I am a dedicated über-loyal Kfm listener, and was shocked to hear that the new Primedia CEO Omar Essack is planning drastic changes in the Kfm DJ line-up, not one presenter staying in the same daytime slot as currently, from 3 July onwards. The Drivetime Show presenters finish off today, and Ryan O’Connor has already left the Breakfast Show, taking a break currently. The leaked information about the planned changes made the front page of the Weekend Argus recently. Continue reading →
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MasterChef Australia judge Matt Preston on Kfm: Cape Town is ‘an amazing city’!
Yesterday I attended a section of the Kfm Breakfast Show broadcast, as a member of the studio-audience, to welcome MasterChef Australia judge Matt Preston, who is visiting Cape Town. Preston praised Cape Town for being ‘an amazing city‘, having eaten at eight restaurants alone on Tuesday.
Even though I had hardly seen any MasterChef Australia episodes, I applied to Kfm to attend the visit to the studio by the almost 2 meter tall Preston, after Blogger Anel Potgieter raved about meeting him at the Good Food & Wine Show in Johannesburg over the weekend. We were part of a studio audience of at least 30 at the Primedia Broadcasting studios in Green Point, the majority of the attendees being serious MasterChef Australia fans. We were offered coffee
and breakfast snacks such as fruit salad and cream, as well as salmon sandwiches, not quite MasterChef quality!
Presenter Ryan O’Connor invited us to sit down, coming into the live studio with Preston as well as Chef and MasterChef SA judge Pete Goffe-Wood, as well as the rest of the Breakfast Show team consisting of sport presenter Sibongile Mafu, traffic presenter Liezel van der Westhuizen, and surf reporter Deon Bing. Deon had made a toasted cheese Continue reading →
WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 18 November
Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* Passengers want comfort when flying, and are prepared to pay more to secure this comfort on long haul flights.
* Wilhelm Pienaar, Nederburg winemaker, led a tasting of the 56Hundred range at the residence of the South African High Commissioner to Kenya last week, oddly with entertainment by dancers from Botswana!
* Kfm’s Breakfast Show with Ryan O’Connor and his team is broadcasting from The Rubens at The Palace Hotel in London, sister hotel to the Twelve Apostles, The Oyster Box, and Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve, all belonging to the Red Carnation group, until Wednesday. (received via FIVE STAR PR)
* The Beachhouse Red 2010 is the only South African wine in the ‘Wine Pick of the Week‘ in the Vancouver Sun.
* South African born but London-based Chef Petrus Madutlela is a member of Continue reading →