South Africa’s leading culinary school will be opening new campus in Ruimsig in Roodepoort, Gauteng, in January next year, with enrolment applications already open.

This will be the seventh campus for Capsicum Culinary Studio (CCS) which this year is proudly celebrating its 21^st anniversary as the country’s premier chef school. It already has campuses in Boksburg, Cape Town, Durban, Nelson Mandela Bay, Johannesburg and Pretoria.

CCS is part of the ADvTECH Group, a JSE-listed company and Africa’s largest private education provider and a continental leader in quality education focused on academic excellence, training, skills development and placement services.

Says Renee Hill, MD of CCS: “The opening of the new campus highlights the need for qualified culinary graduates as Africa’s food and hospitality industries experience a resurgence, driven by an increase in tourism and business travel. Ruimsig is the perfect location for a new campus for CCS given that the West Rand, within which it is located, is home to almost 950 000 residents and growing yearly.”

Despite being close to the thriving metropolis of Johannesburg, Ruimsig is located a stone’s throw from the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, the Cradle of Humankind and the Magaliesberg mountain range, all of which attract hundreds of thousands of tourists and outdoor enthusiasts annually.

Hill says that they are hoping to not only draw students from the area but from other parts of the country as well as the African diaspora and that the new campus will offer on-site accommodation, high-speed Wi-Fi, comprehensive libraries, lounge areas, parking facilities and access to nearby wellness centres and sports and leisure options.

The  Ruimsig campus will be staffed by a team of practised and knowledgeable lecturers as well as cutting-edge training lecture rooms, kitchens and other facilities.

The Ruimsig Capsicum Culinary Studio offers the following courses:

• Assistant Baker Programme
• Advanced Professional Chef Programme
• Combined Programmes
• Foundational Cookery Programme
• Professional Chef Programme
• Professional Patisserie Programme
• Short Courses
• Rookie Chef

The campus is situated at Block D, 144 Peter Road, Ruimsig. Call 011 234 1896 or visit the Ruimsig Capsicum Culinary Studio website. Capsicum has partnered with DigsConnect for student accommodation.