After seven years at Grande Provence, Chef Darren Badenhorst is set to leave the wine estate to open his new restaurant Le coin Français By Darren Badenhorst on the Franschhoek main road. Stepping into his shoes from today is new Executive Chef Guy Bennett. Continue reading →
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StreetSmart SA restaurant patrons donate over R1 million for the upliftment of street children!
On Tuesday I was invited to attend the hand-over ceremony of StreetSmart SA, of the monies raised by the voluntary R5 added to the bill of 92 restaurants around the country. The more than R1 million raised nationally goes to social upliftment projects for street children. Continue reading →
La Mouette smartest StreetSmart restaurant!
La Mouette restaurant in Sea Point has collected by far the most monies for the StreetSmart charity of all restaurants in South Africa in the past year! Continue reading →
SA’s first Michelin-style Gourmet Guide to be launched!
I had heard from restaurants that a new ‘Gourmet Guide‘ is to published, with a listing and evaluation of our country’s Top 100 restaurants. The evaluation of the restaurants is to be done on the basis of the Michelin-system, with unidentified ‘inspectors’ visiting restaurants Continue reading →