The seventh episode of the JAN TV series on viaTV and Showmax this week was once again set mainly in Apricale in Italy, and focused largely on hunting wild boar in the area. Continue reading →
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Summary of #JAN TV series on viaTV episode 6: ‘Jack and the Bean Stalk, the sky is not the limit’!
Episode 6 of JAN, the TV series about one Michelin Star JAN restaurant in Nice and its owner Chef Jan-Hendrik van der Westhuizen, was dedicated to the chef’s mother, despite being filmed in an Italian village called Castel Vittorio, in Pigna, and also in Apricale, where I wrote The Book in August this year. Continue reading →
Summary of #JAN TV series episode 5 on viaTV: ‘A boy’s first superhero’!
Episode 5 of the JAN TV series of nine episodes broadcast weekly on viaTV, and dedicated to our country’s best chef Jan-Hendrik van der Westhuizen of JAN restaurant in Nice, focused on the relationship between sons and their fathers, and more specifically between Chef Jan-Hendrik and his dad. Continue reading →
Summary of #JAN series on viaTV episode 4: ‘In my Nature’!
Episode 4 of the JAN viaTV series was focused on Apricale, and foraging in the area, both for wild-growing flowers and herbs, as well as for truffles. It was special to see Jeanette van Manen, owner of the Apricus Locanda, at which I stayed in August whilst writing The Book. Continue reading →