Eziko Cooking and Catering School

Eziko Cooking and Catering School

Eziko was founded by Victor Mguqulwa in 1996. His mission is to provide unemployed people with life and career-orientated skills in cooking and catering, and “empower” them to find employment that will enable them to provide for themselves and their families and thereby take a practical route out of poverty.
Victor acquired land in Langa Township where he had been a High School history teacher and his family has lived for generations. Here he built a classroom fitted as a training kitchen to house the Eziko Cooking and Catering School. Selected students attend a six-month in-house programme that is followed by an additional six-month out-placement at one of the supporting restaurants and/or hotel kitchens.
Victor also opened Eziko Restaurant in an adjacent building with a two-fold purpose; 1) to provide a practical learning facility for students during their initial six-month programme, and 2) to financially support the school, which is a registered NGO.
To-date, Eziko has achieved an 80% success rate in placement of students to permanent employment following the Eziko Cooking and Catering programme, and its reputation has grown.  Now students apply from all parts of the country. In addition, the programme is in the process of finalizing accreditation which will add credibility and provide those who complete the programme with a formal certificate of merit that is recognised throughout the hospitality industry. If you are a restaurant, hotel or an establishment seeking kitchen assistants or chefs, Victor would welcome your support in helping to place these students.
You are invited to come ‘Share the Taste of Africa’ with a visit to the Eziko Restaurant for some real South African home cooking, or just stop by for a cup of Eziko freshly brewed coffee.  As the success of the restaurant helps to support the school, you are making a ‘life changing’ investment!
Eziko Restaurant seats 80 people and also has outdoor braai facility.  Pefect for real African food cooking classes!
These are some of the delicious dishes that you can your team can learn to cook for a real ‘Taste of Africa’!

• Succulent Lamb Casserole with braised onions, fresh rosemary & garlic
• Traditional Chicken Curry and pap
• Hearty Samp & Beans, a vegetarian selection with sugar beans & mealie maizeTeam Building Around the Braai
  This is a great group activity and can be organised for lunch or dinner.
  Your group has a choice of traditional Xhosa dishes cooked around an open fire in ‘potigies’ (three-legged cast iron cooking kettles)-

• Skaapkop – salted sheep head
• Umleqwa – boiled farm chicken
• Ulusie – Tripe spiced with Eziko selected herbs

All of the above are served with stiff pap and Eziko traditional steamed bread
Available on special request-

• Spit Braai gently roasted whole pig or lamb served with a selection of fresh made salads & warm garlic bread

For more information or to book this once in a lifetime experience, please email the Eziko Cooking and Catering
School on eziko@tiscali.co.za

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