The Team

Chef Stephen Billingham

Owner/
Managing Director
Former President of the South African Chefs Association (2009-2018)

                                          “Don’t aim to be good, aim to be great, and have fun!” – Unknown

Chef Carien van Tonder

Full Time Programmes
Principal of HTA School of Culinary Art / Chef Foundation

“Anyone can cook, but only the fearless can be great.” – Ratatouille

Duane Riley

Industry Placement Facilitator
School of Culinary Art / Chef Foundation / In-service Block Release

“No matter who you are, learn to lose quickly and win slowly” – Meyer Kahn

Salman Khan

Head of Blended Learning

“A Winner is a dreamer who never gives up.” – Nelson Mandela

 

Chef Kabelo Segone

Consultancy
Head of Department
Vice President of South African Chefs Association

“Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.”- Oscar Wilde

Chef Theo Mangwanatala

Consultancy
Craft Trainer

“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.”- Margaret Thatcher

Chef Given Nefumembe

Consultancy
Craft Trainer

“Take care of smaller things so that bigger things can take care of themselves. ” – Unknown

Chef Levy Pelele

Consultancy
Craft Trainer

“The best thing you can do for a poor person is to not be like them.” – Unknown

Chef Ziphora Ntombela

Consultancy
Assistant Craft Trainer

Chef Sharnè Govender

Fulltime Programmes
Lecturer

“She lives the poetry, she cannot write.” – Oscar Wilde

Chef Nancy Kinyua

Fulltime Programmes
Lecturer

“Food is fuel, eat to live! ”  – Anonymous

Chef Shalane Harripersad

Fulltime Programmes
Administrator

“Laughter is brightest, where food is best. ”  – Irish Proverb

Chef Robert Macdonald

In-Service Apprenticeships
Lecturer

“Today’s Rain is Tomorrow’s Whisky. ” – Unknown