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 Tebogo Modisapodi

Consultancy
Industry Placement Facilitator

Chef Bongani Baloyi

Consultancy
Advisory Chef

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
Lecturer

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

Chef Katelynne Thornton-Dibb

Fulltime Programmes
Pastry Chef

Chef Kerry Baird

Fulltime Programmes
Lecturer

Chef Robert Macdonald

In-Service Apprenticeships
Lecturer

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