South African focus continues to grow at JAN Restaurant in Nice, soon to be...
A three-week writing focus at Apricale in Italy saw me complete the writing of a book within the time period I had allocated to this first-ever writing challenge. As the catalyst for The Book was Chef...
View ArticleEat Out Top 30 Restaurant shortlist 2017 : a prediction!
Last week I wrote that Eat Out has announced that it is changing to a Top 30 Restaurant shortlist for its 2017 Awards. As is customary. I have tried to predict which top South African restaurants will...
View ArticleSummary of #JAN TV Episode 2: ‘Simplicity is The Ultimate Sophistication’!
A week ago I reported on episode one of the #JAN TV series produced and screened on Via TV, on channel 147 on DStv and on Showmax Online. Last night episode 2 (of nine episodes) was broadcast, focusing...
View ArticleAre there too many new restaurant openings in Cape Town and Winelands?:...
The explosion of restaurant openings in Cape Town and the Winelands in the last two months is a concern to many, both as restaurant lovers, in that one cannot keep up, and as restaurant owners, as...
View ArticleSummary of #JAN series on viaTV episode 4: ‘In my Nature’!
Episode 4 of the JAN viaTV series was focused on Apricale, and foraging in the area, both for wild-growing flowers and herbs, as well as for truffles. It was special to see Jeanette van Manen, owner of...
View ArticleEat Out Restaurant Awards 2017: a prediction! The Luke and Liam Show!
It has become a tradition for me to predict the Top 10 Eat Out Restaurant Awards, held at GrandWest later today. This year the Top 10 Award prediction is particularly difficult, as Eat Out has changed...
View ArticleEat Out Restaurant Awards 2017: shock results, dominated by Chef Luke...
At the Eat Out Restaurant Awards 2017 this evening, held at GrandWest, some shock results stunned the restaurant industry. Eat Out continues its love affair with Chef Luke Dale-Roberts, with three of...
View ArticleSummary of #JAN TV series episode 5 on viaTV: ‘A boy’s first superhero’!
Episode 5 of the JAN TV series of nine episodes broadcast weekly on viaTV, and dedicated to our country’s best chef Jan-Hendrik van der Westhuizen of JAN restaurant in Nice, focused on the...
View ArticleSummary of #JAN TV series on viaTV episode 6: ‘Jack and the Bean Stalk, the...
Episode 6 of JAN, the TV series about one Michelin Star JAN restaurant in Nice and its owner Chef Jan-Hendrik van der Westhuizen, was dedicated to the chef’s mother, despite being filmed in an Italian...
View ArticleSalon58 by Jackie Burger and Jan-Hendrik van der Westhuizen indulgent,...
It is almost impossible to summarize the goosebump specialness of being in the company of two creative geniuses on Saturday afternoon, at Salon58 No 11, with the theme of ‘Trace’ – style and fashion...
View ArticleSummary of #JAN TV series episode 8: ‘MARIA’/‘The last meal’!
Tuesdays won’t be the same, after the last and eighth episode of JAN TV series was broadcast on viaTV and Showmax last night. Through the TV series we have been blessed to receive such a detailed...
View ArticleMy Book ‘SwitchBitch: My journey of transformation from Sour to Sweet!’ has...
At a private intimate dinner party my first book ‘SwitchBitch: My journey of transformation from Sour to Sweet’ was launched last night, attended by very special friends. It documents my journey of a...
View ArticleFirst media interview about ‘SwitchBitch: My Journey of transformation from...
Whilst writing The Book in Apricale, in Italy, in August, I treated myself to a cappuccino or a gelato at the Apricus Osteria & Bar in the village almost daily. On one of those days I asked a lady...
View Article‘SwitchBitch: My Journey of Transformation from Sour to Sweet!’ reprint...
On Friday I took delivery of the printed copies of my first book ‘SwitchBitch: My Journey of Transformation from Sour to Sweet!’, a reprint and edited version of the book I launched in December. Last...
View ArticleRestaurant openings and closures in Cape Town and the Winelands: March 2018!
New restaurant openings in Cape Town and the Winelands appear to still be on the slow side. Chef Oliver Cattermole’s Bovine Restaurant has opened. Chef Piet Huysentruyt of one Michelin Star Likoké...
View ArticleSwitchBitch ‘Book-wetting’ blessed with rain and super support!
Last night I hosted another ‘SwitchBitch: My journey of transformation from Sour to Sweet!’ Book Launch celebration, at La Parada Constantia Nek. A light drizzle blessed the event, and we called...
View ArticleCape Town and Winelands Restaurant openings and closings, chef changes: April...
New restaurant openings in Cape Town and the Winelands appear to still be on the slow side. Former JAN Head Chef Kevin Grobler has returned to the Cape. Very sad is the recent tragic passing of Aimee...
View ArticleJAN Michelin Star restaurant chefs open Le Petit Manoir restaurant in...
It has been announced that the new chef heading up the new Le Petit Manoir restaurant on the main road in Franschhoek is Chef Kevin Grobler, previously the Head Chef of one Michelin star JAN restaurant...
View ArticleCiao Apricale, until I return next year ❤️❤️❤️!
I am about to leave my second home, Apricus Locanda in the village of Apricale in Italy, close to the French border. I have spent the last thirteen days here, writing SwitchBitch Book 2 here, and...
View ArticleWinter 2018 a restaurant bloodbath in Cape Town and Winelands, but exciting...
Every winter is a tough time for the restaurant industry. With the dip in Tourism due to the water shortage, and the early heavy winter rains, the restaurants in Cape Town and the Winelands are feeling...
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