The Sweet Service Award goes to the Cape Town Hotel School Restaurant in Granger Bay, and its soon-to-be-departing GM Alan Romburgh and Executive Chef Jerome Peters. With the help of Manley Communications, wines supplied by Allée Bleue, and 3 year old brandy from KWV, they had invited a number of writers to a seafood lunch on its terrace to launch its new Summer menu. We were sent home by Chef Jerome with dinner as well, being West Coast mussels with coconut milk, lemongrass, fresh ginger, and coriander.
The Sour Service Award goes to the Department of Public Works and its staff, in not checking that suppliers overcharge them excessively when supplies are ordered, ultimately affecting the taxpayer. The Times quotes examples of glass rental at R200 per glass. A total of R3,6 billion is reported to have been paid by the Department in the past four years without proper ‘procurement processes‘. Of the 200 reported cases of financial mismanagement over the past four years by the Department, only 15 have been referred for investigation.
The WhaleTales Sweet & Sour Service Awards are presented every Friday on the WhaleTales blog. Nominations for the Sweet and Sour Service Awards can be sent to Chris von Ulmenstein at whalecot@iafrica.com. Past winners of the Sweet and Sour Service Awards can be read on the Friday posts of this blog, and in the WhaleTales newsletters on the www.whalecottage.com website.
Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com Twitter: @WhaleCottage
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