21/09/2026
Today is Day 1.
When you look at these photographs together, you can almost see the whole story.
One photograph is the little boy.
The other is the young man standing beside Athol Williams, ready to begin a three-year journey into professional culinary training.
And somewhere between those two photographs is something pretty special.
Deidre Williams & I started STYLE delights during COVID, not knowing that while we were building a catering business, we were also creating a kitchen for Adam to grow into.
Adam didn't simply grow up around STYLE delights
STYLE delights grew up around Adam.
He watched. He learned. He helped. He tasted. He cooked. He stood beside us..
And now, on Day 1, the boy who grew up in that kitchen walks into the next chapter as a Student Occupational Chef.
That's a beautiful full-circle moment...
We weren't sitting there years ago saying, "We're going to build a catering company so our son can become a chef."
We were simply trying to make something work during an extraordinarily difficult time.
And yet, through all those long days, meals, events, equipment, mistakes, successes, smoke, fire and lekker food…
he was learning.
Today isn't just the beginning of Adam's training.
It's the beginning of the next generation of STYLE delights..
And his Parents gets to watch it happen...
❤️ Day 1 — Adam
From growing up in the STYLE kitchen… to becoming a professional chef.
Three years.
A thousand lessons.
Countless meals.
Plenty of pressure.
Lots of mistakes.
Even more learning.
And hopefully, somewhere along the way, he'll discover what we and our family already know:
Food isn't just something you make.... It's something you give.
So today, we…
Stand back for a moment.
Look at that young man.
Be proud.
Because we didn't just teach him how to cook.
We gave him somewhere to learn what it means to create something with his hands, serve people, work hard, and take pride in what carries the family name.
And maybe one day, years from now, Adam will look back at these photographs and realise something that he probably can't fully understand today:
His culinary journey didn't start on Day 1 of his qualification.
It started much earlier.
It started in STYLE delights..
🔥❤️
DAY 1 OF 1,095.
Let's go, Adam...
