CPUT researcher, Dr Reedwaan Ismail, has been appointed by Minister of Tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, to be a member of the Tourism Research Policy Expert Forum.

The forum creates a platform for knowledge sharing with experts in research, policy development and knowledge management as well as providing expert opinion and peer review.

“We are indeed delighted to have you on board and hope that you will use your invaluable experience to advance the cause of tourism research in the National Department of Tourism,” Van Schalkwyk wrote in the letter appointing Ismail to the forum.

As a member of the forum, Ismail will provide peer review of the Department of Tourism’s research, knowledge management and policy development proposals. He is also mandated to provide peer review of all research conducted by departmental entities and policy developments with implications for the Minister of Tourism.

By Kwanele Butana

Written by CPUT News

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Second-year students from the Cape Town Hotel School scooped top awards at the Reach for Young Stars competition.

Organised by Showcook, the competition is an annual event which sees South Africa’s young and aspiring chefs, sommeliers and head waiters compete in a number of exciting challenges.

This year’s challenge took place at the One&Only Hotel in Cape Town and saw students wow judges with their culinary and hospitality skills.

The winning starter was a vanilla prawn tortellini prepared by the school’s Sascha Kranz and Grant Glasser.

Gabrielle le Roux and Merissa Naicker were named top sommelier and top head waiter, respectively by the judging panel made up of industry experts.

Other awards went to Lisa Batty, runner-up in the head waiter category, as well as Cobus Bester and Siyabonga Mlonzi, who both came third in the sommelier category.

The keynote speaker at the awards ceremony was Minister of Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk, while the awards were presented by Dr Vash Mungal-Singh, CEO of the Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa.

Judges of the event were Reuben Riffel, Nick Patmore, Marieta Human, Penelope Horwood, Luke Dale-Roberts, Wolfgang Leyrer and Michael Olivier.

Cape Town Hotel School Director Alan Romburgh recently hosted a celebratory lunch for the victorious students and the staff members who coached them.

Romburgh commended the students for doing extremely well in the competition.

He says judges were so impressed by their high standards that they voted CPUT as the best hotel school in the Western Cape.

Reflecting on the experience, the students says while they were nervous at first they later enjoyed taking part in the competition as they had an opportunity to put the skills they learnt at the school to test.

By Kwanele Butana

Written by CPUT News
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