Earlier this week I visited the Jackie Cameron School of Food & Wine in Hilton, and I was delighted to meet the School’s second intake of twelve chef students, and to see how Chef Jackie Cameron and her School is flourishing. (more…)
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Sun 16 Jul 2017
Jackie Cameron School of Food & Wine grows student chef number, to open pop-up Brunch!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Food news, KwaZulu-Natal, Restaurant news, WhaleTales Blog
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Mon 3 Jul 2017
Restaurant Winter chill sets in, first restaurants close in Cape Town: July 2017!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Food news, Hermanus, Restaurant news, Stellenbosch, WhaleTales Blog
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SeaBreeze Fish & Shell, The Sunnyside Grill, and the Crazy Horse Gastropub are three new restaurants which opened in Cape Town during June. Two Hout Bay restaurants have closed down as the Winter chill sets in! Über creative Pastry Chef André Steyn has joined La Colombe.
We update information about newly opened and closed restaurants continuously, and welcome such news.
Restaurant Openings
# SeaBreeze Fish & Shell has opened on Bree Street, open for Lunch and Dinner Mondays to Saturdays (photograph) (more…)
Mon 26 Jun 2017
Harbour House Group uses panel to blind-taste wines for its restaurant winelists!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Restaurant news, WhaleTales Blog, Wine news
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As a restaurant writer in the main, and focusing on the food side mostly, it was an honour to be invited by Harbour House Group Brand Manager Stuart Bailey to participate in a blind-tasting of more than 500 wines over four days, to select those rated best for the winelists of the 25 or so restaurants in the Harbour House Group. (more…)
Sat 29 Apr 2017
Camino de Santiago screenings at The Labia cinema supports StreetSmart SA
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Events, Film news, Restaurant news, WhaleTales Blog
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Walking the Camino de Santiago in Spain is a very spiritual experience, transversing many pilgrimage routes, leading to the ultimate destination of the shrine of the apostle St James the Great in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. Two movies dealing with walking the Camino will be screened at the Labia Theatre next weekend, in aid of StreetSmart SA. (more…)
Sun 19 Feb 2017
Theonista Kombucha Teas healthy refreshing fermented teas!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, WhaleTales Blog
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Cape Town has its first Tea brewmistress, an American who has settled in Cape Town and runs her Theonista company from Woodstock. Meghan Werner and her team produce a range of Kombucha refreshing fermented teas with health benefits. (more…)
Sat 11 Feb 2017
Leeu Collection expands its accommodation portfolio to include Florence!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under accommodation, Beer, Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Food news, Restaurant news, WhaleTales Blog, Wine news
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The Leeu Collection is on an acquisition trail, and appears unstoppable in expanding its hospitality portfolio, in not only acquiring restaurants and accommodation establishments locally, but hotels in Europe, their U.K.-based Linthwaite House acquired last year being followed up by a new purchase in Florence, the former Collegio Alla Querce. (more…)
Mon 30 Jan 2017
UberEats launches in Cape Town, restaurant meals delivered faster!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Camps Bay, Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Food news, Johannesburg, Restaurant news, Uber, WhaleTales Blog
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On Thursday afternoon I attended the launch of UberEATS in a private home in Willesden Road in Camps Bay, with the backdrop of a beautiful sunset. The launch follows that in Johannesburg four months ago, the city having seen 200000 downloads of the UberEATS App in the first two months of its launch. (more…)
Thu 8 Dec 2016
Restaurant Menus: do’s and don’ts!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under books, Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Food news, Restaurant news, WhaleTales Blog, Wine news
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A new book by Nick Lander, husband of highly regarded wine judge and writer Jancis Robinson, has written a new book entitled ‘On the Menu‘. Lander has been a restaurateur at L’Escargot in London in the ‘Eighties, and has written ‘The Art of the Restaurateur’ previously. He is now a restaurant reviewer. (more…)
Mon 21 Nov 2016
Eat Out Awards 2016 blooming slick, Gregory Czarnecki of Waterkloof Chef of Year!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Events, Food news, Franschhoek, Restaurant news, Stellenbosch, WhaleTales Blog
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At the 2016 Eat Out Awards, held yesterday in the Arena of GrandWest over a Gala Lunch prepared by some of our country’s top chefs, some winners were predictable, and others were a surprise. It was a slick event with a Garden theme, which led many to predict that La Colombe would be the Restaurant of the Year, given its Forest menu theme. Sadly it was not, The Test Kitchen (controversially) named Restaurant of the Year for the fifth time! Nine out of the Top 10 restaurants are from Cape Town and the Winelands (Cape Town 3, Franschhoek 3, Somerset West 2, Stellenbosch 1, and Gauteng 1) (more…)
Mon 7 Nov 2016
New restaurant openings continue unabated in Cape Town and Winelands: November 2016!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Bree Street, Camps Bay, Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Constantia, Food news, Hermanus, Johannesburg, Restaurant news, Stellenbosch, WhaleTales Blog
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October has seen the opening of new restaurants Faber at Avondale, The Vine Bistro at Glenelly, The Grand Beach Café, Tiger’s Milk Bryanston, Chefs, The Station on Bree, and more, as well as the re-opening of The Test Kitchen, with a number of November openings (including two restaurants by Chef Bertus Basson) imminent.
We update information about newly opened and closed restaurants continuously, and welcome information.
Restaurant Openings
# A new bar, light eatery, and dance club The Station on Bree has opened (photograph). (more…)
