 In 1979 he finally decided to pack all his belongings into a van and head off to the coast – he picked East London as his preferred destination but fate had other things in store for Hubert and after taking a wrong turn while driving at night he ended up in Port Elizabeth.Hubert ended up building up a large company from scratch at its height employing over 110 people throughout the Eastern Cape; ice-cream however was always at the back of Hubert’s mind.Upon building up enough capital Hubert immediately seized the opportunity to travel to Buenos Aires to learn the secret recipes of master ice-cream maker "Cacho" who was the owner of the "Confiteria OMS" in Palermo.