Chef Shaun was nominated as the Chef CEP representative to the National Artisan Moderation Body (NAMB) for the New QCTO Qualification and Trade Test being developed with SA Chefs Assocation (SACA) and the Department of Higher Education & Training (DHET) to replace all existing chef qualifications in South Africa in the next 3 years.

Chef Shaun as the elected CEP representative helped put the Techincal Working Group team together to develop the external integrated summative assessment specifications (Trade Test). Fusion was the first school in KZN accredited by the QCTO in 2015 and has been running the Occupational Certificate Chef programme for over 3 years. Consequently, Fusion offers a unique edge on the new upcoming Chef Qualification with this experience.
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Chef Shaun was also appointed the Department of Higher Education (DHET) South African National Expert for WorldSkills - and travelled to Brazil in August 2015 with the South African young chef competitor, Tayla Schou, also from The Fusion Cooking School. Chef Tayla was nominated as the Worldskills Ambassador for Africa on the Worldskills Champions Trust committee.

Chef Shaun also travelled to Abu Dhabi in October 2017 with another young chef competitor, Monique Dunn, also from The Fusion Cooking School. Chef Monique won the prestigious Medal of Excellence as well as the Best in Country Medal.

Chef Shaun was the Deputy Chief Expert at the Abu Dhabi competition, the international Chief Expert for the Kazan (Russia) competition in August 2019, and has been re-elected Chief Expert for the Shanghai (China) competition in September 2021.