been employed, and I am confident that they are well prepared for their chosen careers in the demanding, yet exciting, culinary industry.
You’re invited to join us for Sundowners
with Lanzerac Wine Estate
Date: Wednesday 7 August 2019
Time: Arrival 17h00 sharp - we like to start as close to 17h00 as possible.
We are normally done by 18h30. Cost: R220 per person.
If you think it can’t be done on a Weber we’ll show you it can. Demonstrations are by award-winning chef and business owner, Jackie Cameron. You will have the opportunity to taste the results, and recipes will be supplied. All fish used at the school is Sassi green-listed. Every student gets to take home the recipes and a WEBER goodie.
Each T-time will include different items that the students have made with their own unique touch. These willhave a theme to their practical assessment. So, as they learn you taste. The occasion kicks off with a glass of Klein Zalze bubbles and includes a Terbodore coffee. To join Chef Jackie and her students booking is essential.
I recently returned from visiting the Jackie Cameron School of Food & Wine #20182019 students in the Joburg and the Cape areas. What a tremendously, inspiring time it was - seeing them all in their placements, doing so well and truly flourishing.
I met Tahila Pillay’s mother, Cheryl, a few years back. For a private function, she and her team at The Cake House had made the most on-point cake design replicating a local estate agency that was celebrating a milestone event, here at the school.
Instagram can be used for many things, from catching up with friends to sharing beautiful pictures, but for us food enthusiasts it is also a tool to finding amazing meal ideas. The key is in knowing which accounts to follow for recipes that not only look, but taste good.
You’re invited to join us for Sundowners with Bon Courage Estate Wines
Date: Wednesday 5 June 2019
Time: Arrival 17h00 sharp – we like to start as close to 17h00 as possible. We are normally finished by 18h30. Cost: R220 per person
“We asked our chef partners to come up with unusual taste blends that sound odd but actually work surprisingly well together. Cameron Easton, a student at Jackie Cameron’s School of Food and Wine has taken chocolate, avocado and coriander to create this adventurous interpretation of Eaton Mess!” - Oryx Desert Salt
Jessica George chose to share her Spicy Thai Red Curry Soup. “This dish bursts with flavour,” she says. “It excites my tastes buds and reminds me of some of my favourite things - visiting my boyfriend on his family’s coriander farm; and sitting together as a family at a warm fire while sipping delicious soup and listening to the rain as it pours down outside.”
“Gordon Ramsey is my favourite chef. I started hearing about him a long time ago. I thought he was a football coach at first, but then I learnt more about him and he became my favourite.” - Maganizo Penti
Your invited to join us for Sundowners with Spier Wines. Students will pair bite-size tastings for the various cultivars being presented, and we’ll ask you to comment on the snacks and how well they pair with the respective wines.
Jackie Cameron School of Food and Wine. 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 of 2015.
"We are extremely proud to have hosted the Jackie Cameron School of Food and Wine at lntaba Ridge. The event was held to celebrate the completion of our showhouse and to showcase our magnificent estate - with some equally magnificent food and wine." - Intaba Ridge Magazine
If you think it can’t be done on a Weber we’ll show you it can. Demonstrations are by award-winning chef and business owner, Jackie Cameron. You will have the opportunity to taste the results, and recipes will be supplied. All fish used at the school is Sassi green-listed. Every student gets to take home the recipes and a WEBER goodie.
“When I walked into the front doors of Jackie Cameron School of Food & Wine. It was that moment, in 2017, that I knew this was where I wanted to grow my passion for food. The level of skill and the awesome vibe here was like no other school I had come across in South Africa.” - Tahila Pillay
“Before I was born my mom wanted me to be a chef. Clearly, she passed her creativity and passion down to me. I want to learn how to create delicious, culinary artwork from the very best.” - Savannah Claire Austen
“Jackie Cameron School of Food & Wine has high standards, we get to interact with Chef Jackie and learn from her life experiences in the field of culinary arts.” Ruvarashe Matsika
Jackie Cameron School of Food & Wine is a place where I can be creative. I’ve always wanted to own a coffee shop and, after seeing what Chef Jackie at Jackie Cameron School of Food & Wine had to offer for me, I consider myself fortunate to have this opportunity of a lifetime.
Jackie Cameron has put so much time and hard work into her school which, along with my parents sacrificing so much for me to be here, is motivation enough for me to want to give of my very best.
Each coffee-time will include different items that the students have made with their own unique touch. These will have a theme to their practical assessment. So, as they learn you taste. The occasion kicks off with a glass of Klein Zalze bubbles and includes a Terbodore coffee.