Golden Impalas in the spotlight
We’re thrilled to share that the resort has recently been featured in an article titled “Chef Zee’s Food Does The Talking” published on The Citizen.
Chef Zee’s food does the talking
Golden Impalas Bush Resort Head Chef Zee Zink never thought he’d become a chef. Now, his food does the talking, and it’s delicious.
He’s not a typical, highly strung chef. Not in the way that cooking shows always depict kitchen bosses.
Head chef at the five star Golden Impalas Bush Resort in the Dinokeng Game Reserve, Zee Zink, is quite the opposite. He’s as chilled as they come. He wears his love for his craft on his sleeve, and it’s evident in ever meal he preps, because it’s delicious.
Zink said that he’s had a lifelong affair with food. “My relationship with food goes back to my childhood,” he said. “My grandmother loved cooking, and I was always by her side. That is where my love for food began.”
It’s also his gran that taught him the basics. But cheffing was not on his radar. After school he studied food technology and looked forward to audits, testing and the behind-the-scenes science that keeps the hospitality sector compliant to health regulations.
Yet the universe segued his path to earn his degree saw him placed him inside hotel kitchens rather than laboratories and he fell in love with cooking all over again.
Read the full article here: The Citizen: “Chef Zee’s Food Does The Talking”
