During earlier Levels of Lockdown last year I was invited to participate in the Live-Cook Channel cook-alongs, starting with none less than Chef Luke Dale Roberts of The Test Kitchen. I had the assistance of my MasterChick Jenny Stephens at my side, and she did most of the cooking and I made notes, poured the wine, and took photographs. This was to become our pattern in three such Live-Cook Channel challenges. Yesterday I decided to challenge myself to do the cooking of Chef Reuben Riffel’s Pan-roasted prawns and hake on my own, making it a real hands-on experience.
It was a nerve-wracking experience in preparing it on my own, but I am proud of the end-result.
At the first ever Christmas in July MCQP Party held last Friday evening, it was announced that the MCQP Party 2017 will be held at the Castle of Good Hope, the oldest building in the city, and that the theme for the 24th MCQP Party 2017 is ‘Dungeons & Dragons’. 
On Wednesday I joined a number of aspirant artists at a fun Wine Jam evening at the Flagstone Tasting Room in the Rockwell Hotel in Green Point. It brought out talents in us which we did not know we had!