Welcome to ButcherSA!

Inspiring young chefs to dream big and tackle change –

Franz de Waal, Hostex 2020 ambassador, Owner of Hashtag Hot Caterers, Rome Around Mobile Food Bars, chef, catering specialist, entrepreneur, philanthropist and helicopter pilot

The sky’s the limit for young chefs in today’s culinary world – 

By award-winning chef, Jackie Cameron, owner of Jackie Cameron School of Food & Wine in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, author of two successful books, and Hostex 2020 ambassador

Cheffing success takes a lot more than cooking

By James Khoza, Hostex 2020 Ambassador, President of the SA Chefs Association, Executive Chef of Sandton Convention Centre

Hostex 2020 is just around the corner, taking place at Sandton Convention Centre from Sunday 1 to Tuesday 3 March. Every participant is gearing up to ensure that ‘the show that delivers’ more than meets industry expectations.

Life as I am learning it in hospitality – 

By Arnold Tanzer, Hostex 2020 ambassador, Chef and Owner of Food on the Move, catering for the film & TV industry

Barentz international B.V. and Matco Foods Limited officially announce the start of a new Joint Venture in Pakistan, following agreement between both parties. 

Linx Printing Technologies has introduced an ink specially formulated to resist moisture, colour change and transference.  It is ideal for consistent coding through pouch and can retort applications where the contents are cooked in the packaging after they are coded.

Ishida Europe has launched an enhanced version of its top-selling mid-range multihead weighers that offers even greater levels of performance in the fast and accurate weighing of a wide variety of dry, frozen and sticky products.

Operators will soon be loading trays full of food into ovens without having to press a single button thanks to the use of artificial intelligence.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a final rule to modernize swine slaughter inspection and bring it into the 21st century. For the first time in more than five decades, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is modernizing inspection at market hog slaughter establishments with a goal of protecting public health while allowing for food safety innovations.

Testo South Africa is a subsidiary of Testo SE & Co. KGaA with its headquarters in Germany. Testo is a world market leader in the field of portable and stationary measurement solutions with a strong focus on digital quality management software for the food and pharmaceutical industries. 

Operating for over 25 years, Ecowize has grown to become an industry leader in the South African market as well as abroad.

Specializing in high performance, high compliance cleaning solutions covering any and all aspects of hygiene from food safety and biosecurity, bringing you what you need from farm to fork..

AGQPE is a specialist supplier of MAP packaging, sealing film and packaging machines. AGQPE specializes in extending shelf-life of packed meat.

MIMA has been around since 1995 and is still going strong. Since then we have been supplying the food industry with everything that is needed in the processing of meat products.

FACTS offer members of the food and allied industries great depth and breadth of knowledge within one company. We are an authentic, multidisciplinary and connected team of experts, with medical, food science, dietetic, genetic and commercial knowledge.