Yesterday I visited two coffee shops created by MasterChef Season 3 Finalists in Morningside in Durban, demonstrating how good the amateur chef competition has been in stimulating entrepreneurs to open businesses.
Spoonful Eatery
It was a delight to meet Roxi Wardman, winner of MasterChef SA Season 3, who opened her Spoonful Eatery inside Anthology shop in Continue reading →
Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* Cape Wine 2015 has been billed as a ‘revelatory‘ event, and will be a ‘multi-media look at the South African wine industry today’. The showcase of our country’s wine industry, to be held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from 15 – 17 September, Cape Wine 2015 will also host a series of workshops and events, making it the largest wine show ever hosted in the Southern Hemisphere. (received via media release from De Kock Communications)
* After a number of delays, Air China is to commence its direct flights between Beijing Continue reading →
It was a surprise to receive a media release from Western Cape Tourism Minister Alan Winde, welcoming the development of a new R680 million mega Tsogo Sun hotel in the city centre, adding 500 bedrooms to the city’s room stock in 2017! Another 235 rooms will open in the V&A Waterfront, when the Radisson Red opens next year! Can the hospitality industry in Cape Town afford another 735 rooms when the oversupply of accommodation for the 2010 World Cup still affects every accommodation establishment?!
The Tsogo Sun hotel will be built on the recently demolished Tulip Hotel, on the corner of Strand, Bree, and Buitengracht Streets, with construction set to commence next month. The Tsogo Sun complex will consist of two entities on the Continue reading →
Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* ACSA is introducing new hand luggage regulations at its airports from Monday onwards, which are expected to cause check-in delays initially. If the hand luggage does not conform to regulations, it will have to be checked in. Each piece of hand luggage will now be weighed, not to exceed 7 kg. Passengers are allowed a handbag OR a ‘slim-line laptog bag‘. The carry-on bag dimensions may not exceed 36 cm x 23 cm x 56 cm.
* The petrol price will decrease by 93 cents a litre from Wednesday, dropping to below R10 a litre at the coast. The drastic drop is due to the drop in the crude oil price, and a weaker exchange rate.
* The Competitions Commission has blocked Tsogo Sun’s bid for 40% of GrandWest and Worcester Continue reading →