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Zest Restaurant in Sea Point loses its zest! Why I resigned!

 

This weekend my resignation from Zest in July has made news in the Restaurant industry.

To date I have not written about how disrespectfully I was treated by Zest, hoping that some degree of decency would prevail by its so-called ‘owner and operator’ Chef Pavel Dimitrov. I referred the matter to the CCMA, as I have not been paid outstanding compensation, and in the proceedings I was treated with the utmost disrespect by the labour relations consultancy representing Zest.

I have decided that the time is right to tell my story, and that of abused Zest staff too!

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Zest Restaurant in Sea Point launches new Vegetarian Spring Menu !

 

Zest Restaurant at the newkings boutique hotel has launched a new Vegetarian Spring Menu, its Meat/Fish Spring Menu having been launched just over three weeks ago, and receiving rave reviews. Both Spring Menus consist of 5 courses at the very generous price of R198 each.

Zest owner and operator Chef Pavel’s Mediterranean and Asian fusion restaurant has Chef Scott Melvin as Head Chef, and he and his team prepare ‘less is more’ sharing dishes, most cooked on the fire grill and offered in Small and Large plate sizes.  The restaurant mantra is Zest: fresh and local at its best.

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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 29 of Level 3, 24 August 2021

 

Tuesday 24 August 2021, Day 29 of Level 3 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a lovely long day, which just got better, not feeling so well but all was forgotten when I got to newkings boutique hotel and Zest Restaurant and spent 7 hours there 😱, taking a one hour break to walk along the Sea Point Promenade, with waves crashing and creating spray, a very brave person standing very near the water’s edge; popping in at Woolies and Spar at Piazza da Luz, shopping for soup ingredients for the cold to come; for very good Status meetings with my clients; for Continue reading →

Zesty new wood fire grill Zest Restaurant opens in newkings Boutique Hotel in Sea Point, focus on Fresh is best!

 

Utopia Cape Town co-owner Chef Pavel Dimitov has opened his first own restaurant, called Zest, on the second floor of the newkings boutique hotel in the Piazza da Luz in Sea Point. The focus of Chef Pavel’s new restaurant is that local and fresh is best.

The opportunity to collaborate with the 42-room newkings boutique hotel presented itself. A refurbishment of the hotel by its owner Romao da Luz was accompanied by the creation of a brand new restaurant space and kitchen, with an Events and Meeting venue linked to the restaurant. Continue reading →