Young Singita Chef shines at Chaîne des Rôtisseurs Competition

Twenty-three year old Chris Payne, Sous Chef at Singita Sweni Lodge, was awarded second place in the coveted Chaîne des Rôtisseurs Junior Chef Competition. The annual competition attracted entries from each of the six Chaîne regions of South Africa, and the finals took place in Stellenbosch at the Institute of Culinary Arts at the end of May 2008.

Chris joined Singita in 2007 and has been working with Head Chef Frank Louw at the exclusive Sweni Lodge in the Kruger National Park. He completed an Advanced Food and Wine Diploma at The Culinary Academy (TCA) before taking on a two year stint at Buitenverwachting Restaurant in Cape Town.

His menu at the competition finals comprised an appetizer of pan-fried Dorado, steamed mussels in saffron cream with fennel; followed by a main course of braised Noix de Veau with shitake ravioli, seared foie gras and confit tomato; and concluded with a dark chocolate parfait with kirsch poached pear and flambéed raspberries.

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