Chef Ciska Rossouw has come a long way with her artisanal eatery Loaves on Long on Long Street, which she opened two years ago. This has been an exciting year for her so far, having taken on a new business partner Rickma Coxon, and having got married. A new exciting eatery development lies ahead. Continue reading →
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‘Kook en Geniet’-inspired lunch at the Langtafel in Langebaan served good cooking and enjoyment, paired with Cederberg wines!
On Sunday I attended a Langtafel lunch in Langebaan, invited by The Good Life food truck owner Adele Maartens, at the Duinhuis home of Isabella Niehaus, food stylist and food and beverage market organizer. She organizes a Langtafel lunch once a month, and on Sunday the lunch was paired with Cederberg wines and beers. Continue reading →
Restaurant critics: what do we look for when evaluating a restaurant?
I am honoured that talented brother and sister team Mari-Louis Guy (judge of Koekedoor and the forthcoming Kokkedoortjie) and Callie Maritz of Cakebread included me in their shoot for visi magazine to demonstrate the new trend of decorating cakes with flowers. I had no idea that the photographs of the six food writers Errieda du Toit, Mari-Louis Guy, Zola Nene, Samantha Woulidge, Ishay Govender-Ypma, and I would be featured in the latest issue of visi lifestyle and decor magazine. To crown it all, an interview I did with Callie and Mari-Louis about restaurant reviewing and my favorite restaurants has just been featured on the Cakebread website.
Koekedoor Season 2 episode 13: Corli Botha crowned as Baking Queen!
On Thursday, the final episode of Koekedoor, Corli Botha was crowned the winner of Season 2 of Koekedoor, with Wessels van Vuuren her runner-up. Continue reading →
Koekedoor Season 2 episode 12: Creaming it with butter!
Sadly Koekedoor is coming to an end next week, and at the end of episode 12 on Thursday only two contestants were left. The ingredient which was the hero of the episode was butter, and the theme was ‘An Ode to Butter’. Continue reading →
Koekedoor Season 2 episode 11: Fashion influences baking!
Fashion was the theme for episode eleven of Season 2 of Koekedoor, the episode leading to the demise of one of the four contestants, the Top Three remaining, one of them becoming the winner of Season 2 in two weeks from now. The theme was chosen to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Huisgenoot magazine this year, and was transformed into fashionable baking as the theme for this episode. Continue reading →
Koekedoor Season 2, episode 10: Baking for special occasions!
Whereas Koekedoor Season 2 episode eight was focused on the ‘Manne’ in that baking with beer was its focus, episode ten on Thursday evening focused on women, and the milestone events for which they bake and enjoy cakes, such as baby showers, kitchen teas, and honeymoons. The four remaining contestants were lucky that none of them were eliminated in the episode. Continue reading →
Koekedoor Season 2, episode 9: Halfway done, halfway there!
In episode nine of Koekedoor Season 2 only five contestantys out of the initial ten are left to fight out who the winner will be in the remaining five episodes. The second season has now reached the halfway mark, not in terms of the number of episodes, but in terms of the number of contestants that remain. Pre-prepared/convenience items available to bakers also formed the focus of the episode. Continue reading →
Koekedoor Season 2 episode 8: Trouble brewing in beer baking challenges!
There was trouble brewing for most of the remaining six contestants on Thursday evening, when the Koekedoor Season 2 episode 8 focused on beer, and its role in watching rugby at home, accompanied by beer and beer-related snacks. Craft beers were the hero of this episode. Continue reading →
Koededoor judge Mari-Louis a bubbly ‘cake-obsessed’ Guy! Having our cake and eating it at One&Only Afternoon Tea!
Yesterday I had the honour to get to know Koekedoor judge Mari-Louis Guy better over a 3½ hour period, first visiting the Cakebread Studio which she owns with her brother and business partner Callie Maritz. The get-together was crowned with a visit to the One & Only Cape Town, where the three of us indulged in what is my favorite Afternoon Tea in Cape Town. Continue reading →