Category Archives: Masterchef SA

Corona Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 182 of Level 1, 31 March 2022.

 

Thursday 31 March 2022, Day 182 of Level 1 😷

Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a cool day, opposite to what I had intended, but I went with the flow; for pre-writing some posts for my Blog, there being so much news; for being called to a meeting in Camps Bay with clients, expecting the worst but being completely incorrect 🙏; for being able to photograph amazing wave splashes near the Tidal Pool created by the wild Atlantic Ocean; for catching up on the final episode of MasterChef SA Season 4 (see winner in the link below), writing up the final week of the Continue reading →

MasterChef SA Season 4 comes to an end, Shawn Godfrey wins R 1 million!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It’s been an exciting month of MasterChef SA Season 4, which drew to a close tonight, when the three Finalists fought it out in the MasterChef kitchen, Shawn Godfrey winning the R1 million grand prize.

This week started off with six finalists, three cooking challenges and three eliminations, and three guest chef judges, until the 90 minute Grand Finale this evening. Continue reading →

MasterChef SA Season 4 Week 4: Top visiting chefs, ostrich eggs, lamb chops, offal, mosbolletjies on the menu!

 

Week 4 of MasterChef SA Season 4 saw more contestants eliminated, but the highlight was cooking for some top celebrity judges.

A total of three contestants had to leave the MasterChef SA kitchen during the past week, leaving six contestants in total for the Finals Week. Continue reading →

Corona Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 172 of Level 1, 21 March 2022

 

Monday 21 March 2022, Human Rights Day, Day 172 of Level 1 😷

Lockdown Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for another beautiful long weekend day at 28C, but a strong wind blowing now; for posting for my clients; for a walk to Woolies and a spoil at The Pottery; for an afternoon snooze; for a sunset walk through Bakoven, the wind blowing the cobwebs away; and for being happy, healthy and free. 🙏💙 Continue reading →

MasterChef SA Season 4 Week 3: Top 10 contestants, tomatoes, cake, honey and abalone on the menu!

 

 

 

 

 

The MasterChef SA Kitchen is getting hotter and hotter, and sadly three more contestants were eliminated in the past week.

During the past week a guest chef and a guest baker came to visit, and new challenges were set to the Kitchen Cook contestants. Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 165 of Level 1, 14 March 2022

 

Monday 14 March 2022, Day 165 of Level 1 😷

Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for another lovely day in Plettenberg Bay, starting with rain and slowly clearing at midday; for a generous Grand breakfast, offered granola, fruit and yoghurt, as well as a cooked breakfast from the Old Town Italy menu dated 2020, I choosing a Tony Soprano, with poached eggs, Béchamel sauce, and bacon, the terrace fire lit for us as it was chilly most of the day; for Sonja joining me for a walk up and then down the Main Road, popping into shops, but resisting all temptations; for a call Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 158 of Level 1, 7 March 2022

 

Monday 7 March 2022, Day 158 of Level 1 😷

Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a busy day, getting my client work done by 9h30, to leave for the City; for a 12 hour tour with my lovely young German client Josua, covering Bo-Kaap, Woodstock, Steenberg, Muizenberg, Boulder’s Beach, Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point, Chapman’s Peak, Camps Bay, Clifton, Signal Hill, and ending off the day with a lovely Tasting Menu dinner at Zest, Marlene Du Plessis-Zoetl eating there too; for surviving a very strong South Easter, especially in the deep south and at Signal Continue reading →

MasterChef SA Season 4 is hot, eliminates 5 contestants in first week!

 

MasterChef Season 4 got off to a busy start, and three contestants out of the 20 were eliminated in the first episode broadcast last Monday! A total of five contestants was eliminated in the four episodes of last week.

I am not a M-Net subscriber, so I have summarized the first four episodes of Week 1 from the MasterChef SA Facebook page. Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 151 of Level 1, 28 February 2022.

 

Monday 28 February 2022, Day 151 of Level 1 😷

Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a smooth flowing good day; for sleeping better; for getting my most important work done by 10h00 this morning; for a smooth trip to and back from the airport, meeting Hans and Carina Gangel at the airport just in time, as the plane landed early, Carina recognizing me from Facebook, so lovely to chat to, and knowing so much about me and Maya at my pool, and the restaurants I represent, and having booked the newkings boutique hotel from what she had seen in Continue reading →

MasterChef SA Season 4 starts today!

 

I have written a number of posts about the new MasterChef SA Season 4, which starts tonight at 18h00, and can be viewed on M-Net channel 101.

Nothing about this MasterChef Season 4 is the same as the previous three seasons, other than that there are 20 Finalist Home Cooks. Continue reading →