Steyns Culinary School

ABOUT SCS Steyns’ Culinary School, situated in Hatfield, Pretoria, is a unique educational establishment in that it endeavours to create opportunities for any person with a love for good food to come and learn how to cook in a hands-on kitchen. There are many demonstration kitchens in Gauteng, but few, if any, hands-on-kitchens where the students are able to learn by experience. In this kitchen, Maritha Steyn will demonstrate and guide the students in acquiring the necessary know-how in order to master the most basic cooking skills, as well as more advanced techniques. VISION To be the preferred provider of primary culinary arts training in the greater Tshwane region. MISSION This SCS Primary Certificate in the Culinary Arts was established to provide hands-on-practical training to learners with the desire to enhance their own cooking skills and who has the desire to enter the Hospitality and Catering Industry. The comprehensive programme presented by SCS has as its purpose the transference of solid foundational underpinning of knowledge to prospective candidates in order that the successful students can enter the industry with mastered basic skills, self-assurance and motivation. PERSONNEL The school is run by executive chef Maritha Steyn. Periodically a guest lecturer or chefs, who are experts in their fields, can be asked to share their particular skills with the candidates CURRICULUM VITAE- MARITHA STEYN Maritha Steyn received a B. Domestic Science degree from the University of Stellenbosch as well as an Honours degree from the University of Pretoria. She was head of the Department of Hospitality Studies at Pro Arte Alphen Park High School for 10 years. For many years she trained teachers from all over the country to equip them to introduce Hospitality Studies into various schools. Maritha lectured part time at the University of Pretoria in Professional Cookery.