François Ferreira launches academy for Culinary Art and Hospitality in the Garden Route

Eden School of Culinary Art

To prepare culinary artisans with the procurement, preparation and presentation skill of good food and wine in the Southern and South Eastern Cape by focusing on the field of Culinary Art

Etude School of Hospitality

As a new addition to the François Ferreira Academy, Etude School of Hospitality aims to train hospitality professionals that add value to the hospitality industry.

Our Students

Johan Ferreira

Oudtshoorn - Western Cape

presently working on the 6* Crystal Cruise Ships as the Assistant Pastry Chef

Chef Carol you are and always will be my Mentor could not have achieved what I have achieved without what I have learnt at the Eden School of Culinary Art.

Debbie King

Pretioria - Gauteng

Presently working in Cypress and a restaurant who contacted us to staff, she qualified 2 years ago and was also our top student in Culinary art and Baking Division during her year. This young girl had so much to prove as her father did not believe she would achieve or complete the course, she sure proved him wrong, he was a very proud father at her graduation when she took all the awards.

François Ferreira launches academy for Culinary Art and Hospitality in the Garden Route
15-Oct-2011

With the incredible demand for rooms, the 2010 Soccer World Cup created a lot of awareness around the hotel and hospitality industries. All around the country, people were building high-rises and organising township tours, puffing pillows and sprucing up everything from decor and menus to top class service worthy of the phrase “warm African hospitality”. TV shows like Masterchef and the ever-growing following of famous chefs like Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsay and Nigella Lawson further fuelled the flames of interest in the trade.

The buzz ignited a lot of notice from people who wanted to know more about entering the business; the necessary qualifications needed and places where the qualifications could be attained. Unfortunately, to Southern Cape students and prospective students, the Garden Route is like the sleeping partner of the Western Cape when it comes to being on the fast track to a vast array of educational opportunities.

But the secret to becoming a success in any industry is to strike while the iron is hot – or in this case the frying pan. Opportunity knocked and François Ferreira opened the door. The François Ferreira Academy is a school for culinary and hospitality artisans to hone their various crafts and is undoubtedly a Southern Cape institute for training excellence, culinary quality and ultimately, creative flair.

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