{"id":124512,"date":"2016-06-11T11:52:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T09:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/124512\/junior-competition-a-success\/"},"modified":"2016-06-11T13:55:43","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T11:55:43","slug":"junior-competition-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/06\/11\/junior-competition-a-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior competition a success"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hirsch\u2019s Meadowdale hosted the annual Defy Hirch\u2019s Junior Super Chef competition on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the second year we are hosting the Junior Super Chef,\u201d said the national events and special projects manager at Hirsch\u2019s, Warren Pearce.<\/p>

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\u201cThis event is aimed at getting children to experiment with food, develop their skills and getting them in the kitchen and teaching them to cook.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there is one skill that you can have and always make money out of, it is making food because people always have to eat.\u201d<\/p>

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Pearce, who is also the creator of the competition, said the event is also aimed at teaching children about appliances.<\/p>\n

\u201cTechnology is growing so rapidly that we want to teach our children about the new technology that is on offer to them, like the induction pots that are new to the market and are energy saving appliances,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is important, especially now that we have been experiencing load shedding.\u201d<\/p>\n

The children were given one hour to cook.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are mystery baskets at each table and the children are allowed one hour to cook two meals,\u201d explained Pearce.<\/p>\n

\u201cThereafter they present their dishes to the judges who score the dishes and choose a winner.\u201d<\/p>\n

The winner will then progress to the finals that will be held at Hirsch\u2019s Fourways.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have six branches in Johannesburg and at each branch there is a competition which is the regional level,\u201d said Pearce.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne winner from each branch will then go head-to-head at the finals.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe finals will be held on June 17.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother main objective is for children to come and have fun because they are all winners just by being a part of the competition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Only children between the ages of eight and 13 were allowed to enter with Meadowdale\u2019s branch having nine participants.<\/p>\n

At the end of it all, Ethan Olivier (8), from Pretoria, was named the winner of the Meadowdale branch after impressing the judges with his crunchy chicken nuggets and pancakes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am happy to have won, I love cooking,\u201d said Ethan.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has always loved cooking, he always chooses his own ingredients when we go shopping and cooks at home,\u201d said Ethan\u2019s mother, Erika Olivier.<\/p>\n