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12 Get It Joburg South • Alberton • Bedfordview • Greenstone • Modderfontein <strong>June</strong> 20<strong>22</strong><br />
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Two fearless<br />
athers<br />
Being<br />
a father can be<br />
accomplished by almost<br />
any man, but being a father<br />
in a child’s life is a special<br />
experience. In the eyes<br />
of Martin Claassen and<br />
Hugo Pienaar, fatherhood<br />
is a feeling that no words<br />
can ever describe and<br />
that nobody will truly<br />
comprehend until they<br />
hold their own child in<br />
their hands.<br />
We get to know two of Alberton’s<br />
well-known chefs, Martin Claassen and<br />
Hugo Pienaar, whose paths crossed<br />
again after several years of knowing<br />
each other after attending the same<br />
hotel school.<br />
They now share a kitchen at New<br />
Redruth Dros. Martin and Hugo chat<br />
about their careers, friendship and<br />
how they manage to be husbands<br />
and fathers and still pursue their<br />
dreams.<br />
Martin is living his dream<br />
He was born and bred in Bethal in<br />
Mpumalanga where he went to Laerskool<br />
HM Swart Primary in Bethal and<br />
matriculated from Middelburg High.<br />
Martin then went from studying<br />
French Terminology to cooking at<br />
HTA Capital Hotel School where he<br />
qualified.<br />
‘I studied under Stephen Bellingham<br />
and qualified in 2004. Over the years<br />
I have worked with amazing chefs in<br />
different places across the country,<br />
from convention centres to five-star<br />
hotels,’ he said.<br />
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