Martin Kobald, Honorary Past President of the SA Chefs Association, Vice President of the World Association of Chefs Societies.

 

• After a double apprenticeship in culinary Arts, Chef and Hotel Management, Chef Martin first worked in several hotels in Austria and Germany.
• Immigrated to South Africa in October 1998
• Started working for Southern Sun Hotel Group
• Joined SACA – The South African Chef’s Association
• Joined Board of Directors of SACA in 1994
• President of SACA 2004 – 2009
• Board of Directors of World Chefs in 2008

• Honorary Past President of SACA
• Vice President – WorldChefs – World Association of Chefs Societies WACS -118 member countries, representing over 10 million chefs globally
• Owner of ChefMLK group of companies.
• World Chefs accredited international “A” Category judge.
• Awarded Honorary Member Awards Emirates Culinary Guilds 2015, Abu Dhabi and Jordanian Chefs Association 2015; Jordan
• Global operations manager owner and head judge of Global Pizza Challenge
• Head judge and national co-ordinator of the Shoprite-Checkers Championship Boerewors competition since 2002
• Convener – World Chefs Tour against Hunger

ChefMLK School of Cooking started as a fun cooking school for amateurs but very quickly became a school for professionals as well. 

Next Week

It's a Project Meeting but we will be concentrating on Youth Exchange.  Terry Cannon, who heads up Youth Exchange at District will be present.

Last Week

Our Business Meeting extended support for Agang Sechaba Remedial Solutions with R5 000 and that new batteries had been supplied to Little Eden for motorised wheelchairs at a cost of R42 000.

Andy Stevenson and Ron McCormick represented the club at Retina SA Bowls Day.

International - Colombia

Sonia Uribe and her husband, Alberto Londoño, created a stuffed animal collection called El Zoo del Amor, or the Zoo of Love, to comfort seriously ill children and raise money for polio eradication. Sales of Anna the giraffe, Lucas the tiger, and other animals — each wearing a shirt with Rotary and End Polio Now logos — have raised about $550,000 since their introduction in 2018. In addition to giving the animals to sick children, Rotarians carry them on their travels and snap photos of them at iconic
landmarks. “All these animals have travelled, being ambassadors of the Rotary brand,” says Uribe, a member of the Rotary Club of Nuevo Medellín and, like Londoño, a past governor of District 4271. Londoño is a member of the Rotary Club of Medellín Nutibara. The couple also manage the Fundación Monica Uribe Por Amor, which assists children with spinal bifida.