PLETTENBERG BAY NEWS - When trainee chef Mthobeli Ndaleni first arrived in Plettenberg Bay in 2016, it’s fair to say delectable pastries were not on the menu.
Nor, for that matter, “homemade” ice-cream.
While Ndaleni, a former kitchen porter from Nelson Mandela Bay’s KwaZakhele township, is undoubtedly talented, baking was not in his repertoire.
That all changed when he walked through the doors of the Christina Martin Culinary Art Studio in Harkerville.
It opened up a world of pastries, breads and cakes, and he instantly saw the value of choice ingredients presented in small portions with a pinch of flair and sprinkle of innovation.
What he would not have known was where the month at Plett’s gastronomic finishing school would lead him.
Read more on Thursday.
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