SEARCH FOR NEW KITCHEN MAESTRO:
OCTOBER is just the month for anyone in Nelson Mandela Bay who loves to cook – and not just because the city is featuring prominently in the new series of the hit BBC Entertainment show,
which began screening this week.
But those who didn’t want to risk being made a fool of on the hilarious, no-holds-barred reality show have another way to cook their way straight into the spotlight – by entering Walmer Park Shopping Centre’s second annual Kitchen Maestro competition.
This amateur chefs’ competition, which is being held in association with Weekend Post, kicks off next Saturday October 12.
Home cooks get set – if cooking sets your world on fire then this could be your big break . . . a chance to show off your culinary prowess and earn the title of the ultimate Kitchen Maestro to boot.
Walmer Park together with the Weekend Post and sponsors are looking for the best amateur chef in the Bay – and the overall winner will win a marvellous kitchen makeover from Adel Kitchens and Cabinets, among a stack of other impressive prizes.
There is no entry fee and the competition is open to anyone over the age of 16 who is confident they can cut it in the kitchen – even when there is an audience around.
To enter, fill in the entry form that appears elsewhere on this page.
You may also download the entry form from the Walmer Park website at www.walmerparkshoppingcentre.co.za Completed entry forms must be e-mailed to
or else hand-delivered to the information kiosk at Walmer Park Shopping Centre, along with a photograph and recipe of any meal you have prepared at home.
Five entrants will be chosen to compete against each other in a series of live weekly cook-offs to be held at the shopping centre every Saturday, starting next weekend.
The entry deadline for each weekly cook-off is at noon on Wednesday that week.
So, to be eligible for the first cook-off next Saturday, you will need to make sure your entry reaches Walmer Park by no later than this Wednesday at 12pm.
During each of the Saturday cook-offs – five in all before the semifinals on November 16 and the finals on November 23 – there will be an invited chef who will demonstrate a dish to the audience and that weekend’s five contestants.
Each contestant will have their own work station from where they will then have to cook the chosen dish within a specified time period using the chef’s recipe – all under the watchful Also check out Weekend Post every Saturday for updates and recipes from the competition.