As Napoleon Hill says “A quitter never wins-and-a winner never quits.” Josh has done it again. Having been among the winners at the Gourmand Awards award, his website www.joshthirion.com has now won the Best food website in South Africa award. Josh has surely become an international award winner as he competed with people from all over [...]
This weekend I went on a “High School is not for sissies” camp. We had lots of fun. There was a very high obstacle course we had to do, then we played paintball with “ketties / catapults”. And I have some nice bruises to show for it! On Saturday evening we had a potjie competition – and I [...]
Friday is probably the most loved day of the week. They love it so much that they even give it nicknames. Some call it Fantastic Friday, while others call it Fabulous Friday. What do you call it? Is it your favourite day of the week too? Most people love Fridays because it is time for [...]
Besides cooking, there are many other activities that I enjoy doing. One of them is drama classes. My drama classes are on Wednesdays and my drama teacher comes to my house on a weekly basis. One of my favourite things in drama is the "Acting games". This week we are working on “catch phrases in ads” [...]
In life, focus is key when working on something. The same applies to cooking. One afternoon as I was cooking, I experienced what happens if you lose focus while cooking. As I was poaching a batch of pears and got carried away in a book I was reading, I forgot about the pears! And the result was [...]
After the kind of weekend that I had, I got reminded of what somebody meant when they said that being busy can actually be possible while one is having a lot of fun. Yes, it was such a busy weekend for me. Well, for someone my age any extra tasks that one has to do [...]
Josh Thirion, has been confirmed as The Best of the Best on the international stage. Global accolades keep flocking in for Josh (13), who just four months ago won the Special Award of the Jury at the Gourmand Awards held in China. His latest feat saw Josh being granted the accolade for The Best of [...]
From the Western Cape town of Durbanville to international acclaim!From the Western Cape town of Durbanville to international acclaim! Having been among the winners at the Gourmand Awards award, Josh has now headed to Frankfurt, Germany. The Germany trip has seen all previous winners gathering for the grand event where the ‘winner’ out of [...]
“Deeds of giving are the very foundations of the world.” These words must have been the driving force behind an initiative by the young cook Josh Thirion and Michelle Korevaar of Spice4Life, who collaborated to stage a Youth Programme that took place at the DuNoon informal settlement on Sunday, 26 July 2015. Through this initiative, [...]
check out Josh in today's The New Age newspaper (7 July 2015).