Interview with Chef 5 * Hotel in Cape Town

This month, Hospitality Jobs Africa interviews with Chief Executive chef 5 * Leading Hotels of the World, Cape Grace Hotel Cape Town: Malika - Chef Cape Grace Hotel Hospitality Jobs Africa: How did you become a chef? I was obsessed with food, until I remember. My grandmother was a great cook and so my mother, my earliest memories are waiting for something to come out of the oven, so I could taste.

I studied business management, the placement service was my first pressure Cape Sun Inter Continental in the high-cuisine, transcendent, that adrenaline rush. I knew that `s what I wanted and I` ve never looked back.

Hospitality Jobs Africa: How long have you been to Cape Grace and where you were before?

"I've been in the Cape Grace for 16 months and before that spent five years combined shoga Ginja restaurant owned by Mike Bassett` s been my mentor. I also spent 18 months in the United Kingdom to satisfy my curiosity about the culinary scene and worked abroad as party chief in a small number of Cape Town `s five-star properties after finishing my studies.

Hospitality Jobs Africa: What are the challenges you face in your work as a chef in a great hotel 5 *? He works 24 hours SA, so that not only stops. You `ve just have to be ready for anything all the time. Hospitality Jobs Africa: What inspires your menus and cooking style? Local production and very tasty. Hospitality Jobs Africa: How would you describe your food to someone who has never eaten before? It `s fresh, healthy and prepared with love.

Hospitality Jobs Africa: For young people thinking about having a chef who wants to think they need to know?

You must be committed, body, mind and soul, he `s working very hard, but seeing a happy guest who` s been blown through a plate You `ve prepared and appreciate the time and effort he put into makes it quite worthwhile. This keeps you and makes you want to create and do much more. Hospitality jobs in Africa: what are the attributes you need to become a great leader in the 21 century? Lots of energy, patience, passion and an open mind.

Hospitality Jobs Africa: Who is your hero food? Mike Bassett Hospitality Jobs Africa: What is your favorite cookbook? The French Laundry, Thomas Kellar, oozes just culinary passion, I also like Matt Moran `s books for fresh, beautiful simplicity. Hospitality Jobs Africa: What is your favorite place to eat in South Africa?

The list is too long, it really depends on what I'm in the mood for. Hospitality Jobs Africa: What to eat at home? If I am not "entertaining and cooking for friends (pretending that my perfect little restaurant` s), or eating my mother's house, he `s cheese and toast.