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Tanja Kruger

Tanja Kruger
Majeka House  (Restaurant Makaron)

Tanja studied at the Institute of Culinary Arts, in Stellenbosch, graduating in 2004. Tanja was Winner of the Gasdronomica Chaine des Rotisseurs Young chefs competition 2007, Winner regional Chaine des Rotisseurs Competition 2008, and represented South Africa in Paris for international JCR 2008. In 2009 Tanja received the "Gastronomix young chef of the year" in the garden route award. Since May 2011 Tanja has been working at DeHuguenot Estate as Executive Chef and recently moved to Majeka House 

 

 

What is your philosophy on food? Passion! And, you can never know everything, you can always learn something
What inspired you to become a chef? The love of food
Globally, which chef do you admire? Thomas Keller, Gordon Ramsay, Marcus Weiring, Margot Janse
If you couldn't be a chef, which position would you take up? Pilot
Other than food and cooking, what inspires you? Life
What was your worst culinary catastrophe? Throwing all of my meat onto the grill because I was spinning too much to remember how to count!
What is your fondest memory in the kitchen? Sitting in the kitchen after a very long shift and thinking that it sounds like a symphony - it was then that I knew that I belonged to the madness!
What do you eat for breakfast? Green juice
What dish would you cook to seduce someone? Something quick and easy, to leave time for other things!
What do you never cook? Nothing - I'm willing to try everything once!
Who is the most famous person you've ever cooked for? The most exciting person was Richard Branson