Fifty-five caterers in the Free State will cook up a storm when they squire up for a coveted price of a franchise or own restaurant. The innovative and interactive competition, 2015 Free State Caterers Challenge is the brain child of MEC for Department of Economic, Small Business Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs, Mosebenzi Zwane.
The Challenge will be launched by MEC Zwane at the Central University of Technology. This project emanates from the lessons of the men and women who decided to do something with their lives albeit the challenges facing this business sector. The first leg of the three staged competition will only be open to caterers in Bloemfontein. Only caterers already on the Government's transversal contract will be eligible to enter.
The competition's objective is to support the Free State caterers to expand their businesses so that they can have a meaningful contribution towards the economic development and job creation in the province. The participating caterers have had an intensive training for the past 18 months at the Central University of Technology to hone their talent in culinary offerings.
The competition is staged in partnership with International Labour Organisation (ILO) through their Enterprise Challenge Programme in support of job creation through innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainable enterprise development in South Africa.
Two hundred guests will attend the glittering launch event where all the details and the three stages will be unveiled.
Details are as follows:
Date: Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Time: 17h00
Venue: The Hotel School, Central University of Technology
Enquiries:
Thenjiwe Mbashe
Cell: 083 340 8502
Tel: 051 400 9550/9548
Email: mbashet@detea.fs.gov.za or ntsane@detea.fs.gov.za
