Most people know Chris Forrest as one of SA’s top comedians, however, many don’t know that he is also a qualified Chef. Chris’ culinary journey stared in 2014 when, as a well know South African comedian, he was asked to take part in Celebrity Masterchef South Africa, although he had little to no knowledge of cooking at the time, he entered anyway.
To his, and other’s surprise he has a talent for it, and ended up winning the competition, beating Patricia Lewis in the final. This awakened a passion inside of him for making great food. He has since spent time working with, and learning from some of SA’s top chefs, first and foremost, Pete Goffe Wood (with whom he has also toured a cooking comedy stage show, both locally and internationally) but also the likes of Arnold Tanzer, Trevor Boyd (Manager of the SA culinary Olympic team), The late Les Da Chef aka Lesego Semenya , Sasha Zambetti, Benny Msekwameng, Stephen Billingham, amongst others.
He has recently decided to get an official qualification, which he completed at the HTA school of Culinary Arts and their international partner City Guilds, at the end of September this year. As a result, he has become an in demand “Celebrity Chef” being invited to do cooking demo’s and MC alongside Chefs all over the country at almost all the big festivals including DSTV delicious, Fire and Feast, Taste, Taste of Jo’burg, Decorex, Coffee and Chocolate, sharing stages with Pete Goffe Wood Arnold Tanzer, Trevor Boyd, The late, Les Da Chef aka Lesego Semenya , Sasha Zambetti, Benny Msekwameng, Stephen Billingham, Siba Mtongana, Kamini Pather, David Higgs, Jenny Morris, Reuben Riffel, and Justin Bonello.
As a Chef he knows all about food, as a comedian, he makes sure it’s light hearted and funny throughout, keeping the audience engaged the entire time.
With a career spanning over 25 years, Chris Forrest is often called a legend of South African Comedy. During that period, he’s developed a reputation as a professional, consistent, versatile performer, able to adapt to almost any crowd and leave them in fits of laughter every time. In that time he has performed successfully at multiple festivals, both locally and internationally, graced both the big and small screen, most notably on the “Pure Monate Show”, winning “Celebrity Masterchef”, hosting his own comedy game show “Is That A Fact?” and being a regular on Comedy Central in various roles, including having two of his own specials.
He’s also worked at over a thousand corporate functions as an MC, entertainer, facilitator, celebrity chef or teambuilding leader. These include everything from Golf days to conferences to product launches or basically anything you can think of. Showing no signs of slowing down, Chris is sure to be at the forefront of the South African comedy scene for at least the next 25 years. Corporate Clients Include: BHP Billiton, Sasol, MTN, Vodacom, FNB, Sunday Times, ROCCI, Microsoft, Samsung, Midas, First National Battery, Apple, Northgate, SAB, China Central Bank, Murray & Roberts, Nestle, Standard Bank, Gold Reef City, IBM, Waltons, Pick n Pay, Steffanutti Stocks, Spar, The Red Ants, Various Government Departments, Incredible Connection, Deutsche Bank, Kraft Foods, AMEX, UNISA, Rectron Technologies, Spur, Siemens, Experion, Sanlam, Coca-cola, Heineken, Subaru, Discovery, Clover, Momentum, Jacobs and many, many more.
Adverts: • Sasol (Coach Joe) • Vodacom (The “Yo” guy) • E-Bucks (4 versions of Chris Arguing) • E-Bucks (hidden camera giving stuff away) • Nando’s (Soccer World Cup) • Toyota (Mouth & voice of Buddy the Boxer) • Showmax • Betterbond • Kulula (Travel Hater) One Man Shows: • Chris Forrest, He’s a really nice guy (Sell out show) • The Flipside • The Guy from TV (Sell out show) • Who’s Your Daddy? (Sell out show) • Chris Forrest is Rather Funny (Sell out show) Other Shows: • Don’t Burn Your Sausage! (Sell out show)
One of them is a master comic who tries to cook, and the other a renowned celebrity chef, who’s been known to crack the odd joke. Chris Forrest has been on the SA comedy scene since the late nineties, and Pete Goffe-Wood, best known as a judge on Masterchef South Africa, has been making great food for nearly 30 years. When the two of them met on the set of Celebrity Masterchef SA, they found that they had a couple of things in common; one of them was the same dry sense of humour, the other was a liking for mouth-wateringly delicious food.
After the filming of the series was complete they decided to do the logical thing and combine their respective talents to bring you a hilarious culinary comedy show, the likes of which have never been seen before in SA, which will have you holding your abs from laughter whilst drooling at the amazing cuisine before them.
Over the past decade they created numerous projects and campaigns including a very popular and successful web series for Jacobs Kronung as the “Jacobs Coffee Magicians” which they followed up by travelling the length and breadth of the country doing activations at various expo’s and events. This international pair have also performed sold-out shows in Nambia, Botswana and throughout South Africa with their unique show “Don’t Burn Your Sausage!”. Perfect for a product launch, treat for guests or just something crazy and out of the norm, this duo will win over your hearts and your stomachs!
