{"id":52524,"date":"2013-12-24T11:02:26","date_gmt":"2013-12-24T09:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=52524"},"modified":"2013-12-24T14:17:03","modified_gmt":"2013-12-24T12:17:03","slug":"top-chefs-go-green-with-some-red-and-white-for-christmas-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/top-chefs-go-green-with-some-red-and-white-for-christmas-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Top chefs go green, with some red and white, for Christmas this year!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Classic<\/a>I am proud of my first professional writing assignment, being an article in the December\/January issue of\u00a0Classic Wine<\/strong>\u00a0magazine. about how five top chefs ‘Celebrate Green Christmas this year, with some red and white’. <\/em>Each chef is an ardent supporter of the green movement, focusing on sustainability and seasonality, which is reflected in their Christmas menus. The Christmas menus are paired with fine red and white wines.<\/p>\n

Eat Out<\/strong> Top 10 Chef Jackie Cameron will serve a lunch of memories to her guests at Hartford House tomorrow, based on her own Christmas memories and those of her kitchen team. \u00a0Her bread board, for example, will reflect the diversity of her team, consisting of\u00a0Amasi curd called \u2018Amaqueque<\/i>\u2019, with a new age spinach spoom, Indian chilli bites, \u2018patta\u2019<\/i> (a spicy mixture wrapped in amadumbi leaves, a true rainbow nation combination), Afrikaans mielie bread, and English health bread. <\/i>\u00a0Tel (033) 263-2713<\/p>\n

Delaire Graff Chef Christiaan Campbell is serving a magical Christmas Eve dinner at his restaurant this evening, and diners will be assured that the meat is pasture-fed, the fish is SASSI green listed, and that the vegetables and herbs will largely come for \u00a0the wine estate’s own garden. \u00a0Guests will be serenaded by an accordionist while they enjoy drinks outside, and entertained by a magician whilst having their dinner. Tel (021) 885-8160<\/p>\n

Chef Chantel Dartnall of Restaurant Mosaic at The Orient in Pretoria does the most beautiful plating, and uses edible flowers to make her dishes look really pretty. \u00a0She is serving a nine course Christmas Day lunch tomorrow, which is paired with wines selected by her sommelier Germain Lehodey. \u00a0Quail, trout, and ‘A walk through our Sweet Garden<\/em>‘ are some of the courses offered. Tel (012) 371-2902<\/p>\n

Head Chef Delia Harbottle at The Conservatory at the Cellars-Hohenhort Hotel is keeping her Christmas Day lunch classical, \u00a0sourcing trout from Franschhoek and herbs from the hotel’s garden. \u00a0Turkey breast and a Christmas pudding are some of the dishes on the menu. Tel (021) 794-2137<\/p>\n

South Africa’s Eat Out<\/strong> Top Chef David Higgs of five hundred at The Saxon is serving a seven course\"Saxon<\/a> festive feast for Christmas Eve this evening, sourcing the organic-certified vegetables and herbs from his hotel rooftop garden. \u00a0Wines to pair with each course (including home-cured salmon, Beluga caviar, smoked pork cheeks, foie gras, and turkey) have been \"Saxon<\/a>selected by sommelier Gareth Ferreira. \u00a0The most beautiful Christmas cup cakes and macaroons have been made by Chef David’s team, we saw on Twitter today. Tel (011) 292-6000<\/p>\n

For more details about the mouth-watering dishes which our top chefs will serve for Christmas Eve dinner tonight and Christmas Day lunch tomorrow, see the latest issue of\u00a0Classic Wine<\/strong> magazine.<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com<\/a> \u00a0Twitter: @WhaleCottage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am proud of my first professional writing assignment, being an article in the December\/January issue of\u00a0Classic Wine\u00a0magazine. about how five top chefs ‘Celebrate Green Christmas this year, with some red and white’. Each chef is an ardent supporter of the green movement, focusing on sustainability and seasonality, which is reflected in their Christmas menus. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[3,124,1918,266,20,31,21,19],"tags":[23051,1754,2812,32378,11308,5406,23050,139,1736,23053,138,17762,32369,21564,554,8887,10267,552,7531,2394,2757,14261,7486,32373,23052],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t