Our Vision
Vision:
To teach the art of Culinary and Hospitality Management excellence through accredited, affordable, nationally located Education and Training Centres, enabling individuals to achieve their diverse Culinary and Hospitality aspirations.
Mission / Purpose:
Providing vocational Chef and Hospitality Management skills training through industry experience, assessment and examinations to school leavers and employees in the hospitality industry.
Creating and developing trained Chefs and Hospitality Managers for industry.
Encouraging students to become Entrepreneurs.
To be a sustainable and profitable business
To teach:
Capsicum’s core business is professional education and training that contributes to a Culinary and Hospitality related vocation. All our teaching is vocational and includes theory, practicals, industry placements, frequent formative assessments and a summative assessment.
Art of Culinary and Hospitality excellence:
Our learning philosophy is that through experimentation, playing with food, fun, and expression of creative individuality within a professional, structured learning environment, excellence is born.
Accredited:
Capsicum Culinary Studio strives to have local institutional ( Department of Higher Education and Training, THETA) and international accreditation (City & Guilds) and will pursue any further accreditation, local or international that is both market relevant and economically sustainable.
Capsicum’s credibility is further strengthened by its membership of the South African Chefs Association (SACA), Federation Hospitality Association of SA (FEDHASA), the Restaurant Association of SA (Rasa), Guest Accommodation Association & Solutions (BABASA) and the Chaine des Rotisseurs. Furthermore we have international associations with the DCT in Lucern, Switzerland, and Swan TAFE in Australia.
In addition, our credibility is enhanced by the number of positive testimonials we receive about student placements at a variety of top local and international hospitality establishments.
Affordable:
Although, in some instances, more expensive than subsidised government training institutions, Capsicum strives to be more affordable than other credible private training institutions. Through various payment options we ensure that Capsicum is more accessible to a broader spectrum of aspiring Professional Chef and Hospitality Management students.
Nationally located training centres:
Capsicum currently has six branches (Cape Town, Johannesburg, Boksburg, Pretoria, Durban and Port Elizabeth) in South Africa.
Individuals:
Capsicum Culinary Studio focuses on individuals who, as potential learners, want to become qualified with an industry recognised and accredited qualification. These individuals either currently work in Hospitality or want to enter the Hospitality industry.
South Africa’s growing international profile and popularity with tourists together with a relatively favourable exchange rate and Capsicum’s international accreditation combine to make it a highly sought after Educational and Training Institution for both local and international learners.
Diverse culinary and hospitality management aspirations:
The Hospitality Industry offers a wide range of establishment types in which the Capsicum trained Professional Chef, and soon to be Hospitality Managers, can display their unique combination of Culinary and Hospitality Management skills (e.g. Hotels, Guest Houses, Game Lodges, Restaurants, special events, Hospitals, Embassies, Cruise Liners, Company Canteens, Commercial Catering and as private Chefs).
Values:
Caring - feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others (in the workplace and in our private lives).
Learning – strive to experience and gain knowledge and share our knowledge with our students and colleagues
Innovative – to strive to be a leader and not a follower, finding new and creative ways to do things
Deliver – to achieve the best that is desired and expected from me
Relationships – building long lasting relationships with the communities that we serve
We strive for this to be done in a FUN way!
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