EXPERIENCE

2001 - 2003 

Assistant Air Mechanic (part time in school vacations) at Cape Aero Services and Aviation Business Centre, Cape Town, South Africa

2005 

Full time production manager at Bottle Craft (SA), Strand, South Africa

2005 to 2006 

Waiter at Antonio’s Pizza Place and Capelands Restuarant, Gordon’s Bay, South Africa

Summer 2006 and 2007

General Cabin Counsellor and Outdoor Living Skills teacher at YMCA Camp Thunderbird, North Carolina, USA

Jan 2008 Jan 2009

Full time student at the ICA, with 6 months as a trainee chef at Singita Lebombo, Kruger National Park, South Africa

January 2008 - 2009

Waiter at The Tavern, Gordon’s Bay, South Africa

January to July 2009

Chef at Kleine Zalse restaurant, Stellenbosch, South Africa

August to November 2009

Chef at Lovane boutique wine estate, Stellenbosch, South Africa

October to August 2010

Chef de Partie at Vergelegen, Somerset West

Sep 2010 to May 2011

Young Learner Teacher at English First, Jiaxing, Zheijang, China

June to September 2011

Middle School Teacher at Muang Khong School, Isan, Thailand

Sep 2011 to June 2012

Primary School Teacher at Changzhou International School, Jiangsu, China 

October to Febraury 2013

Volunteer at Auroville, Ponducherrry, India

March to August 2013

ESL English teacher at The International English School (T.I.E.S), Somerset West, South Africa

September 2013 to July 2015

Kindergarten teacher at Wan Sheng Yi Kindergarten, Shunde, China

September 2015 - Present

Since moving to Nanjing I have run weekly English Corners for

kindergarten age students, taught private and small group cooking

lessons.

EDUCATION

Secondary 

Matric (Senior Certificate) with university exemption

Tertiary

Institute of Culinary Arts 

City & Guilds Diploma (Received Highest

Academic Achievement Award 2009)

The International English School

 Teaching English as a Foreign Language Certificate (2010)