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weede kanse is ’n geskenk. Só het Nicole Jeffries (21) van Kraaifontein besef toe sy onlangs die eerste sewe weke van ’n professionele tienweekkookkunsprogram, sowel as ’n drieweek-opleidingsgeleentheid by Spier op Stellenbosch voltooi het. Vir so lank as wat sy kan onthou was kos haar passie – ’n passie wat sy nou voluit sal kan uitleef, danksy ’n vaardigheidsontwikkelingsprogram van die nie-regeringsorganisasie Bergzicht Training. Die City & Guilds’ Professional Cooking and Food and Beverage Service-program word deur Bergzicht Training in samewerking met The Private Hotel School in Vlottenburg aangebied. “Bergzicht verbeter die lewens van arm, half- en ongeskooldes, sowel as werklose persone, oraloor die Wes-Kaap deur hulle toe te rus met praktiese vaardighede deur programme in selfbemagtiging, educare, gesondheid- en verswaktesorg, en professione-
le kookkuns,” sê hul woordvoerder, Lynne Rippenaar-Moses. Nicole sal dié wêreldbekende kwalifikasie eersdaags heeltemal voltooi, waarna ’n blink toekoms vir haar wink. ’n Paar jaar gelede het dinge egter nie so goed gelyk nie. “Ek wou nie meer skool toe gaan nie en dinge het vir ’n lang tyd sleg in my ouerhuis gegaan. Ek het ook met die verkeerde vriende gemeng en was nie gefokus op my toekoms nie,” vertel Nicole. Tydens 2012 het omstandighede haar forseer om by haar ouma in te trek en het sy kort daarna skool verlaat. “Ek het eers by ’n ander kollege ingeskryf vir ’n kursus in gasvryheid, maar het ná twee jaar opgeskop, omdat my kop by my vriend was en nie by my studies nie,” sê sy. Sy het intussen ook swanger geraak en het vandag ’n eenjarige dogtertjie. “Danksy Bergzicht is ek ’n tweede kans gegun. Ek weet nou wat ek met my lewe wil maak en ek werk baie hard om my drome te bewaarheid. My lewe het heeltemal verander!”
Fun walk helps feed children With the R50 entry fee per person for the Blisters for Bread Charity Family Fun Walk, the Peninsula School Feeding Association (PSFA) can feed 25 children. Warren Lodge of PSFA says the association aims to eradicate childhood hunger. The PSFA covers all operating expenses. This means that 100% of all donations are directed exclusively to the actual cost of school feeding. The meals help build the learners’ immune systems, assist with increasing attendance
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Daarvoor kan Nicole ook die toegewydheid van haar ma, ’n plaaslike huiswerker, bedank. “My ma het baie met haar werknemer oor my gepraat, wat haar toe eendag vertel het van The Private Hotel School en Bergzicht se kursusse. Sy het voorgestel dat ek my kursus daar doen en het sommer self ’n oproep of twee gemaak om die bal aan die rol te kry. “Ek kon nie glo toe ek hoor van die geleentheid nie, en was so opgewonde oor die tweede kans,” sê sy. Sy het ingeskryf en het eers die lewensvaardighede-kursus, sowel as die huisbestuur- en die kookkunsprogram voltooi – party dae op ’n leë maag aangesien daar nie altyd geld vir kos en vervoer na haar klasse was nie. Nicole sê dié geleentheid het vir haar deure oopgemaak en sy moedig ander aan om ondanks die struikelblokke in hul pad, nooit op te gee om hul drome te verwesenlik nie. “Ek was voorheen skaam en het koponderstebo gestap. Maar as ek nou met my sjef-klere in die pad stap, voel ek trots en kan ek sien dat mense my met ander oë aankyk,” sê sy.
Nicole Jeffries staan met ’n bord soethappies wat sy help voorberei het vir ’n onlangse kanapeenoenontbyt by The Private Hotel School, waar sy ’n professionele kookkunspro gram voltooi het. FOTO: LYNNE RIPPENAARMOSES
Long table to kick off We Love Wine festival This year’s We Love Wine festival at CapeGate Shopping Centre will kick off on Thursday 25 August at 19:00 when an elegantly set long table will be the centre of attention in the Edgars Court. A gourmet dinner, inspired by celebrity chef and radio personality Jenny Morris, will be served to around 80 discerning guests, foodies, celebrities and media. “This celebration of good food and wine is a new addition to the annual CapeGate Wine Festival which takes place on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 August this year,” says Amanda McCarthy, marketing manager of CapeGate. “With the support of highly Perdeberg wines and Jenny Morris created a wine range rated Perdeberg Wines and together which perfectly complements her dishes. Slippery Spoon Kitchen who will be preparing the five-star dinner, we a welcome drink, the meal with wine and a goody believe the evening will be one to remem- bag. Tickets must be prebooked at www.quick ber for everyone attending.” et.co.za and seats are limited. With the end of winter in sight, the WIN! WIN! WIN! menu will give a nod towards spring but will still be filling and hearty, just like V One reader can win a set of two tickets to at the “giggling gourmet” herself. Perde- tend the gourmet dinner. To enter, simply answer berg’s Vineyard Collection Chenin Blanc this easy question: Which winery is sponsoring 2015 and Pinotage 2013 will be poured at the wine for the Gourmet Dinner? Email your an the dinner and should impress even the swer, with the word “dinner” in the subject line, most spoilt wine palate. to win@tygerburger.co.za before 12:00 on V Tickets to the dinner cost R250 and include Wednesday 17 August.
Common goal for learners More than 113 Western Cape schools and a total of about 3200 primary and high school learners will be taking part in this year’s Artscape Schools’ Arts Festival from tomorrow (Thursday) to Wednesday 31 August at the Artscape Theatre. “The arts have a central role to play in nation building, and in building social cohesion,” says Artscape’s director of audience development and education, Thokozile Ntshinga. “The Schools’ Arts Festival gives learners the opportunity to showcase their talent on a professional stage, in the form of music, verse or dance. The festival also stimulates a love for theatre and the performing arts, while creating an individual sense of self-esteem, pride and achievement.” The 2016 Schools’ Arts Festival was initiated and coordinated by Artscape’s School Liaison Unit with funding by the HCI Foun-
dation and Die Burger. It aims to encourage nation building as young people and their parents from different cultural backgrounds come together to experience a common goal. From over 113 participating schools, 20 will be selected on merit and sponsored with transport to the Artscape Theatre. Approximately 15 schools will share the same stage each evening, contributing to an exciting and diverse theatre experience – from classical choirs to contemporary dance. The festival culminates in a glittering gala performance on Thursday 1 September by selected schools, attended by various dignitaries. This year’s festival will be adjudicated by Charles Banjatwa, Phillip Swales, Sifiso Kweyama and Anina Lundi. V Tickets to watch the performances cost R40 and are available through Artscape DialaSeat on 021 421 7839 and Computicket.