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May 18, 2012
00:11
Grand Café Sweet and Kodak Express Sour Service Awards
The Sweet Service Award goes to the Grand Café in Robertson, and its owners Simon and Wendy Bernstein. Four times in the past month we have passed through the town between Franschhoek and Plettenberg Bay, and have found their service to be friendly, the cappuccinos are excellent (the beans come from Strictly Coffee across the [...]
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May 17, 2012
09:03
Holden Manz Merlot Magic at Winemakers’ Dinner!
Holden Manz has introduced an unusual series of Winemakers’ Dinners, showcasing its own wines against some of the best per variety, each winemaker’s wine paired with a special dish created by new Executive Chef Cheyne Morrisby. Last night was a magical evening, not only with Merlot being the focus, but also because it was a [...]
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May 16, 2012
09:20
MasterChef SA episode 9: Around the world 11 ways, Twice Baked 3 Cheese Soufflé falls flat for Guy Clark!
A TV screen at The Grand Cafe and Rooms in Plettenberg Bay that lost its picture just as MasterChef SA started was an exciting start to episode 9 last night, but the problem was quickly fixed when I was moved to another room. The Finalists were sent around the world in the dishes that they [...]
Categories: Food Blogs in English, Wine Blogs from South Africa, Wine Blogs in English
May 15, 2012
08:44
MasterChef episode 9: Who will be booted out? Win with Burrata
MasterChef SA is the talk of the country, and we have ten more gripping episodes to look forward to in the next two months. To spice things up a little, we have launched two competitions, the first being a prediction of who will win MasterChef SA in episode 18. We are also running a weekly lucky draw [...]
Categories: Food Blogs in English, Wine Blogs from South Africa, Wine Blogs in English
May 14, 2012
01:03
Franschhoek Literary Festival: Acknowledges importance and power of Twitter!
It is ironic that one of the most popular sessions of the fifth Franschhoek Literary Festival, ‘Tweeting for Africa‘, should acknowledge the importance of Twitter and confirm that it will ‘never go away’, when the Literary Festival (with only 322 followers) itself used Twitter so poorly to share the knowledge that was being generated by [...]
Categories: Food Blogs in English, Wine Blogs from South Africa, Wine Blogs in English
May 13, 2012
08:06
SA restaurant food on a par with best of Australia, but service lags far behind!
South African restaurants are on a par with the best restaurants in Australia in food quality, says Chef Darren Roberts, who has just returned from a visit to his country of origin. Compared to twenty years ago when he first came to South Africa, this country has made great strides in developing its own unique [...]
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May 12, 2012
02:15
Franschhoek Literary Festival: ‘What’s Cooking’ highlights what’s bubbling under!
The fifth Franschhoek Literary Festival kicked off yesterday with a panel discussion on ‘What’s Cooking’, with writers of three cookbooks Reuben Riffel, Marita van der Vyver, and sisters Annalie Nel and Zuretha Roos, chaired by TASTE food editor Abigail Donnelly. For food lovers considering publishing their own cookbooks, the message was loud and clear - [...]
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May 11, 2012
00:11
Shoprite/Checkers Sweet Service and Pick ‘n Pay BP Express Sour Service Awards
The Sweet Service Award goes to Shoprite/Checkers, for refunding all its customers for Velvet Sky airline tickets, bought via Computicket Travel, or at a Shoprite or a Checkers store. The airline has been grounded, and has not made arrangements to refund its customers’ tickets. ‘Despite having no legal obligation to refund Velvet Sky’s fares, we [...]
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May 10, 2012
00:24
Cape Town Tourism encourages tourists to swim with sharks! Is National Geographic campaign already a flop?
One wonders what is going on at Cape Town Tourism and its marketing of Cape Town, the little that is done! With shock we saw an advertisement for Cape Town on the National Geographic website, alongside the blogposts which their ‘Digital Nomad’ Andrew Evans had written while he was in Cape Town, inviting tourists to [...]
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May 9, 2012
00:13
MasterChef SA episode 8: Iconic SA chicken pie dishes Brandon Law and Babalwa Baartman!
What an exciting MasterChef South Africa episode 8 was last night, and what a super theme, focusing on the iconic South African cuisine, which challenged eight of the Finalists in an Elimination Challenge, and saw the demise of Brandon Law and Babalwa Baartman, two contestants who did not receive much coverage in the preceding seven [...]
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May 8, 2012
10:01
De Grendel Restaurant: Beautiful setting, beautiful food!
De Grendel wine estate must have the most beautiful view of all wine estates in the Western Cape, with its idyllic setting looking over Table Bay and onto Table Mountain. Now the wine estate owned by Sir David Graaff has opened De Grendel Restaurant in its winetasting centre, not only offering a magnificent view, but [...]
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May 7, 2012
23:42
MasterChef episode 8: who will be booted out? Win with Franschhoek Kitchen at Holden Manz
MasterChef SA is the talk of the country, and we have 11 more exciting episodes to look forward to in the next three months. To spice things up a little, we have launched two competitions, the first being a prediction of who will win MasterChef SA in episode 18. We are also running a weekly lucky draw [...]
Categories: Food Blogs in English, Wine Blogs from South Africa, Wine Blogs in English
00:16
Africa Cup of Nations 2013: City of Cape Town Tourism foul deserves red card!
The tourism industry is astounded that the City of Cape Town has fouled up its opportunity to generate revenue during the 29th Africa Cup of Nations championships (AFCON), which will be hosted in our country between January and February next year. The winners of the Championships qualify for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil. Last [...]
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May 6, 2012
02:37
Western Cape EDP to unite ‘divided tourism industry’!
An announcement that the tourism industry has been waiting for a long time, that was made via Southern African Tourism Update three days ago, is welcome news. The Western Cape Minister of Tourism Alan Winde has announced that the Economic Development Partnership (EDP), launched in Cape Town a week ago, will focus on the unification [...]
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May 5, 2012
00:54
Hotels green with envy about Upper Eastside Hotel’s organic urban herb garden!
The launch of the herb and vegetable garden on the terraces of the two year old Upper Eastside Boutique Business Hotel in Woodstock on Thursday demonstrated that one does not need a massive garden to work on one’s carbon footprint, and to grow wonderful herbs and vegetables. The hotel has created the first organic rooftop [...]
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