Prestige Academy,
Centurion Campus presents 2015 Potjiekos Competition
The
‘potjiekos’ competition was held on the 26th of February from
11h00 till 15h00 at Blackwoods pub, Centurion. All the students from 1st years
to 3rd years as well as the lectures from Prestige Academy
Centurion attended the event. The theme for the day was “Cowboy” so everyone
dressed up according to the theme, as a prize was to be given to the best
dressed.
Due
to the nature of this event, the students divided into groups of 6-8 people.
Each group decided on a type of 'potjie' they wanted to make for the day and
the competition kicked off with a bang. While arriving at the venue the fire
was ready and the students started making their 'potjies’. All the students was
really excited to start, there was a feeling of excitement and enjoyment. One
of the students played music from his car, which got everyone in a nice social
mood – psst.. he also identically hit the flower pot while trying to
park his car in the correct way.
The
students got to know each other and the lectures really well. The SRC (Student
Representative Council) members were busy walking through the competitors and
noticed a few funny and interesting things, so they worked out a number of
prizes which they wanted to hand out to make all the students feel
excited. There was a price for the best dressed, best 'Afrikaans learned'
student (he is from India and all of the students are teaching him Afrikaans
words).A prize went to the new lecturer,‘Mrs Sunshine’.
The
prize for the top academic students was also announced on this day. The top
students for 2015 are Marius Fourie and Carishma Welman.
After
all the formalities, the time had arrived for the judges (the lectures) where
they had to taste the potjies which was made during the day. The 3rd year
students actually had a unique and different kind of potjie - pizza. The judges
named it the appetizers potjie and were quite surprised as all were
curious to see what they were up to. The judges tasted the pots which were
prepared by the students and after a long awaited evening the winners were
announced.
There
was a pizza potjie, eland’s potjie, curry and chilli potjie and an oxtail
potjie. All of them tasted really good but there can only be one winner. The
judges had a really difficult decision to make but decided on the eland’s
potjie to be the winner. All the people who worked on the potjie were handed
their prizes and were we are really proud of them.
The
feedback received was positive and all really enjoyed the day especially to get
to know each other outside of the classes.
Published by:
Cherise Deysel
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