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Abubaker Bagaria
The Grand/Hotel on Boulevard
Abubaker attended the Florida Park High School, and has an Advanced Diploma in Hotel Management as a well as a two-year Diploma in Culinary Arts from the HTA School of Culinary Art in Randburg.
No stranger to competitions, Abubaker won the 2007 McCain Tribute to Good Taste competition, the 2008 Goldcrest Young Chef of the Year and the Directors Award for 2009 at the HTA School of Culinary Art. He has also participated in the 2007 Global Chefs Challenge in Dubai as Chef Bertus Basson’s commis chef, and in the 2009 Bocuse d’Or as Chef Diane Kay’s commis chef.
| What is your philosophy on food? |
Cook food with love and respect, because it nourishes your |
| What inspired you to become a chef? | My mother |
| Globally, which chef do you admire? | Svierge Vierre |
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If you couldn't be a chef, what profession |
Boxing |
| Other than food and cooking, what inspires you? | Patients who survive cancer |
| What was your worst culinary catastrophe? | Cooking pork in a mystery basket competition - I couldn't taste my food! |
| What is your fondest memory in a kitchen? | Making tomato bredie with my dad 3 months before he passed away |
| What do you eat for breakfast? | Chicken Mayonnaise sandwich with cheese |
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What dish would you cook to seduce |
Baked Yellowtail with Mango and Avocado salsa |
| What do you never cook? | Pork |
| What is the one dish you find hard to get right? |
Terrines |
| Who is the most famous person you've cooked for? |
Svierge Vierra |
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