{"id":74411,"date":"2015-11-10T00:10:55","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T22:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=74411"},"modified":"2015-11-11T10:51:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T08:51:00","slug":"new-via-afrikaans-tv-channel-has-strong-food-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/new-via-afrikaans-tv-channel-has-strong-food-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"New via. Afrikaans TV channel has strong food focus!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"image\"<\/a>Not knowing much about the new via. TV channel which was launched on DStv<\/strong> today, it was a surprise to see so many food programmes offered by the Afrikaans-only TV channel 147.<\/p>\n

The food programmes are the following:<\/p>\n

Monday 16h00<\/span>: ‘Padkos’<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0: Survivor and MasterChef\u00a0SA Television Director Leroux Botha buys a food truck and parked at Oudekraal, a popular food truck stop, he practices making a Vrystaat calzone, which is\"calone\"<\/a> rated by MasterChef\u00a0SA Season 1 Finalist Sue-Ann Allen and Chef Jason Whitehead to be a success! He plans to travel up the West Coast with his new food truck. He says that ‘I am not a chef, I am a food enthusiast<\/em>‘!<\/p>\n

\"image\"<\/a>Monday 17h30<\/span>:’Inspirasiekos met SARIE<\/em><\/strong>‘, by its Food Editor Herman Lensing. Herman looks for the finest ingredients, and meets the big personalities behind the ingredient suppliers. In the first episode he harvests the Boland heritage food waterblommetjies, and makes a curry dish with it.<\/p>\n

Monday 18h00<\/span> ‘Brood en Botter<\/em><\/strong>‘ : Chef Bertus Basson, with a restaurant at Spice Route,\"Bertu\"<\/a> and Abigail Bisogno, the sister of wine estate Spice\u00a0Route owner Charles Back, are looking for a new addition to the Spice Route portfolio of tenants, with a focus on bread and butter. Six pairs of participants were hand-selected by Chef Bertus, and include Ciska Rossouw with John du Plessis from restaurant and bakery Loaves on Long<\/strong> in Cape Town, who presented 100% rye, macadamia nut and cranberry as well as ciabatta sandwiches with bresaola and Boerenkaas, as well as Danishes.Chef Bertus found the Belgian Belcroq<\/strong> croquette and bitterballen makers at the Neighbourgoods Market. They were very disappointed to be eliminated in the first episode. Other contestant teams are:<\/p>\n

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SANTA ANNA’S \u00a0<\/b>Frik Oosthuizen and Piet Marais – corn chips and tacos<\/p>\n

LA PARMIGIANA \u00a0<\/b>Gladys Galeni and Karen von Litsenborgh – gnocchi and tortellini<\/p>\n

SAVANT \u00a0<\/b>Adri Ford-Adams and Avril Ford – tapas and poppers<\/p>\n

TEA TIME \u00a0<\/b>Seon Robinson and Samson Mkhiwane – teas (warm and cold) and scones<\/p>\n

ROOTS \u00a0<\/b>Loyiso Mbambo and Bathabile Kontyo – sweet doughnuts and savoury vetkoeks<\/p>\n

CORLIE’S PASTA \u00a0<\/b>Cornelia Esterhuyse and Adriaan Esterhuyse – various forms of pasta<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tuesday 17h30<\/span>: ‘Kersie op die Koek<\/em><\/strong>‘: children decorate cakes for their parents with Chefs Renoir Sardinha and Loandi Boersma.<\/p>\n

Wednesday 16h00<\/span>: ‘Jy het ‘n Wenresep<\/strong><\/em>‘, by You\/Huisgenoot<\/strong> Food Editor Carmen Niehaus, which in part has been filmed at Spier. Contestants prepare their recipes, one of which will be chosen by Carmen as the winning recipe.<\/p>\n

Interesting was how much English is spoken in the various programs.<\/p>\n

via.<\/strong> viatv.co.za<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, channel 147, DStv. Numerous repeats.<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, WhaleTales Blog:\u00a0www.whalecottage.com\/blog<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 Tel 082 55 11 323 Twitter:@WhaleCottage \u00a0<\/strong>Facebook: \u00a0<\/strong>click here<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Not knowing much about the new via. TV channel which was launched on DStv today, it was a surprise to see so many food programmes offered by the Afrikaans-only TV channel 147. The food programmes are the following: Monday 16h00: ‘Padkos’\u00a0: Survivor and MasterChef\u00a0SA Television Director Leroux Botha<\/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":[3,124,587,266,14539,20,32565],"tags":[32868],"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