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LIFESTYLE

Tom Savage from Buns Out with Marion Tanzer Mandela Day Jackson Park distributing soup
their staff the opportunity to give back of lockdown last year – came on board as Compassion was even formally established.
in a way that’s both safe and promotes the first restaurant. In the Culinary School And in the Corporate category, Chefs with
teamwork and collaboration. Corporates category – NDS Academy in Vereeniging Compassion’s Premier Sponsor, Compass
can participate in one of three ways – with was the first to put their money where Insure, signed up without a moment’s
staff cooking from the safety of their own their mouth is, with Capsicum Culinary hesitation.
homes, or in their company canteen, or Studio signing up six campuses and
by adopting a food truck and cooking in International Hotel School signing up four To be part of this one-of-a-kind national
designated locations in Joburg, Durban campuses shortly thereafter, while HTA Mandela Day Challenge, go to https://cwc.
and Cape Town, where their teams will Culinary Art has challenged all culinary org.za/, download the information page
cook in shifts of 67 minutes. schools to beat their intended target of relevant to your category and click on the
500 litres per campus. The first Home link to register online. Follow the story
“Since the start of lockdown, we have Cook to sign up was Christine Phillips of on Facebook and Instagram using the
served over 1 767 million meals through Health Yourself, who started cooking soup hashtag #67000litres.
our network of entirely voluntary ‘waste in her kitchen at home before Chefs with
warriors’, chefs, cooks and volunteers”.
Donations for participation in the
#67000litres Challenge give participants
the opportunity to be part of an incredible
national initiative and, in appreciation,
donors will receive a cookbook containing
soup recipes from celebrity chefs who will
be cooking along with thousands of South
Africans on Mandela Day.
The Challenge was launched on Facebook
on 14 June 2021, and the first participants
had thrown their (chefs) hats into the ring
within the first hour of going live. In the
Hotel category, Marriott International were
the first to take up the challenge, signing
up as their hotel group. In the Kitchen
category, Buns Out in Linden – which was
one of the first restaurants to become a
Chefs with Compassion kitchen at the start

Last year’s #67000litres for Mandela Day campaign in the Jackson Park Informal Settlement in Joburg.

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