- Describe your CTIA campus in three words: Warm, welcoming, professional.
- What sets CTIA apart? Our commitment to all students to become a person of excellence.
- Top tip for aspiring chefs: Be yourself, be different, be passionate, be innovative, be involved.
- What is your favourite food item to prepare? All types of food (only a chef would know, even if you prepare an egg, it has to be apart from the norm!).
- Anything you refuse to eat? Peas.
- Share a memorable foodie moment: I have done many events, cooked for local celebrities and dignitaries, and made some amazing plates ¬– but my favourite was being around the dinner table as usual with my parents, and them loving the not-very-tasty meal I made for them when I was nine. Their encouragement for me to pursue my dreams still continues.
Chef Valarie Pillay
Lecturer