Matu Sereo

I am a 26 year old  Chef with 3-4 years experience in hospitality/ cooking industry and I have worked both nationally and internationally. I'm motivated and a hard working , I'm also good a very good team player. I love learning new things and also love traveling,  that's one favorite thing about being in the hospitality industry,  it gives lots of opportunities to work around the world and helps  you meet different  people and cultures.

In 2017 - 2019 in did an internship in the  USA at the the Ritz-Carlton  golf club in Naples, Florida for six months and the Catham bars-inn  hotel in Chatham, Massachusetts for 5 months. Then from 2019 - 2020 I had a work Visa in New Zealand  , where I worked a assistant chef/ cook in Bacio cafe for 8 months. I came home then we  had the Corona epidemic so we had lock down and I live in a small city so there  was not alot of jobs available. I only started working again in 2022 around  March  at  the Protea hotel in my home town of Kimberley , Northern Cape in south africa  where I worked till the 27th of February. 

I studied Culinary arts and Patisserie for one  and a half years from  2016 - 2017  at the Food and Beverage Institute  in Bloemfontein,  Free state , South  Africa.  I got level 2 Diploma in Food and Beverage service, level 2 Diploma in Food Prep and cooking ( Patisserie) and level 2 Diploma in Food prep and cooking ( Culinary Arts) . Culinary trainee Certification at the The Ritz-Carlton.