{"id":24800,"date":"2011-09-08T00:08:20","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T22:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=24800"},"modified":"2011-09-08T10:49:08","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T08:49:08","slug":"food-wine-bloggers-club-spoilt-at-steenberg-and-bistro-sixteen82-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/food-wine-bloggers-club-spoilt-at-steenberg-and-bistro-sixteen82-in-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Food & Wine Bloggers’ Club spoilt at Steenberg and Bistro Sixteen82 in September"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The members of the Food & Wine Bloggers’ Club have been very fortunate to have been wined and dined in the past eighteen months of the Club’s existence. \u00a0This month is no different, and our visist to Steenberg Vineyards, and to their Bistro Sixteen82, is likely to be a very popular event. \u00a0 The meeting will feature two speakers, being Anetha Homan, Sales and Marketing Manager of Steenberg Vineyards, and Chef Brad Ball of Bistro Sixteen82. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Anetha Homan<\/strong> has been the Sales and Marketing Manager of Steenberg Vineyards for the past four years, and worked at Constantia Uitsig for eight years prior to that. She graduated with a BA Communications at the University of Stellenbosch. \u00a0Steenberg’s winemaker is JD Pretorius. \u00a0Steenberg is committed to Social Media, having the Totally Stoned Steenberg Blog<\/a>, which includes wine news and news about its restaurant Bistro Sixteen82. \u00a0Anetha says that Social Media allows Steenberg to communicate with its customers in an informal way, and it allows the wine estate to receive feedback from their customers too.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Chef Brad Ball<\/strong> is destined for great things, and deserves to be in the Eat Out<\/strong> Top 20 restaurant list, and is a strong contender for the newly created Bistro category. \u00a0Chef Brad comes from a foodie family, in that his mom managed a catering company. \u00a0 It was a heavenly Tuna Nicoise that inspired him to apply for his first position as chef, and he was appointed at Simon’s Table in Simonstown 14 years ago. \u00a0Two years later he went to London, where he worked with Chef Patron Rowley Leigh, known as the father of modern British cuisine, at Kensington Place. \"\"<\/a> It is here that his love for Bistro-style food was born. \u00a0On his return to Cape Town he worked as Head Chef at Olympia Caf\u00e9 and Deli, followed by the Post House Hotel & Restaurant in Greyton, Pastis Brasserie in Constantia, and at The River Caf\u00e9. \u00a0He started his own catering consultancy before he joined Steenberg Vineyards to open the new restaurant Bistro Sixteen82. \u00a0Chef Brad believes in ‘simple is better’, and ‘local is lekker’. \u00a0 He is inspired by Japanese cuisine and Provencal food. He puts his heart and soul into whatever he does, delivering passion and pizzaz in the food that he serves. \u00a0Bistro Sixteen82 is probably best known for its Friday Steenburger, and Beef Tataki.<\/p>\n

The Food & Wine Bloggers\u2019 Club was formed to reflect the tremendous growth in and power of food and wine blogs in forming opinion about food, restaurants and wines.\u00a0 Most bloggers do not have any formal training in blogging, and learnt from others.\u00a0\u00a0 The Food & Wine Bloggers\u2019 Club aims to foster this informal training, and to serve as a social media networking opportunity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anetha and Chef Brad will talk for about half an hour each about the Steenberg Blog, and what they have learnt about blogging.\u00a0 The Club will giv<\/span>e fledgling as well as experienced bloggers the opportunity to learn from each other and\u00a0to share\u00a0their knowledge with others.\u00a0 Attendees can ask questions, and get to know fellow bloggers.\u00a0 The Club meetings are informal and fun. <\/span>Anetha Homan will lead bloggers through a\u00a0tasting of the Steenberg wines, while snacks will be prepared by Chef Brad.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Future Food & Wine Bloggers\u2019 Club meetings have been organised as follows:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a019 October:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Roger and Dawn Jorgensen of Jorgensen\u2019s Distillery, <\/span><\/strong>and Anthony Gird and Michael de Klerk of Honest Chocolate<\/span><\/strong>, with\u00a0a chocolate and potstill brandy tasting, at Haas Coffee on Rose Street.<\/p>\n

*\u00a0\u00a0 12 November: Visit to new\u00a0Leopard\u2019s Leap<\/a> <\/span><\/strong>tasting room and cookery school in Franschhoek <\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Food & Wine Bloggers\u2019 Club,<\/span><\/strong> Wednesday 21 September, 6 \u2013 8 pm: Steenberg Vineyards, Steenberg, Cape<\/span> Town. Bookings can be made by e-mailing Chris at\u00a0whalecot@iafrica.com<\/a>. <\/span>The cost of attendance\u00a0is R100.\u00a0 Twitter: @FoodWineBlogClu\u00a0 Facebook:\u00a0click here.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio:\u00a0www.whalecottage.com<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Twitter:@WhaleCottage<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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