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MAMA I made it
Health and
Wellness TIPS
for students
Psicookedthis.com
DURBAN | 2016 has
kick started with true Your future
#ProudlyIHS ENERGY bartender
FEATURES
+ COVER STORIES
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HAS KICK STARTED
WITH TRUE
#ProudlyIHS ENERGY
From the Editor
Seriously is it a new year already…
granted we are already a quarter 10_ Cape Town
of the way in, I still feel like we
were saying Merry Christmas two 04_YOUR Let’s do this 18_ MAMA
#2016 I MADE IT
seconds ago #HappyNewYear. If
anything, it’s a testament to how
little time we actually have to FUTURE
make the most of any situation
we may be in. Bartender
08_ HEALTH AND
I hope this new year, you make
mistakes. Because making mistakes
means that you’re growing and WELLNESS 19_ The
trying new things. I hope you’re
Tips for students Maslow Hotel
doing things you’ve never done
before, and more importantly,
makes us
you’re doing something you’re
passionate about.
PROUD
As always I leave you with the
following quote...
“This is the new year the new
you. You can pass through another 20_ IHS
year, coasting on cruise control. Or
you can step out of your comfort
JOHANNESBURG
zone, try things you have never CAMPUS
done before, & make this year has started
the year that you elevate from
where you are & soar high. Make the year with a
it happen!” - Pablo
BANG!!!
Enough with the new year cliché
talk, go out there and do the best 05_ The
Do’s & Don’ts
that you can do.
The best is yet to be!
Chat soon
of group 12_ 22_ 3 QUICK
Neli Sithole
Editor ASSIGNMENTS Psicookedthis.com AND EASY
Pasta Sauce recipes
@nelisithole
09_ 5 of the Best
PHOTO EDITING 14_
06_ Big Shots APPS GETTING STARTED
IN THE CONFERENCE
23_ Take the
The IHS Executive Committee
answer a few fun questions …
& EVENTS INDUSTRY QUIZ
How good is your culinary knowledge?
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FUTURE BARTENDER
Once in a while, technology leads us into places The robot then looks at your profile vs the
we never thought we would ever go. Right now, personality traits and allocates specific drink
we’re exploring a robot bartender who can mix ingredients to each personality trait that pulls
you a cocktail based on your personality type. If through. Your cocktail is mixed together
it sounds bonkers, it definitely is, but the science combining all of these factors. According to the
behind it has a great deal of potential when it developers of Social-Shot, if you’re not very
comes to understanding the value of personal conscientious, you won’t get a great deal of
data. It could potentially give us insights into the vodka. If you’re a faithful person, you’re likely
psychology of how consumers make purchase to get a hefty shot of vodka. Exactly how the
decisions, and a whole lot more. algorithms work is the intellectual capital of
the scientists who invented it… but it keeps
us guessing.
HOW IT WORKS
If you’re wondering how this robot knows about
your charming personality, the information WHAT IF YOU HAD A BIT OF FUN
comes from Facebook (no Facebook account, WITH THIS CONCEPT?
no cocktail). A group of German scientists If you’re keen for a bit of fun, why not come
developed the concept (called Social-Shot) and up with your own algorithm by choosing your
created a robot to do all the work. The robot own personality traits and cocktail ingredients.
analyses information on your Facebook page, Organise a social event with your friends (you
compares it to an algorithm developed by the have to know the people you’re basing your
University of Cambridge and comes up with cocktail on), think of their personalities, match
a personality profile based on your likes. Your it to your list of ingredients and come up with
personality profile includes specific personality some fun and festive cocktail ideas. Name the
traits that are connected to specific drink different cocktails after your friends (if you
ingredients. It’s easy work for a robot…. dare) and have a ball entertaining everyone.
#CreateYourOwnPartyGame
If you had to think about your Facebook Bottoms up!
information now, what do you think your
profile would say about your personality? Cocktails can be alcoholic and non-alcoholic
so there’s no end to the fun you can have with
THE SCIENTIFIC PART this idea. Technology teaches us something
every day - about data, about ourselves and
It all sounds so simple but it’s really quite
even about how to have more fun. Cheers to
complicated. 5 drink ingredients are linked to
the future!
5 personality traits (called the Big Five) from a
popular psychology model that breaks down the
human personality into:
1) Neuroticism 2) Extroversion 3) Openness
4) Agreeableness and 5) Conscientiousness.
Source, images and video via: http://social-shot.com/; http://www.techinsider.io/social-shot-is-a-mobile-robot-
bartender-2015-10 and http://bit.ly/1NG8IO4)
THE DO’S & DON’TS OF
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GROUP
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Group Assignments... the dreaded
method of submitting your latest
Assignments
assignment makes you feel sweaty and
nauseous before you’ve even joined
the group. And that’s because you
know what’s coming - there’s always
the first class slacker; the whiner; the
S:
clown...you’re worried about how this THE DON’T
group is going to turn out and who’s
going to have to do all the work to get iends
d on your fr
a good mark. Don’t despair these do’s on ’t fo rm a group base ia n t exam
D for brill
are known
and don’ts are a great guide to getting - unless they tellige n t.
are highly in
everyone to do their bit. results and
estions
ion! Ask qu
communicat
Don’t limit you lik e, ‘Is this
that worry
about things in k? ’ or ‘I th ink I
in g of f to pic do you th u re peat it?’
go - can yo
od your idea
misundersto Assign
ep focused.
on ’t st ra y off topic - ke ss io n to keep
D p at each se
e gr ou that’s
THE DO’S:
in th
someone n to them -
p on tr ac k. And liste ar e
the grou because th ey
r as si gn ed job, it’s not
thei
important.
trying to be e you do
First of all, group assignments ne gets it lik
’t as su m e that everyo un de rstand
Don e really does
should be small. In other words 2 to 5 - make sure
ev er yo n
ons to ask ea
ch
en t. C reate questi g
members are more than enough. the assi gn m
d what’s go in
to se e if yo u understan re yo u
su
other e etc. Make
Work where there are no distractions , w h at th e answers ar su bm it yo ur
on hen you
nd so that w
and don’t work more than 2 to 3 hours all understa A LL going to do
well.
en t yo u ar e
per session. assignm
Try and get together at the same place
and same time every session - it will
feel more like another ‘class’.
Set rules at the start - such as a If you really do have a slacker or two
timetable, what everyone expects to in your group and it’s a struggle for the
achieve, what will happen to slackers, rest of the group members, talk to your
who does what and when, etc. lecturer and get advice. If everyone
Decide how much time you’re going tows the line, you should all do really
to spend on each session and discuss well. Remember groups aren’t forever,
what you are going to complete in so give it your all for the short time you
each session before you start. Then are forced to work together - you never
stick to it. know, you could make new friends and
actually have a really good time!
Set homework/tasks for group
members to achieve before you all
meet. Half the work is done before
you even get together.
THE BIG SHOTS
1 Repetition- doing the same thing over and over
2 I think I have a different approach these days to giving instructions-
I used to tell my chefs what I wanted, these days I show them
3 Too many, a bit of a problem
The IHS Executive Committee are back to answer a few questions...
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4 Why didn’t you just go for it?
5 Personal- lose some weight (have put on more than a few LB’s).
1 2 3 4 5 Professionally to make International Hotel School the Best Culinary School in Africa.
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What do you How has IHS How many If you could ask What is your
find boring? influenced pairs of shoes your future self biggest goal DAVID GOETTE
your perspective do you own? one question for 2016? National Culinary Arts Executive
on life? what would it be?
1 Easy targets (just joking Mr Lambert…)
1 2 Be worried if you are not stressed, very worried ;)
TV
3 Not as many as Phindi…
2 It has made me realise how much I love adding value to people’s lives
4 Will you still love me when I’m sixty-four...??
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4 5 Make JHB the top performing campus :)!
Did you take more risk?
5 To open a campus in Pretoria
GENEE GRIFFITHS
Managing Executive, Johannesburg Campus
MIKE LAMBERT
CEO
1 History Channel (and most things History to be honest)
2 It has taught me that anything is possible
1 Cooking...
3 6, including hiking boots and gym shoes.
2 To embrace change and its challenges
But I have just moved house and am making room for more :)
3 3 - one for work one for dressing up and one for casual - why would you want to
4 What do you wish you had known at my age?
spend money on more than that?
5 To complete all my projects by their due dates
4 Did I equip my children with the right knowledge and values to see
them through life
5 To live life to its fullest… 2015 has taught me a few lessons RUTH PAULSEN
Sales and Marketing Director
BRENDA BEZUIDENHOUT
Financial Director
1 TV
2 Ongoing personal development is key
1 The adult conversation at kids parties, we should just play too. 3 I think… somewhere around 8
2 The answer’s YES, what’s the question? 4 I know its going to be huge I just want to know how big?
3 Including my colour coordinated slops? 10. 5 My Rovos Rail holiday
4 Self, are we there yet?
5 To open Africa’s first Hotel & Gaming School JO OOSTHUIZEN
Managing Executive, IHS Online
STUART BLACKBURN
Managing Director, Training Division 1 I don’t find anything boring if you have the right mindset you can turn anything
into a challenge and/or a game
2 It has grown me (in a short time) around the aspects of managing people
1 Repetition, doing the same thing again and again from all different walks of life and understanding when to say NO...
2 3 Around 8 pairs if you include slops
My perspective on life is what I bring to work- IHS has reinforced this, but not changed it.
3 4 What were the winning lotto numbers for the 2016 Euro Sweepstakes competition?….
I don’t count shoes
Seriously, Do the Springboks win the 2019 World cup in Japan …. Then I would know
4 Are you still enjoying the ride? whether or not I need to purchase my ticket.
5 Living every moment to the maximum with my loved ones 5 To make a good start at being a great father
ALAN LESTER MATTHEW LAMBERT
Managing Executive, Cape Town Campus Managing Executive, Durban Campus
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HEALTH AND
WELLNESS TIPS
Staying fit and healthy should be a priority
if you’re a student. And if it’s not, don’t
FOR STUDENTS
beat yourself up because it’s hard to pack in
studying, practicals and student life without
Tip 6:
Don’t burn yourself out- With so much to
having to add fitness into the equation. But do, and little time to do it, it’s easy to get run
these fun tips are easy to follow and will down. If you feel you’re stretching yourself
add to your fitness and wellness levels. too thin, take a step back, breathe and then
assess what’s critical to do.
Tip 1: Tip 7:
Eat breakfast- You’ve heard this millions of Indulge every once in awhile- A little treat
times growing up and it’s still relevant today… now and then is an excellent way to reward
Start your day off with a healthy meal in the yourself for eating healthy, just don’t go
morning. overboard. Give yourself a break and indulge
in foods you love but can’t eat all the time.
Tip 2:
Make your workout fun- Find ways to make Tip 8:
your workout fun and you’ll be much more Get involved on campus- Believe it or not
likely to keep it up. involving yourself in campus activities is a
great way to keep active. It’s also an excellent
Tip 3: way to meet new friends and keep you from
Drink water- Believe it or not, drinking water feeling bored.
has been known to boost your concentration
as well as keep you from overeating. Tip 9:
Lack of sleep can have a big impact in your
Tip 4: life- It reduces your ability to concentrate and
Learn proper portion size- To avoid eating too participate in everyday activities. For your
much of even the healthiest foods, keep track well-being, it’s important to get as much sleep
of how much you’re eating. as you need.
Tip 5: Tip 10:
Don’t fight stress by eating- It can be tempting Drink moderately- This one may be a hard
to reach for a bag of chips or some cookies to believe but trust us it’s true…you can still
when you’re stressed out about an impending have fun without drinking too much. Drink
exam. Eating won’t help your stress go away, in moderation and you can have a good time
so avoid filling up on snacks. without consuming too many calories.
Living a healthy and busy college life can be fun, and
you will feel extra productive. Exercise can help balance
the activities that college throws at you, and could it
potentially become a healthy habit you carry into your
future career lifestyle.
5 OF THE BEST
PHOTO
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EDITING APPS
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Up the ante with your foodie phone snaps and InstaSize
improve their quality with a bit of tweaking. This app works as a complement to Instagram,
Whatever your smart phone or mobile device allowing you to keep the original dimension
of your image without being limited to the
might be, if it runs on Android or iOS then you
square format of Instagram. It too offers its
will be able to take advantage of these great free own version of filters to play around with,
photo editing apps to make any food photo go as well as the option to overlay text or create
from amateur to magazine-worthy wonderful. a collage. The facility to enhance your image
is there as well, as you can modify basics
such as saturation, tint, brightness and
INSTAGRAM apply vignettes.
The most well-known and widely used
mobile image application, Instagram is SNAPSEED
not only a photo social media sharing Snapseed offers one of the most impressive
platform but is equipped with some functionalities available, out of any image
great photo editing tools. It comes enhancement app so far: with every edit and
equipped with 10 advanced editing tools filter added it creates ‘stacks’ or layers - this
that allow users to tweak brightness, allows you to add, edit or remove individual
contrast, perspective, to lighten changes to your image. Layering changes
shadows, increase saturation, play to an image is usually a function limited to
with depth of field with a faux tilt-shift desktop computer software. It also gives users
effect and overlay custom filters. Its the ability to copy those stacks and paste
signature retro-style filters have defined them onto another image. It also incorporates
photographic trends in the past few gesture-based editing. This means that you
years. swipe to apply a facility such as brightness or
contrast. Swiping horizontally, left or right,
VSCOCam® either amplifies or reduces the enhancement
This beautifully design app imbues effect. The brush tool also allows you to apply
sophistication which it lends to the certain effects to isolated areas of your image,
editing style offered for images. The app instead of the overall shot, and the Healing
itself is a minimalist setup which belies tool seamlessly eliminates dust dirt from the
the complexity of the level of photo photo. It’s a very clever and intuitive app and
enhancement, presets and functionality allows you to really refine your image.
that offers. It has a variety of built-in
filters and comes with useful tools to PIXLR
streamline the editing process, such as If you want to overlay text or create fun
Single Step Undo and the ability to Copy collages with your final edited images, this
& Paste effects across other images. It makes for a fun app to play with. It boasts
has near pro-level editing capabilities over 600 overlays, allowing you to play with a
by allowing you to lock white balance wide library of fonts, font effects, stickers and
on your image, as you would on a DSLR borders. For simple and quick editing, it has
camera and allows you to adjust flash an ‘auto fix’ facility that adjusts the balance
or add a low-light boost. It has ten on colours with a single click. It also has a
simply named filters and offers more useful focul blur affect that allows you to
for purchase and download. The filters control not just the focus area on the image,
hint at retro-style cinematography, but the strength and shape of the blur and the
with subdued saturation of images, a colour as well.
soft fading and variations thereof that
takes what Instagram filters started These apps are powerful and easily accessible
and elevates it to a more refined and allowing you to go from snap-happy to
professional appearance. sophisticated in, well, a snap.
Screenshot sources: Instagram- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.instagram.android&hl=en
Instasize- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jsdev.instasize&hl=en | VSCOCam®- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vsco.cam&hl=en
Snapseed- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.niksoftware.snapseed&hl=en | Pixlr- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pixlr.express
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Cape Town
LET’S DO THIS
#2016
Happy New year from the Cape Town campus. Welcome back to all our
current students and a special welcome to all our new students and staff.
Our year started with our campus kitchens still Our patisserie students had the pleasure to
looking like a renovation site, but with smart contribute to the Red Cross Air Mercy Services’
planning we were able to accommodate all our 50th Anniversary celebrations by baking a cake
culinary students #teamwork. for the event. The Red Cross Air Mercy Services
is a non-profit organisation with bases in the
Our Induction program this year included a Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo that
visit to SAB in Newlands for a beer tour, Liquid provide an air ambulance network, rural health
Concepts conducted a demonstration on cocktails outreach and emergency rescue service.
and as part of the responsible drinking we had
Ingrid Lestrade, a director from Goedgedacht We’re looking forward to a great new year filled
Trust - Malmesbury address the students on the with lots of possibilities.
projects underway in the area.
#CapeTownCampus
We also had guest speakers on campus chatting
to the students about the management and
culinary side of the industry. Special shout out to
Chris Snyman from the Le Franschhoek Hotel &
Spa and Chef Jason and Ryan Ferreira, from the
One and Only Hotel for giving up their precious
time to chat with our students.
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IHS: What do you blog about on
psicookedthis.com?
Psicookedthis.com
Nti: My blog is a platform where people who
are passionate about food and cooking can
interact and share everything from recipes,
reviews of great places to eat, and, of course,
share ideas of cool things to do - be it about food
or everything in between. It’s a lifestyle blog!
I feel I represent a community of men and
Nthabiseng Ramaboa, more affectionately known as ‘Nti’, was already running her own women who are set on changing the stereotype
that implies that if you look fabulous and
successful businesses when she decided to take a sabbatical and study further. She chose
appreciate the good life, then there’s no way
to study one of her absolute passions which is cookery and joined the Johannesburg you could get anywhere close to the kitchen, let
Campus of the International Hotel School to follow her culinary dreams. Having recently alone cook!! It’s more a MOVEMENT honey! I
graduated, Nti has worked hard to gain the respect and recognition of her peers and feel that I’m the face representing a community
that has decided to claim their place in the
fellow culinary professionals. kitchen. IHS: Where do you see yourself
in 2, 5, and ten years’ time?
We decided to catch up with Nti and ask IHS: There are loads of recipes out there,
her a little more about her journey into the how are your recipes unique from the rest Nti: In 2 years I would like to be a household
culinary industry so far, and where she’s and which one would you recommend? name in Africa and I would like the brand to
IHS: Tell us more about your food blog
headed to next. have a wider reach. In 5 years, I would like
(psicookedthis.com). What inspired the idea? Nti: I have everything from tacos to ostrich my presence in the industry to have made a
IHS: When and where did your passion for Nti: I started my blog only over six months burgers, cocktails and homemade ice pops. My difference on a human level. Like in Siba’s case
hospitality begin? ago. I got the inspiration when I was in recipes are different in that most of them are her presence in the industry means hope! She
Los Angeles on business as an art curator. delicious everyday foods that are prepared gives hope to the rest of us that there’s change
Nti: Definitely at home! My mom was so differently. But we keep on food that cooks in the right direction. She did it and it translates
One of my close friends in Santa Monica is
passionate about food and although we real quick!
a successful blogger and she would watch that we can do it too. I have no clue what my
didn’t have much, she would make the best
me every time I cooked and post recipes on I would definitely recommend my Berry thing would be, but what I know is that I need
of whatever we had in the kitchen. She had
Instagram. She saw the interaction I would Yoghurt Cakes for dessert. They look great, like to add value to the process. 10 years… haha, I’m
her moments - you’d look forward to dinner/
have with foodies and she would suggest something out of a fine-dining restaurant with settling on five for now.
lunch because it wasn’t just food, it was an
I blog about it, but I did nothing of course. complex ingredients. Yet, it’s cheesecake made
experience. She had this recipe where she
One day she got tired of me putting it away I with yoghurt. If you want to win bae over, that’s IHS:What has been your most memorable
would make ground beef/minced meat mixed
guess and booked us on a short seminar for the recipe! moment working in the hospitality industry?
with rice and she would serve it wrapped in a
bloggers where they teach you the business
cabbage leaf. Hmmm… imagine a dinner like Nti: Hearing the kitchen yell out special orders
of blogging. Of course, the entrepreneur in IHS: You’re also into fashion, which we love!!
that in Soweto. Mama D contributed a lot to for my friends. It was always funny because
me jumped in when I started seeing value in Tell us what inspired you to start your own
my passion for hospitality, for sure. at first they did not know that I knew the
blogging. line of aprons?
people. And secondly, I was existing in the same
IHS: Where are you now in your career? Nti: Cooking is oh-so fashionable!! No, space but in a different world and it made me
seriously, I enjoy dressing up as much as I enjoy appreciate life, and my life more.
Nti: I now work full-time as a chef. I run a
cooking and hosting. And I couldn’t find aprons
company that offers multiple services like
cute and fabulous enough to complement by IHS: Lastly, any advice for young people
catering and food styling. As a food blogger,
wardrobe, so I decided to design my own. And considering hospitality?
I work with some brands to help give them
boy was I right! I launched my line of aprons
exposure and broaden their market reach. Nti: Be prepared to work hard!! No one comes
with 100 units. I was sold out in that month.
I have also partnered with two chefs who prepared for that and even I was shocked at
put together, boast over 70 years of industry how much physical work it is! I mean no one
IHS: How has studying at IHS helped you in
experience. Through this partnership, we prepared me haha! Do it for the right reasons,
advancing your career in the industry?
offer a wide range of consultancy services. and you will never look back.
And my most recent project is hosting dinner Nti: I think it’s in the approach to academia.
It’s been quite a journey for our talented Nti,
parties which is something I absolutely love to I honestly felt at home when I was studying
and we couldn’t be prouder at IHS.
do. It’s called ‘Dining At The Chefs Table’ and there and to me, it’s important because one
it’s for a select number of guests. I give them a needs to feel at home in the kitchen, otherwise We’re looking forward to great things in her
memorable fine-dining experience. nothing works. career ahead!
GETTING STARTED
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IN THE CONFERENCE
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& EVENTS INDUSTRY
The events industry in South Africa is buzzing with
There are no textbooks to worry about - all
materials are provided online. When you
activity. Conference, events, exhibitions, tradeshows, complete the course, you will receive a
weddings and celebrity parties are just some of the Certificate of Course Completion: Conference
areas that this industry covers. There is plenty of and Events Management from yours truly…
growth in this sector to look forward to in the future, International Hotel School. A great added
making event planning one of the most sought after bonus is that existing students get a discount
hospitality careers in South Africa today. when they register to do the course.
Ryan Myburgh, one of our full-time students,
Essentially, an event planner is the person registered for the course and this is what he
you turn to for assistance with organising, had to say…
conceptualising, planning and executing an
event on your behalf. It’s a very busy, detail-
oriented job that requires a great deal of “It was my first time doing an online
patience and a good sense of humour. course through IHS, as anyone could
imagine it was rather stressful as you
Event planning is a career path that’s in high
do not know the outcome or procedures
demand as many corporate companies need
regarding the course. I would definitely
a full-time planner for their business events.
Additionally, wedding or party planners are recommend the conference and events
becoming valuable in helping clients save management course to any student or
money, so the job market in this sector has individual who wishes to extend their
seen a boost in recent years. knowledge about such a topic. It was a
very interesting course which taught
Running your own conference and event me aspects of event management which
management company doesn’t have to be a you often don’t consider. The online
dream - it can be a reality for those wishing lecturer is always by your side to assist
to enter this fast-paced and exciting industry
you, so you are never alone! A positive
sector. Our Online Campus offers students
experience indeed!”
the skills and knowledge necessary to
become a successful conference and events
planner. The 10-week online Conference and
Events Management course covers subjects Well, there you have it, our Online Campus
from budgeting and planning essentials to offers the perfect starting point for a
marketing skills and business leadership. This successful career in the conference and events
course will walk you through the process industry. Never before has it been so easy,
of event management, from the beginning affordable and flexible to get the qualifications
stages of planning to the final touches (like you want. To find out more or to ask any
decorations, food, and music). Mostly, you will questions, log onto:
learn to create an efficient and well-planned ihsonline.supportsystem.com or visit our
design that is ready for implementation and website: www.hotelschool.co or email us on:
can be used over and over again. online@hotelschool.co.za2016
HAS KICK STARTED
WITH TRUE
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The new year brought in a new intake which meant new
students on campus. The green beans, i.e., first-year students
took part in a two-week induction which included a fun and
interactive Coffee Appreciation Course with Chad Witby from
Columbo Coffee and A Spirt of Adventure team build held at
The Westville Old Boys Club.
The highlight of the day was the group war No wastage is experienced at the Durban
cry, students showed their dance moves with campus with the Culinary Arts students
creative lyrics combined with the Hakka donating off cuts of fresh vegetables to
Moves, shouting “Tomato sauce, boerewors.” The Ark, a foundation for the Homeless in
Our traineeship students and those students Durban.
who were committed to class on the campus
Valentine’s Day was truly a memorable
were treated to a campus braai, not to be left
experience on campus, complete with heart
out the SRC incorporated games and various
biscuits, a photo booth, and unique two-tone
entertainment for the afternoon festivities.
roses for sale.
A fantastic day was had by all and the true
spirit of teamwork was felt #ProudlyIHS We are only three/four months into the year
and #TeamIHSDurban still has a variety of
We’ve also started on our charity work for
projects, charity contributions, and events
the year; our first project was a collection of
planned for the rest of the year so watch
water and other food for the #DroughtSA and
this space.
Gift of the Givers.
#DurbanCampus18
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MAMA,
I MADE IT!
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THE
MASLOW HOTEL
MAKES US
PROUD According to Stuart Blackburn, Managing
Director of IHS’s Training Division, The
As the local partner of the American Hotel
Maslow Hotel is deserving of this honour and
and Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI), applauds their commitment to ongoing learning,
IHS recently presented the plaque for the development and certification of all employees.
prestigious Certified Guest Service Property “At IHS, we believe that genuine engagement
with guests is essential to being competitive
Designation to Ashwin Jose, General and relevant in the local hospitality industry.
Manager of The Maslow Hotel in Sandton. The CGSP® programme equips employees to
go above and beyond their call of duty through
modules that develop authenticity, intuition and
empathy,” he explains.
The designation - a first to be awarded to a
South African property - is the result of a Ashwin Jose added that The Maslow Hotel is
successful application to AHLEI once front-line proud to have partnered with International
employees with guest contact pass the Guest Hotel School and the American Hotel and
Service Gold® training programme, followed Lodging Educational Institute to achieve the
by the Certified Guest Service Professional designation. “Our vision has always centred
(CGSP®) exam. around creating an empowered, immersed and
integrated staff complement. The Certified Guest
As exclusive training partner of AHLEI in Service Property Designation plaque, which
South Africa, IHS presented the internationally will now be proudly displayed at the hotel,
recognised Guest Service Gold® course, with 65 reaffirms our commitment to staying true to
Maslow Hotel employees earning the CGSP® our employee value proposition and being an
designation. CGSP® is widely considered as the employer of choice in the hospitality sector.”
highest acknowledgement of award-winning
guest service for employees in the lodging
industry.IHS
JOHANNESBURG
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CAMPUS Our first Open Day for the year was
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a huge success! We had loads of
prospective students and parents on
HAS STARTED THE YEAR campus enjoying the days activities.
A big special thank you to our guest
WITH A BANG
speaker on the day Chef Adrian Vigus
Brown Head Chef at African Pride
Hotel in Melrose Arch.
The smell of coffee and the sweet
aroma from our pastry kitchen
overwhelms students and staff
IHS
as they enter the front door. Our
amazing patisserie students have
already started to ‘wow’ us with
We recently hosted our Valentine’s Day function
fine and delectable plates of art.
at the Keg in Sunninghill, where students had to
dress up according to their relationship status.
Those who were single had to dress up in Green,
those in a relationship had to dress up in red and
those in complicated relationships had to dress
up in Orange. So much fun!!
Our SRC hosted a fun-filled ‘team Our charity events have also begun, our
build session’ for our newbies on first charity drive this year is for the Baby
campus during induction. They House in Roodepoort. The home specialises in
participated in varies team activities abandoned babies from newborns to two years
aimed at teaching communication olds. Our current collections consist of clothes,
and working together. During nappies, formula and other necessary items.
induction, students were also able Some students have also volunteered their
to complete their level one first aid, time to assist on weekends. Next on our list
firefighting, as well as wine and is an animal shelter, we are looking to collect
coffee training. pet food and spend a day helping with the
cleaning, painting and upgrading of facilities.
Our team spirit is stronger than ever, as we
welcome the new year. #JohannesburgCampus3
QUICK AND EASY
PASTA SAUCE RECIPES
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Every now and again we struggle for ideas when it comes to cooking tasty meals
for friends and family. We’ve lined up 3 easy to prepare pasta sauces that you can
whip up in no time, leaving you free to chat to your guests instead of breaking a
sweat in the kitchen.
Three Cheese Pasta Sauce
1 • Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a pan and add a small, chopped onion together with a clove of crushed garlic.
• Cook on a medium heat for 7-8 minutes and then add 80 grams of butter.
• Stir in 1 cup of grated mozzarella cheese, half a cup of grated emmental or gruyere cheese and 1 cup grated
parmesan cheese.
• Stir over the heat until the cheese melts. (Add half a cup of chicken stock (or milk) if the mixture is too thick.)
• Season well with salt and pepper. Pour over cooked, drained pasta and serve with diced tomatoes and herbs
sprinkled over the top of this simple but tasty dish.
3
A Boerewors, Tomato and Basil
crowd pleaser
• Slice up 400 grams of your favourite
boerewors into small pieces and fry
in a non-stick pan over a medium heat until
2
browned.
• Once cooked, remove the pan from the heat,
remove the meat from the pan and drain
Creamy Alfredo Sauce the excess fat from the pan (don’t wipe…
with Chicken just drain).
• Over a medium heat, melt 125 grams of • Place the empty pan back on the heat and
butter in a pan and add 1 cup of cream and 2 flash fry 2 cups of halved cherry tomatoes
teaspoons of crushed garlic to the pan. until soft and cooked through.
• Using a whisk, constantly stir the • Add your meat back to the pan together
ingredients together and gradually add 2 with a handful of roughly chopped basil,
cups of milk to the mixture (whisking all some chilli (to your own heat standards)
the time). and a half a cup of tomato pasta (or canned
chopped tomatoes if you don’t have pasta).
• Stir in 170 grams of parmesan cheese and
season well with salt and pepper. • Season whilst you heat through and add
to cooked pasta. (Sprinkle with grated
• When the sauce has become a thicker parmesan if the mood takes you).
consistency, remove from the heat.
It’s definitely a crowd pleaser and takes
• Add chopped (left-over) roast chicken pieces minutes to prepare.
to the sauce and pour over pre-cooked pasta.
Voila! Serve with a green salad and warm
ciabatta bread.
Go on, give it a bash and let us know how it
turns out – we would love to hear from you.
Recipes adapted from: drizzleanddip; smh and www.taste.com. Images via: www.yummly.com bit.ly/1ZjZwAu and drizzleanddip.com)TAKE THE
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HOW GOOD IS YOUR CULINARY KNOWLEDGE?
1. What food is used as the base of guacamole?
2. Chiffon, marble and bundt are types of what?
3. What is the name of the Scandinavian alcoholic drink made from Potatoes?
4. What is it called when fat and juices from the roasting tin are spooned over
meat while it is cooking?
5. What is the name of the liquid butter made from cow or buffalo milk
which is used in Eastern Countries?
6. Which fish is smoked and cured and called “finnan”?
7. Which fruit goes into the liqueur Kirsch?
8. What is the fruit flavour of a traditional crepe suzette?
9. What is the name of cold Spanish soup made from
peppers and tomatoes?
10. The dessert Pavlova is made from fresh fruit,
cream and which other ingredient?
1. Avocado 2. Cakes 3. Aquavit 4. Basting 5. Ghee 6. Haddock 7. Cherries 8. Orange 9. Gazpacho 10. MeringueYou can also read
