Singita Community Culinary School

The Singita Community Culinary School (SCCS) at Singita Kruger National Park opened its doors in 2007 and today offers a rigorous, Singita-crafted professional cookery course, producing 10 commis chefs of the highest calibre each year.

The SCCS is a unique program that serves to fulfil a real need in the community. Graduates from local communities that surround Singita Kruger National Park emerge with highly sought-after skills and a bright future, while kitchens at Singita lodges and those further afield benefit from a pool of expertly-trained young chefs, ready to climb the ranks.

Approximately 70 chefs have found new careers since the start of the programme, of whom 95% are currently employed. The result would be impressive on its own, but in the context of a province with a youth unemployment rate in excess of 35%, it is even more significant.