James Khoza is an executive Chef at Tsogo Sun’s Sandton Sun and Sandton Convention Centre, where he has been for the past seven years and the first South African born and trained President of the SA Chefs Association since its inception more than 44 years ago.
He honed his culinary skills under Walter Ulz at Linger Longer restaurant as demi chef de cuisine. He also holds a Diploma in Food & Beverage Management from Technikon Witwatersrand in Braamfontein that he obtained in the 1990s.
He has travelled and worked in places such as France, Guinea, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Berlin, where he worked in a Michelin-starred restaurant. He then returned to South Africa and joined Tsogo Sun, working in various Southern Sun kitchens.