{"id":93086,"date":"2015-07-01T04:02:06","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T02:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=93086"},"modified":"2016-04-29T21:47:36","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T19:47:36","slug":"tshiamo-secures-her-place-in-hirschs-defy-junior-super-chef-regional-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2015\/07\/01\/tshiamo-secures-her-place-in-hirschs-defy-junior-super-chef-regional-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Tshiamo secures her place in Hirsch\u2019s Defy Junior Super Chef regional finals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tshiamo won a Defy hamper and hand blender, along with a \u201cLittle Cooks Club\u201d cook book and free class. Tshiamo will go on to compete in the regional finals of the competition, which will be held at Hirsch\u2019s Fourways on July 9.\u00a0Ten contestants, between the ages of 8 and 13, battled it out in the pop-up kitchen on the showroom floor at Hirsch\u2019s Boksburg.<\/p>

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They had to show off their cooking skills, using a mystery bag of products and cooking on a Snappy Chef induction plate and Defy Microwave Air Oven to impress the judges: Christine Phillips, well known for her recent cook-book (The Timeless Family Food Journal) and founder of the \u201cLittle Cooks Club\u201d, and Tommy Dickson\/Chef Vaatjie from Weber and Toks en Tjops.<\/p>

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\nThe competition was co-ordinated by Hirsch, ER24 and Little Cooks Team. Philips said that she was extremely impressed by the way the little chefs handled themselves in this particular environment where they had to cook in front of an audience in unfamiliar surroundings. \u201cThis decision was so difficult to make as all the dishes were exceptional,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

 
\nTshiamo\u2019s mother, Kedi Motubatse, and her entire family were overcome with excitement. \u201cThis is awesome. She really loves cooking, it\u2019s her passion. Tshiamo was doing this for fun, she never thought that she could actually win. I am so proud of my child,\u201d said Motubatse.
\n\u201cIt is brilliant to see so much talent at a young age,\u201d said Dickson.<\/p>\n

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