2015-04-21
South African Wine Tasting Championships 2015
Restaurant Mosaic at The Orient and The South African Wine Tasting Championships 2015 are proud to announce the launch of the Mosaic Protégé program aimed at empowering the next generation of world class sommelier in South Africa.
In a spirit to invest in the future of the industry, Restaurant Mosaic will be teaming with the SAWTC to identify an emerging talented wine lover and turn the candidate into one of the best sommelier of South Africa.
The goal is to offer a motivated young wine lover the chance to be properly educated in the art of being a sommelier. He or she will be offered a fully paid internship into the most exciting South African Restaurant.
The South African Wine Tasting Championship will screen the candidates for their natural wine tasting talent. With the support of the South African Sommelier Association, the best tasters will be interviewed allowing Restaurant Mosaic to select the lucky young professional who will become one of the best Sommelier of Africa.
Chef of the year Chantel Dartnall and the team of Restaurant Mosaic at the Orient are delighted by the possibility to invest in the future and train a motivated individual from a formerly disadvantaged community to have an international future. Chantel said: “Restaurant Mosaic has always had the philosophy to educate and empower those individuals who are not in the position to further their studies themselves. As a restaurant with a phenomenal cellar we can contribute with regards to training an individual to be part of Team SA and further their training and knowledge”
The Mosaic bursary for the Protégé will offer the young professionals 3 years at Restaurant Mosaic working alongside famous sommelier Germain Lehodey, gaining an invaluable experience with the most experienced sommelier in South Africa. As well the Protégé will receive the necessary formal education required to achieve the best professional knowledge, while gaining the necessary exposure to the industry and the wines in our Mosaic cellar, the most diverse of the African continent with more than 3400 references.
Last but not least, the Protégé will have a seat in Team South Africa who will fly the South African colours in France at the World Blind Challenge in October 2015. The Protégé will also receive intense training with the rest of Team South Africa, so we can show the world that South Africa has tasting talents!
This is the third year that South Africa has been selected to participate to the World Blind Challenge organised by French wine magazine, La Revue du Vin de France. Last year 22 countries were involved in the World Championship.
The first candidate selection will take place on the 13th of May 2015 in Sandton, where the SAWTC organize the Gauteng Provincial Championships part of the Juliet Cullinan Wine Festival. Details on www.sawtc.co.za
In a spirit to invest in the future of the industry, Restaurant Mosaic will be teaming with the SAWTC to identify an emerging talented wine lover and turn the candidate into one of the best sommelier of South Africa.
The goal is to offer a motivated young wine lover the chance to be properly educated in the art of being a sommelier. He or she will be offered a fully paid internship into the most exciting South African Restaurant.
The South African Wine Tasting Championship will screen the candidates for their natural wine tasting talent. With the support of the South African Sommelier Association, the best tasters will be interviewed allowing Restaurant Mosaic to select the lucky young professional who will become one of the best Sommelier of Africa.
Chef of the year Chantel Dartnall and the team of Restaurant Mosaic at the Orient are delighted by the possibility to invest in the future and train a motivated individual from a formerly disadvantaged community to have an international future. Chantel said: “Restaurant Mosaic has always had the philosophy to educate and empower those individuals who are not in the position to further their studies themselves. As a restaurant with a phenomenal cellar we can contribute with regards to training an individual to be part of Team SA and further their training and knowledge”
The Mosaic bursary for the Protégé will offer the young professionals 3 years at Restaurant Mosaic working alongside famous sommelier Germain Lehodey, gaining an invaluable experience with the most experienced sommelier in South Africa. As well the Protégé will receive the necessary formal education required to achieve the best professional knowledge, while gaining the necessary exposure to the industry and the wines in our Mosaic cellar, the most diverse of the African continent with more than 3400 references.
Last but not least, the Protégé will have a seat in Team South Africa who will fly the South African colours in France at the World Blind Challenge in October 2015. The Protégé will also receive intense training with the rest of Team South Africa, so we can show the world that South Africa has tasting talents!
This is the third year that South Africa has been selected to participate to the World Blind Challenge organised by French wine magazine, La Revue du Vin de France. Last year 22 countries were involved in the World Championship.
The first candidate selection will take place on the 13th of May 2015 in Sandton, where the SAWTC organize the Gauteng Provincial Championships part of the Juliet Cullinan Wine Festival. Details on www.sawtc.co.za
Restaurant Mosaic is located in The Orient Boutique Hotel in the Francolin Conservation Area, Crocodile River Valley, Elandsfontein, Pretoria
GPS Location: 25° 45' 40.0" S (-25.761114), 27° 59' 56.6" E (27.999083)
Phone: +27(0)12 371 2902/3/4/5
