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More often than not, the inspiring culinary ventures of ICA-trained chefs can be found on the glossy pages of culinary and lifestyle magazines in South Africa.
Once again, ex-ICA graduates are setting benchmarks in the industry – this time, a couple, both trained at SA’s BEST chef school! Chef Arno Janse van Rensburg (formally from The Kitchen @ Maison) and his wife Liezl Odendaal, recently opened the dramatically elegant restaurant Janse & Co. in Cape Town’s Kloof Street. Described in Elle Magazine as a spot where “magic things (are) at play in the kitchen…”, Janse & Co. boasts a tasting menu where “dishes focus on the ingredient itself”, according to Liezl. She reiterates that it is “not about over-complicating the flavours, but about enhancing the ingredients.”
Culinary respect for each and every ingredient in the kitchen is precisely what students at the ICA are taught throughout their intensive theoretical and practical training. Only through the utmost respect for the trade can culinary excellence be achieved, as is evident through the myriad of top accomplishments by former ICA students like Arno Janse van Rensburg, Peter Tempelhoff, Michael Cooke, Kobus van der Merwe and Marthinus Ferreira – to name but a few!
ICA-trained chefs have dominated the South African Eat Out Restaurant Awards lists for the past decade. More than 20 ICA-trained names have appeared on this esteemed rating as the best in SA during the past 5 years…more than all the other culinary training institutes combined. This proves that successfully completing an ICA Diploma most certainly kick-starts your journey to the top.
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