{"id":199878,"date":"2021-08-27T08:33:15","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T06:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=106624"},"modified":"2021-08-27T08:33:15","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T06:33:15","slug":"championship-boerewors-veteran-wins-2021-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/championship-boerewors-veteran-wins-2021-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Championship Boerewors \u2018veteran\u2019 wins 2021 competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_106625\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106625\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?attachment_id=106625\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt width=\"243\" height=\"300\" class=\"wp-image-106625 size-thumbnail lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/championship-boerewors-veteran-wins-2021-competition.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-106625 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/championship-boerewors-veteran-wins-2021-competition.jpg\" alt width=\"243\" height=\"300\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-106625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vikash Bachu, winner of the 2021 Championship Boerewors competition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mzansi\u2019s new boerewors champion is Vikash Bachu (38) from Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal. He entered the competition no fewer than 12 times before being announced the winner of the 2021 Championship Boerewors competition \u2013 South Africa\u2019s leading boerewors competition \u2013 earlier today.<\/p>\n<p>Bachu\u2019s winning recipe \u2013 South\u2019s Africa\u2019s number one boerewors \u2013 will be available in Shoprite and Checkers stores nationwide from Friday, 10 September 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m absolutely delighted to finally win the Championship Boerewors competition \u2013 it was about time,\u201d said Bachu, adding that \u201call good things come from Ladysmith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Second and third place went to Yolande Coleske from Kariega, Eastern Cape and Chris Roodt from Cradock, Eastern Cape, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the coveted title of 2021 Championship Boerewors winner, Bachu also drives away with the grand prize, a brand-new Toyota Fortuner 2.4 GD-6 4X2 6AT.<\/p>\n<p>The popular Championship Boerewors competition, presented annually by Shoprite and Checkers, kicked off in May this year with thousands of entrants submitting their traditional boerewors recipes.<\/p>\n<p>Finding the country\u2019s best boerewors is no small feat, which is why an independent judging panel from<br \/>South African Chefs Association (SACA) once again took charge of this process.<\/p>\n<p>All entries went through a validation process to ensure that recipes adhere to the guidelines for making traditional boerewors. Through various judging rounds, the contestants were whittled down to the top 10, which even included a 14-year-old scholar.<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 finalists were:<br \/>\u2022 Adriaan Marx from Somerset West, Western Cape<br \/>\u2022 Chris Roodt from Cradock, Eastern Cape<br \/>\u2022 Delano Jasper from Wellington, Western Cape (2020 winner)<br \/>\u2022 Fredrika Trollip from White River, Mpumalanga<br \/>\u2022 Marius Maritz from Bloemfontein, Free State<br \/>\u2022 Robin Jaar from Paarl, Western Cape<br \/>\u2022 Sanele Cele from Kwa Mashu, KwaZulu-Natal<br \/>\u2022 Vikash Bachu from Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal<br \/>\u2022 Xavier Blaauw from Wellington, Western Cape (aged 14)<br \/>\u2022 Yolande Coleske from Kariega, Eastern Cape<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 Championship Boerewors competition was largely a virtual affair. The top 10 finalists joined remotely to oversee the braai\u2019ing of their boerewors by SACA chefs Kevin Gibbs and Adrian Vigus-Brown.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/contact\/featured\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/championship-boerewors-veteran-wins-2021-competition\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\">Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vikash Bachu, winner of the 2021 Championship Boerewors competition Mzansi\u2019s new boerewors champion is Vikash Bachu (38) from Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal. He entered the competition no fewer than 12 times before being announced the winner of the 2021 Championship Boerewors competition \u2013 South Africa\u2019s leading boerewors competition \u2013 earlier today. 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