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Tue 8 Sep 2015
Last night (7 September) the American Express Platinum Fine Dining Awards 2016 were presented for Cape Town, the Winelands, and the Garden Route at The Watershed in the V&A Waterfront, a total of 31 awards presented. Last night (14 September) the Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal awards were presented at Katy’s Palace Bar in
Johannesburg.
Interesting announcements made during the evening in Cape Town appear to indicate that the Platinum Taste Awards (new name from next year) will take Eat Out head on next year! At the awards event, the name change for next year was announced, as was that the Platinum Taste Awards will introduce seven award categories. It is no longer a criterion for a restaurant to accept (more…)
Tags: 95 Keerom Street, 96 Winery Road, 9th Avenue Bistro, American Express Platinum Fine Dining Awards, Anna Trapido, Aubergine, Azure, Balata, Bellagio, Bellgables, BICE, Bistro michel, Bistro Sixteen82, Bizerca Bistro, Bloemfontein, Bombay Brasserie, Borage BIstro, Bosmans, Brasserie de Paris, Bread & Wine, Burrata, Butcher Shop & Grill, Cafe de Sol, Camphors at Vergelegen, Cape Town, Catharina's, Cleopatra Mountain Farmhouse, Culinary Table Restaurant, Daruma, De Grendel, DE Hoek, Diners Club Rossouw's Restaurants, Dlaire Graff, DW Eleven-13, Eat, Eat Out, Epic MSL Group, Five Hundred, Foliage, Fraai Uitzicht 1798, Fumo, Garden Route, Gold, Grande Provence, Hacklewood Hill, Harbey's, Hartford House, Il Leone, Il Tartufo, Ile Maurice, Indochine, Jazz Maniacs, Johannesburg, Jordan restaurant, Katy's Palace Bar, Kitima, La Campagnola, La Colombe, la Cucino Di Ciro, La Madeleine, La Pentola, La Scala, La Soufflé, Le Sel @ The a cradle of humankind, Luce, M, Makaron, Mastrantonio, Mimosa Lodge, Mosaic, Mpungalanga, Myoga, Nedbank, Neh!, Nicolson's, Nobu, Osteria Tre Nonni, Oudtshoorn, Overture, Pembrey's, Pierneef a la Motte, Planet Restaurant, Platinum Taste Awards, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, Private Gastrolounge, Rambling Vine, Red Chamber, Reubens, Ritrovo Ristorante, Roma Revolving Restaurant, Roots, Rust en Vrede, Ryan's Kitchen, Sel et Poivre, Serendipity, Seven on Kellner, Signature, Silver Orange, Sophia's Bistro, Spice, Springfontein Eats, Stef's Table, Su Casa, Sugar Club, Taelve Apostles, Tamsin Snyman, terroir, Thava, The a leopard, The agree house, The Kitchen at Maison, The Kurland Hotel Restaurant, The Marine, The Pavilion, The Pot Luck Club, The Restaurant at Newton Johnson, The Tasting Room, The Test Kitchen, The Watershed, The Werf at Bos hendal, The Werf at Boschendal, Thomas Maxwell Bistro, Tokara, Trafford's, Transkaroo, V&A Waterfront, Wangthai, Waterkloof, Winelands, Wombles, Yamato, Zemara, Zest, Zinzi
Mon 7 Sep 2015
The Eat Out judges are doing the rounds in evaluating our country’s Top 20 restaurants, from which they will pick their Top 10 Restaurants for 2015, to be announced at a Gala Lunch at Mistico Equestrian Centre outside
Paarl on 15 November.
Last year a number of restaurants made it to the Top 20 shortlist, possibly by default, as the largest number of chef changes ever took place in 2014, making the restaurants linked to those chefs ineligible to be considered for an Eat Out Top 10 award. This affected Hartford House (Chef Jackie Cameron starting her Jackie Cameron School of Food and Wine), Delaire Graff (Chef Christiaan Campbell (more…)
Tags: 'Best of' awards, 9th Avenue Bistro, Abigail Donnelley, Adele Grewar, Alistaire Lawrence, Arno Janse van Rensburg, Azure, Babel, Babylonstoren, Belmond Mount Nelson, Benny Maskwameng, Bertus Basson, Borage BIstro, Boschendal, Bosmans, Cafe Chic, Camphors at Vergelegen, Cavalli Estate, cellars Hohenhort, Chantel Dartnall, chef Christiaan Campbell, Chris Erasmus, Christo Pretorius, Constantia Uitsig, Constantijn Hahndiek, Darren Badenhorst, David Higgs, Dear Me, Delaire Graff, Delaire Graff Botmaskop, DW Eleven-13, Eat Out, Equus, Eric Bulpitt, Five Hundred, Foliage, Food Network, Frank Marx, Franschhoek, Gala lunch, Grande Provence, Grande Roche, Gregory Czarnecki, Hartford House, Harvey's, Henrico Grobbelaar, Hetta van Deventer, Hylton Espey, Indochine, Jackie acamwron School of Food and Wine, Jackie Cameron, Jardine at Jordan, judges, Juergen Schneider, KwaZulu-Natal, La Colombe, La Mouette, Le Quartier Francais, Leeu Collection, Maison, Majeka House, Makaron, Marthinus Ferreira, Masterchef SA, Mercedes Benz, Michael Cooke, Michael Deg, Michelle Theron, Mistico Equestrian Centre, Mosaic, Overture, Pajama Vadas, Peter Tempelhoff, Pierneef a la Motte, Planet Restaurant, Restaurant Awards 2015, Richard Carstens, Rudi Liebenberg, Rust en Vrede, Ryan Smith, Ryan's Kitchen, San Pellegrino Young Chef of the Year, Siba Mtongana, Silvermist, Spice Route, Springfontein Eats, terroir, The agog House on the Werf at Spier, The Greenhouse, The Orient, The Pot Luck Club, The Restaurant at Newton Johnson, The Tasting Room, The Test Kitchen, The White Room, Tokara, Top 10 restaurants, Top 20 shortlist, Twelve Apostles, Ultimate Braaimaster, Vaness Marx, Virgil Kahn, Waterkloof
Wed 24 Dec 2014
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Camps Bay, Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, entertainment, Events, Food news, Franschhoek, Hermanus, Restaurant news, Stellenbosch, Tourism news, Whale Cottage Portfolio
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Christmas Eve
* La Mouette, Cape Town: 6-course dinner R445. Tel (021) 433-0856
* Savour, African Pride 15 on Orange, Cape Town: 5-courses R450. Tel (021) 469-8000
* The Conservatory at Cellars Hohenhort, Cape Town: 6-course dinner R 750 p.p. Tel (021) 794-5535
* Twelve Apostles Hotel & Spa, Cape Town: 4-course R955 plus eggnog. Tel (021) 437-9000
* Makaron at Majeka House, Stellenbosch: 4-course dinner R 55o p.p. Tel (021) 880-1550
* Bosman’s at Grande Roche, Paarl: 5-course dinner with pianist R1395 p.p. Tel (021) 863-5100 (more…)
Tags: 15 on Orange, 5 Rooms, African Pride, Alphen Hotel, Asoka, Belmond Mount Nelson, Bentley Oyster Bar & Bitro, bistro 13, Boschendal, Bosmans, Cape Town, cellars Hohenhort, Charcoal Dining, Chris von Ulmenstein, Christmas, Cincin, Dornier Bodega, Grande Roche, Hazendal, Helena's Restaurant, Hermanus, Hermitage, HQ Restaurant, Johann's Dining Room, Kloof Street House, La Mouette, Lanique, Lanzerac Hotel, Majeka House, Makaron, Manouche, Moet et Chandon, New Year, On 19, On the Rocks, Orinoco, Orphanage Cocktail Emporium, Oude Wellington Restaurant, Oude Werf, Paranga, Planet Restaurant, Ricks Cafe Americain, Rivendell Restaurant, Rivertones, Savour, Shimmy Beach Club, Somerset West, Spier, Stellenbosch, Taste Bistro, The Conservatory, The Kitchen at Maison, The Marine Hotel, The Mix, The Pavilion, The Restaurant at Grande Provence, Twelve Apostles Hotel & Spa, Whale Cottage Portfolio, Zenzero
Tue 14 Oct 2014
The Diners Club Winelist Awards for the Western Cape were held at Shimmy Beach Club yesterday, saluting the restaurants in the province, and the standard of their winelist content and presentation. Bushman’s Kloof won best Winelist in the Western Cape. During the course of this week the Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal awards will also be presented.
A judging panel, led by wine judge Dave Hughes, and consisting of Winnie Bowman, Nikki Dumas, Fiona McDonald, and Christine Rudman, evaluated 208 winelists nationally, and 100 from the ‘Cape‘, a province which has not existed for years! Diners Club threw the Western Cape and Eastern Cape into one ‘Cape’ pot in reporting on the results and in handing out the awards yesterday! A substantial number of Western Cape restaurants did not enter the competition this year, down from 96 entries last year to 80 this year.
Odd was the choice of venue, being the Bar section of Shimmy Beach Club, which did not have
enough parking for the attendees, some walking for more than 1 km to get to the venue. We were welcomed with a glass of Pongracz, and the food was very meagre, being macaroni cheese croquettes and sushi! There was not enough seating for everyone, in a room which had some round tables, a few chairs and couches, but had no presence in making this function special for the award winners, compared to the venue used at the Vineyard Hotel last year. It also was not a finalist for the Winelist Awards! Very odd was using Anna Trapido as the MC, not generally known to the local restaurant wine stewards and sommeliers, in being the editor of the 2015 ‘Diners Club Rossouws (more…)
Tags: 2015 Diners' Club Rosouws Restaurants', 5-star restaurants, Abalone House, Alba Lounge, Andros, Anna Trapido, Aubergine, Azure, B's Steakhouse, Barrydale Karoo Hotel, Bertha's, Bientang's Cave, Big Brother, Black Marlin, Blowfish, Bombay Brasserie, Bosmans, Buffelsdrift Game Reserve, Burrata, Bushman's Kloof, Camphors at Vergelegen, Cape, Cape Grace, Cattle Baron, Cavalli, Cellars-Hohenhort Hotel, Chatters, Chris von Ulmenstein, Christine Rudman, City Grill, Col'Cacchio, craft beers, Dave Hughes, Dear Me, Delaire Graff Restaurant, Den Anker, designated drivers, Devon Valley Hotel, Diamond AWards, Diner's Club, Eastern Cape, Eat Out, Ellerman House, Equus, Fabio's Ristorante, Fancourt, Fiona McDonald, Flavours, French Connection, Gauteng, George, Gold Award, Greek Fisherman, Grootbos, Harvey's, Haute cabriere, Henry White's, Hildebrandt, Hunter's Country House, Hussar Grill, Indochine, Jardien at Jordan's, Jonkershuis, JP Rossouw, karibu, Kitima, Knysna, KwaZulu-Natal, La Cantina, La Mouette, La Pentola, Lanzerac, Le Quartier Francais, Lee-ann Shepherd, Lemonbutta, Madikwe Hills, Majeka House, Makaron, Marine Hotel, Meloncino, Mezepoli, Mint, Myoga, Newcomer List, Nikki Dumas, One&Only Cape Town, Overture, Pierneef a la Motte, Pigalle, Planet Bar, Planet Restaurant, Platinum Award, Platter's Guide, Plettenberg Bay, Pongracz, publisher, Quay 4, Queen Victoria, Ricks Cafe Americain, Riedel, Rust en Vrede, Seafood at The Plettenberg, Shimmy Beach Club, Signal, Silver Award, somelliers, sommeliers, Springfontein Eats, Steenberg, Surval Boutique Olive Estate, terroir, The Alphen, The George, The Girls, The Kitchen at Maison, The Pot Luck Club, The Restaurant at Grande Provence, The Restaurant at Newton Johnson, The Square, The Table Bay, The Test Kitchen, The Turbine Boutique Hotel, The Wild Fig, Tokara, Tsala Tree Top Lodge, Twelve Apostles, Upstairs at Quay 4, Vineyard Hotel, Waterkloof, Western Cape, Whale Cottage Portfolio, Wild Peacock, Wilderness, Winelist Awards, wines-by-the-glass, Zachary, Zinzi
Wed 17 Sep 2014
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Events, Food news, hospitality, Restaurant news, Service news, Somerset West, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, Whale Cottage Portfolio, Winelands
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The 2015 American Express Platinum Fine Dining Awards have been announced, the Western Cape (39) having a small head start over Gauteng (33) in the number of restaurants on the list of 89 restaurants in total. Five new restaurants have been added to the list: 95 Keerom, Delaire Graff Restaurant, Kitima, and Makaron at Majeka House, all in the Western Cape, as well as The Leopard in Johannesburg.
Restaurants that were eligible to receive an American Express Platinum Fine Dining Award have to accept the credit card as payment, and have to accept a booking for four by a Platinum Card holder within four days of booking. Excellence, creativity, and offering guests an exquisite culinary experience are evaluated.
New head of the American Express Platinum Fine Dining Awards is Tamsin Snyman, who also is the Africa and Indian Ocean Islands chairman of the World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards. She has taken over the Awards management from Victor Strugo, who had been involved for the past 16 years.
Nedbank Head of Corporate Card Services Pamela White said about the awards: ‘The awards continue to reflect the country’s rising culinary spirit and serve as a catalyst in championing the enhancement of the fine dining industry and experience in South Africa. As the exclusive issuer of American Express in South Africa, we are honoured to be associated with this initiative as it not only celebrates South African restaurateurs but also promotes fine dining’.
Last year the American Express Platinum Fine Dining Awards list had 95 restaurants, the Western Cape list having reduced by four restaurants on the list, despite having added four new restaurants, therefore a total loss of eight restaurants. Western Cape restaurants no longer on the list this year are La Colombe (probably due to the long period of closure and its new premises not yet operating), Zachary’s, Bukhara, Bombay Brasserie at The Taj, Savoy Cabbage, Kurland Hotel Restaurant, Constantia Uitsig (closed down), and Serendipity’s. The reason for the restaurants dropping off the list may be the tough economic climate, some of the restaurants purposely no longer accepting Amex credit cards due to their high merchant commission rate, or they have been judged to no longer meet the standards. Missing from the Western Cape list altogether but being in a Top 20 Restaurant league are The Test Kitchen, Pot Luck Club, The Kitchen at Maison, Equus, Camphors at Vergelegen, Mondiall, Tokara, Burrata, Springfontein Eats, Indochine, The Restaurant at Newton Johnson, and Jardine at Jordan.
The 2015 Award winners are: (more…)
Tags: 95 Keerom, 96 Winery Road, 9th Avenue Bistro, American Express Platinum Fine Dining Awards, Aubergine, Azure, Balata, Bellagio, Bellgables, BICE, Bistro Sixteen82, Bistrot Bizerca, Bombay Brasserie, Bosmans, Braserie de Paris, Bread & Wine, Buitenverwachting, Bukhara, Burrata, Butcher Shop & Grill, Cafe del Sol, Camphors, Catharina's, Chris von Ulmenstein, Cleopatra Mountain Farmhouse, Constantia Uitsig, De Grendel, DE Hoek, De Oude Kraal, Delaire Graff Restaurant, DW Eleven-13, Equus, Five Hundred, Fraai Uitzicht 1798, Gauteng, GOLD< The Greenhouse, Grande Provence, Hacklewood Hill, Haiku, Hartford House, Harvey's, Huguenot Cheese Brulee, Il Leone, Il Tartufo, Ile Maurice, Indochine, Jardine at Jordan, Jazz Maniacs, Kitima, Kurland Hotel Restaurant, La Campaagnola, La Colombe, La Cucina di Ciro, La Locanda, La Madeleine, La Pentola, La Scala, Le Quartier Francais, Le Souffle, Makaron, Mastrantonio, Mimosa Lodge, Mondiall, Mosaic, Myoga, Nedbank, Neh!, Nobu, Osteria Tre Nonni, Overture, Pamela White, Pembrey's, Pierneef a la Motte, Planet Restaurant, Pot Luck Club, Rambling Vine, Red Chamber, Reubens, Ritrovo Ristorante, Roma Revolving Restaurant, Roots, Rust en Vrede, Savoy Cabbage, Sel et Poivre, Serendipity, Serendipity's, Seven on Kellner, Signal, Signature, Silver Orange, Sophia's Bistro, Spice, Springfontein Eats, Steenberg, Stef's Kitchen, Su Casa, Sugar Club, Tamsin Snyman, Thava, The Foodbarn, The Kitchen at Maison, The Leopard, The Orchid Room, The Pavilion, The Restaurant at Newton Johnson, The Taj, The Tasting Room, The Test Kitchen, Tokara, Transkaroo, Vergelegen, Victor Strugo, Wangthai, Waterkloof, Western Cape, Whale Cottage Portfolio, Wombles, World's 50 Best Restaurant Awards, Yamato, Zacharays, Zemara, Zest, Zinzi
Thu 19 Jun 2014
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under accommodation, Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Food news, hospitality, Restaurant news, Tourism news, Whale Cottage Portfolio, Wine news, Winelands, World Design Capital
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Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* The latest quarterly survey by the Bureau of Economic Research shows a sharp drop in confidence in the Accommodation sector, with an index of 36 in the first Quarter of this year, to a projected index of 22 in this quarter, and down to zero in Quarter 3. Rates are seen to be reduced in Quarter 3, and Business Confidence has dropped from 76% in Quarter 1 to 56% in this quarter! (received via e-mail from the Bureau of Economic Research)
* Huffington Post praises Cape Town, and lists ‘Top 10 Things to do in Cape Town, South Africa‘, but in reality it lists far more than ten things: visiting Cape Point; the penguins at Boulders Beach; the Winelands, including Le Petite Ferme, Môreson, Haute Cabrière, Delaire Graff, La Residence, The Franschhoek Wine Tram, Tokara, Kanonkop, and Groot Constantia; Umi restaurant and the Marly hotel in Camps Bay; Robben Island; Table Mountain; a township tour; eat at The Test Kitchen, Pot Luck Club, ‘Bistro’ (sic) Bizerca ‘Signal‘ (sic), Charly’s Bakery, and The Tasting Room; the V&A Market on the Wharf; shopping at Merchants on Long and Chandler House; and High Tea at Belmond Mount Nelson.
* New Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has accused the DA-run City of Cape Town of buying the vote by spending millions of Rands for the title for Cape Town as World Design Capital 2014, (more…)
Tags: accommodation, Angelfish PR & Events, Annie Hodes, Belmond Mount Nelson, Bistrot Bizerca, Boulders' Beach, brandy and tapas tasting pairing, Bureau for Economic Research, Business Confidence, Camps Bay, Cape Point, Cape Town, Chandler House, Charly's Bakery, Chris von Ulmenstein, Delaire Graff, Elangeni, Food, Franschhoek Wine Tram, Gold Reef City, Groot Constantia, Haute cabriere, High Tea, Huffington Post, Human Settlements Minister, Kanonkop, La Residence, Le Petite Ferme, Lindiwe Sisulu, Maharani, Merchants on Long, Moreson, Planet Bar, Planet Restaurant, Pot Luck Club, Robben Island, Silverstar Casino, Southern Sun, table mountain, The Marly, The Tasting Room, The Test Kitchen, Tokara, tourism, township tour, Tsogo Sun, Umi, V&A Market on the Wharf, Vigour & Verve, Whale Cottage Portfolio, WhaleTales, Wine, Winelands, World Design Capital 2014
Sun 11 May 2014
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Food news, Franschhoek, Hermanus, Restaurant news, Somerset West, Stellenbosch, Tourism news, V&A Waterfront, Whale Cottage Portfolio, Winelands
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The Winter 2014 specials for more than 90 Cape Town and Winelands restaurants follow below, and are updated continuously. We welcome information about new specials, and the feedback about your meals at these restaurants:
Cape Town
* Umi in Camps Bay: 3 course set menu R260, 5 courses R360, both include a shared bottle of Warwick First Lady. Order 3 meals off a la carte menu, get the 4th free. Slow cooked shortrib R110, Karan beef sirloin R95, Japanese beer marinated Karan beef fillet R120, pork belly R90, warm salmon and black bean R120, and fish & fries R85. Tel (021) 437-1802 (added 10/5/14)
* Pepenero in Mouille Point : Order 3 meals and get 4th (cheapest) free; Sirloin R89, Rump R89, Lamb cutlets R99, Seafood platter R149, Sushi platter R129, Crayfish tails R169, Veal schnitzel R95, Soup of day R40, Prawn platter R139, Oxtail R110, and Osso Buco R89. Half price sushi (selected items) all day. Daily. Tel (021) 439-9027 (updated 10/5/14)
* 5 Rooms, Alphen Boutique Hotel: 2 courses R170; 2 courses with bottle of Warwick First Lady (shared between two) R220; 3 courses R 220; 3 courses plus bottle of Warwick First Lady (shared between two) R 270. Sirloin R95, Baby chicken R95, Braised oxtail R110, Seafood bouillabaisse R135, Grilled Prawn R99, Slow braised lamb shank R115. Tel (021) 795-6313 (updated 10/5/14)
* Zenzero, Camps Bay: 2 courses R160; 2 courses with bottle of Warwick First Lady (shared between two) R210; 3 courses (more…)
Tags: 5 Rooms, 96 Winery Road, Alba Lounge, Allee Bleue Bistro, Allora, Alphen Boutique Hotel, Andiamo, Arnold's on Kloof, Aubergine, Azure, Balducci's, Barristers Grill, Bayside Cafe, Beerhouse, Beijing Orchid, Beluga, Big Bay, Bistro 1800, Bistro Sixteen82, Bistro Sixten82, Blowfish, Blues, Bosmans, Buena Vista Social Cafe, Buitenverwachting, Cafe Alfredo, Cafe Caprice, Cafe Chameleon, Caffe Milano, Camissa, Canal Walk, Cape Grace, Cape Town, Cape Town Fish Market, Catharina's, Cattle Baron, Caveau, Chris von Ulmenstein, City Grill, Codfather, Col'Cacchio, Cuvee, Darren Badenhorst, Dash, De Grendel Restaurant, Delheim, Den Anker, Diva Pizza, Dornier Bodega, Dunes, eat@Simonsvlei, Eight to Go, Emporio Leone, Ferryman's Tavern, First lady, Foodbarn, Four & Twenty Cafe, Fyndraai, Gibsons, Gourmand Food & Wine Experience, Grand Cafe, Grand Cafe on the Beach, Grand West, Grande Provence, Grande Roche, Greek Fisherman, Harbour House, Hartenberg, Harvest, Haute cabriere, Henri's Restaurant & Pub, Hildebrand, HQ, Hussar Grill, I love my Laundry, Jou Ma se Comedy Club, Kalk Bay Cafe, Karan, karibu, Karl Lambour, Keenwa, Kleine Zalze, Knife Restaurant, Knorhoek, KWV, Kyoto Sushi, La Boheme, La Bruixa, La Colombe, La Mouette, La Playa, La Residence, La Splendida, Laborie, Le Quartier Francais, Le Roi Beach Bar, Leopard's Leap Rotisserie, Live Bait, Lord Neethling, Lucky Fish, Makaron Restaurant, Mano A Mano, Mariner's Wharf, Massimo's, Meloncino, Mezbaan Indian Restaurant, Mitchell's, Moet & Chandon, Mondiall, Mykonos Taverna, Myoga, Nederburg, Nitida, Nobu, NV-80, Omakase, One&Only, Orinoco, Overture, OYO, Paranga, pepenero, Pierneef a la Motte, Pigalle, Planet Restaurant, Polana, Pongracz, Primi Piatti, Quay 4 Tavern, Raith, Reubens, Reyneke, Ricks Cafe Americain, Rocca, Ryan's Kitchen, Savour Restaurant, Sevruga, Shimmy Beach Club, Signal Restaurant, Solms Delta, Sotano, Southern Sun, Spier, Spiros, Springfontein Eats, Spur, Steenberg Hotel, Steffanie's Place, Stellenbosch, Table Bay Hotel, Taiwan City Chinese Cuisine, terroir, The Bakery at Jordan, The BUngalow, The Cullinan, The Greenhouse, The Jonkershuis, The Mount Nelson, The Pot Luck Club, The Red Table Restaurant, The Restaurant at Newton Johnson, The Round House, The Roundhouse, The Square, Theo's, Tokai, Tokara, Towerbosch, TriBakery, Tuscany Beach, Twelve Apostles, Tyger Valley, Umi, Upstairs at Quay 4, V&A Hotel, V&A Waterfront, Vedet, Vineyard Hotel, Vovo Telo, Warwick, Whale Cottage Portfolio, Wild Peacock Food Emporium, Winelands, winter specials, Zenzero
Fri 15 Nov 2013
The Sweet Service Award goes to KAMERS (originally called Kamers vol Geskenke when first launched 10 years ago) and Anida van der Spuy, for her invitation to attend the lifestyle, decor and food show at Webersburg last week. It was not too busy on the Friday afternoon, making it a pleasure to move from one marquee to the next, and buy something to taste along the way.
Every space was used, even the wine tasting centre had stands. Anida introduced me to talented chef Wynand van Rooyen, who used to work at Planet Restaurant, and was Sunday Times Chef of the Year 2011. He had just returned from a stage at Frantzen in Stockholm, the 12th best restaurant in the world. He had a pop-up restaurant at the event, called The Flying Boar. I was impressed with his beautifully plated (more…)
Tags: Anida van der Spuy, Cape Union Mart, Chris von Ulmenstein, David Mayes, Frantzen, KAMERS, Kamers vol Geskenke, planet, Planet Restaurant, TELKOM, The Flying Boar, V&A Waterfront, Webersburg, Whale Cottage Portfolio, WhaleTales Sweet & Sour Service Awards, Winelands Film Fest, Wynand van Rooyen
Wed 9 Oct 2013
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Events, Food news, Franschhoek, Restaurant news, Somerset West, Stellenbosch, Whale Cottage Portfolio, Wine news, Winelands
Comments Off on Delaire Graff makes history in Eat Out Top 10 Restaurant Awards!
For the first time in the history of the Eat Out Top 10 Restaurant Awards two restaurants belonging to one owner have been nominated for the honoured list. Both Delaire Graff Restaurant and Indochine, under the direction of Chef Christiaan Campbell, made it onto the Top 20 shortlist, which Eat Out announced yesterday. We are delighted with our best ever Top 20 Restaurant shortlist prediction score, in correctly guessing 18 out of the Top 20 shortlisted restaurants.
The Eat Out Top 20 Restaurant Awards shortlist contained a few surprises, leading one restaurant representative to comment that despite the new judging system and panel, little had changed in the shortlist, with only two newly opened restaurants included, being Camphors at Vergelegen (Chef PJ Vadas) and five hundred (Chef David Higgs). Surprises were the following:
- The non-appearance of Terroir and Mosaic at The Orient, both restaurants having made the Top 10 Restaurant list last year. We have been critical of Terroir’s perennial appearance on the (more…)
Tags: 'Crush', Abigail Donnelly, Aileen Lamb, Amy Young, Andy Fenner, Aubergine, Babel, Babylonstoren, Bistrot Bizerca, Bosmans, Bread & Wine, Burrata, Camphors, Camphors at Vergelegen, Chefs' Warehouse and Cookery School, Chris von Ulmenstein, Christiaan Campbell, Craft Trattoria, Crazy Horse, David Higgs, Delaire Graff, Delaire Graff Restaurant, Dil Tamang, DW Eleven-13, Eat Out 500, Eat Out Top 10, Five Hundred, Frankie Fenner Meat Merchants, Garth Stroebel, Hartford House, Harveey's Restaurant, Hemelhuijs, Indochine, Jason Bakery, Jason Lilley, Jordan's Restaurant, La Colombe, Liam Tomlin, Makaron, Maze, Minette Smith, Mosaic at The Orient, Nobu, Overture, Pendock, Pierneef a la Motte, PJ Vadas, Planet Restaurant, Reubens, Rust en Vrede, Stretta Cafe, Tasha's, TASTE, terroir, the Green House, The Greenhouse, The Hotel School, The Kitchen, The Kitchen at Maison, The Pot Luck Club, The Restaurant at Waterkloof, The Roundhouse, The Tasting Room, The Test Kitchen, Tokara, Top 20 shortlist, TRUTH Coffee, VickiChristina's Tapas Bar y Restaurante, Virgil Kahn, Whale Cottage Portfolio, Woolworths
Mon 7 Oct 2013
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Blogging news, Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Events, Food news, Restaurant news, Service news, Stellenbosch, V&A Waterfront, Whale Cottage Portfolio, Winelands
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It’s that time of the year again, and this week Eat Out will announce its shortlisted Top 20 Restaurants for the Eat Out Top 10 Restaurant Awards 2014. The judges have been furiously eating their way around the country, and top restaurants are licking their lips in the hope of cracking the Top 20 list, from which the Eat Out Top 10 Restaurants will be announced at the gala dinner in the V&A Waterfront on 10 November.
Given the turmoil in the judging of our country’s Top 10 restaurants in the past two years, Eat Out publisher New Media Publishing communicated with the industry, and invited past Top 20 chefs and some restaurant owners to chat about what they want in restaurant awards. The overwhelming majority of respondents requested a panel of South African judges (British blogger ‘judge’ Bruce Palling used last (more…)
Tags: 'Crush', 2014 Eat Out, Andy Fenner, Annemarie Steenkamp, Azure, Babel, Bertus Basson, Biscuit Mill, Bistro Sixteen82, Bistrot Bizerca, Blogger, Bosmans, Bruce Palling, Burrata, Camphors at Vergelegen, Carl Habel, Cavalli, cellars Hohenhort, Chantel Dartnall, Chefs who Share, Chris Erasmus, Chris von Ulmenstein, Cyrillia Deslandes, Darren Badenhorst, David Higgs, Delaire Graff, DW Eleven-13, Eric Bulpitt, Five Hundred, Frankie Fenner Meat Merchants, Frantzen, Frederic Faucheux, Freres Bistro, Gagnaire, Garth Stroebel, George Jardine, Geranium, Grand Chef, Grande Provence, Grande Roche, Green Dolphin, Greg Czarnecki, Harald Bresselschmidt, Hartford House, Henrico Grobbelaar, Indochine, Isabella Immenkamp, Jackie Cameron, Joakim Blackadder, John Shuttleworth, Jordan's Restaurant, La Colombe, Laurent Deslandes, Le Quartier Francais, Liam Tomlin, Luke Dale-Roberts, Majeka House, Makaron, Manley Communications, Margot Janse, Marinda Engelbrecht, Marthinus Ferreira, Masterchef SA, McGrath, Mondiall, Mosaic at The Orient, Neil Grant, New Media Publishing, Nobu, Noma, Oliver Cattermole, Overture, Peter Tempelhoff, Pierneef a la Motte, PJ Vadas, Planet Restaurant, Relais & Chateaux, Relais Gourmand, Reuben Riffel, Richard Carstens, Rudi Liebenberg, Rust en Vrede, SA Chef's Academy, San Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurant Awards, Saxon Boutique Hotel, Simone Rossouw, Stables, Tanja Kruger, TASTE, TASTE magazine, terroir, The Greenhouse, The Pot Luck Club, The Restaurant at Newton Johnson, The Roundhouse, The Tasting Room, The Test Kitchen, The Ultimate Braai Master, Tokara, Top 20 Restaurant shortlist, Twelve Apostles Hotel, Twitter, V&A Waterfront, Verbier, Waterkloof, Whale Cottage Portfolio