On Thursday we saluted Ken and Allan Forrester, Natasha Wray, and Martin Meinert, the four original founders of 96 Winery Road on the outskirts of Stellenbosch, who still jointly own the restaurant 21 years later. It was a Media Lunch filled with nostalgia and reminiscing, being served the restaurant’s most popular dishes over the 21 years. Continue reading →
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WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 19 February
Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* Camps Bay has made the 11th spot on the list of TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Top 25 Beaches in the World. Ahead of Camps Bay on the top 10 list are Baia do Sancho in Brazil, Grace Bay in Turks & Caisos, Rabbit Beach in Sicily, Playa Paraiso Beach in Cuba, Playa de Ses Illetes in the Baleiric Islands, Anse Lazio in the Seychelles, White Beach in Aklon Province, Whitehaven Beach in the Whitsunday Islands, and Elafonissi Beach in Greece. Camps Bay is the only African beach on the list.
* ‘Neill Anthony: The Private Chef‘ is a new 13-episode lifestyle and cooking show to be screened on SABC3 from 15 March, at 16h30. It will reflect the cooking and catering Chef Neill does for high society and A-list socialites in their homes, as well as the sourcing of ingredients. Chef Neill has worked with Chefs Gordon Ramsay and Marcus Waering in London. The programme series is likely to be sold to international broadcasters. ‘Food is what I do. Keeping it local, seasonal and rustic‘ said Chef Neill.
* Noble Hill won three Gold Medals at the Sakura Japan Women’s Wine Awards, a competition judged by women Continue reading →