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Finding fabulous food in Munich!
Staying in Munich for four days, I did day-time outings to what are regarded food temples of the city, including Dallmayr, Kaiser, and the Viktualienmarkt. Most impressed, others were disappointing.I...
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Restaurant Review: Greenhouse restaurant turns over a new leaf, reinvents...
After four years at Cellars-Hohenhort, the Greenhouse has completely transformed itself by changing its decor and menu, only the floor remaining the same! How brave yet exciting it must have been to...
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Eat Out Top 10 restaurants: how much does a Tasting Menu meal cost, booking...
Is it true that an Eat Out Top 10 Restaurant nod is a licence to print money? It certainly seems so, especially the nearer the restaurant is to the top of the list, and if the length of time to get a...
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‘Chefs who Share – the ART of Giving’ grows to week-long event, in...
‘Chefs who Share – the ART of giving’ is hosting the fourth charity Gala Dinner in September this year, but has reinvented itself in changing its location, and in making an almost week-long event out...
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Chefs who Share – The ART of Giving Chef teams announced!
The seven chefs teams and their sommeliers for Chefs who Share – the ART of Giving 2016 have been announced, for the Gala Dinner which will take place in the Johannesburg City Hall on Saturday 24...
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Bertus Basson @ The Ritz to turn heads in Sea Point from 15 November!
Sea Point is to get a shake-up when the newly renovated The Ritz hotel opens its doors to its first guests on 1 November, and the revolving restaurant and champagne bar at the top of the Ritz open...
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Graham Beck uses stemware in its goal to be best sparkling wine brand in the...
Yesterday I attended a presentation by Graham Beck winemaker of 27 years, Pieter ‘Bubbles’ Ferreira, at the colourful The Stack, sharing with us what a difference stemware makes in the tasting...
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Grande Provence Champagne Dinner introduces Franschhoek Champagne Festival,...
Champagne is a noble drink, and when one is able to experience a dinner paired with a Grande Provence sparkling wine, as well as four champagnes, expectations are high. Sadly these were not met last...
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Restaurant Review: The Granary Café at The Silo Hotel far more than a Café,...
Even if the Cambridge English dictionary definition of a ‘Café‘ as an inexpensive (‘a restaurant where simple and usually quite cheap meals are served‘) eatery is accepted, The Granary Café still does...
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Restaurant Review: The White Rabbit coffee shop and bar no fairytale!
The Kove Collection’s newest restaurant The White Rabbit has opened alongside Dalliance, also a Kove Collection restaurant, in the V&A Waterfront. It is a feminine coffee shop and bar in a quiet...
View ArticleBeloved Carte Blanche presenter Derek Watts passes away.
Today Derek Watts, the well-known, respected, and loved Carte Blanche TV presenter, passed away. He was 74 years old. He was a presenter for 35 years. News 24 writes, quoting his long-standing fellow...
View ArticleOpen Letter to the Camps Bay CID Steering Committee.
Yesterday I attended the first meeting of the proposed Camps Bay CID. It is to have three legs: Crime prevention, Homelessness prevention, and Environment/Cleanliness. The Steering Committee is heavily...
View ArticleChef Jan-Hendrik van der Westhuizen becomes WWF Ambassador
Chef Jan-Hendrik van der Westhuizen of the JAN Restaurant Group has announced that he is a new Ambassador for the World Wildlife Fund. The article in his weekly newsletter of 25 August follows below:...
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