What's New

The launch of the Singita Grumeti campus in 2016 follows the success of the Singita School of Cooking in South Africa, which celebrates its 10-year anniversary in 2017. The Singita School of Cooking’s selection process is highly exclusive, with 150 applicants in 2015 for just nine positions. Each day, students have the task of preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner for 120 individuals working for Singita. The students’ level of expertise upon completion of the course is widely recognised, and a fresh new group of graduates has recently earned their NQF Level 4 Certificate in Professional Cookery.  Since the School started, over 50 local students have been placed into professional chef positions.

As one of Singita’s most impactful conservation projects, the cooking schools offer a highly competitive, 18-month course (a 12 month course at the Singita School of Cooking in South Africa) that enrolls eight members of the local community annually to complete a foundation course in chef preparation. The course combines theory components with intensive practical training on the cooking school premises, in the staff village and the lodge kitchens. Not only do these cooking schools increase skills levels in local lodge and hotel kitchens, but also provide valuable employment opportunities for the families living in the surrounding communities. This aligns closely with Singita’s long-term community development initiatives, which assist those who live in and around Singita’s private concessions.The Singita Serengeti School of Cooking’s very first graduates come from 21 local villages within the Bunda and Serengeti district of the Mara region, which neighbor the Singita Grumeti game reserves. These students joined with very limited knowledge of cooking, and the skills and knowledge they have attained have elevated them to a level where they can now cook for the most discerning clientele from all over the world at Singita’s renowned lodges.

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