Author: Dax
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Nando’s International Grillers Challenge 2012
Many people envy my lifestyle of reviewing restaurants, attending media events, judging competitions, etc. But it took many years of hard work to get to this stage. Which means I find this new Nando’s competition very annoying. Any ordinary person off the street (they don’t even have to be good looking!) can enter and win.…
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SA Olive Awards 2012
If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you’ll know that I’m very anti imported olive oil. Not just because of the food miles, but because Europe dumps their poor quality product on us and we don’t know any better. Our South African olive oil is of far superior quality and well worth the small price…
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Diageo Reserve World Class 2012
It started as a bar tending training programme, but it’s now a global competition to find the best cocktail maker (mixologist). The competition takes place in over 40 countries around the world, and the winner from each of those countries competes in the finals, which are taking place in Rio this year. Running from the…
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Bungalow review
Before I start this review I must say that I’m very happy that La Med is no longer. Many people have expressed regret that La Med is gone because we all have great memories from there. The thing is, they were memories from many years ago. When last did you actually have a jol at…
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Cavendish Kitchen at the Good Food & Wine Show
Every year I get quite heavily involved in the Good Food & Wine Show as I believe it’s a major attraction in a foodie’s diary. You can read all about this year’s show in my review. This year I was even more involved, thanks to Cavendish Square shopping centre. They had a clever idea to…
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Christian Eedes Cabernet Sauvignon Report 2012
In November last year I posted the results of the Christian Eedes Chardonnay Report. Now the results of the Christian Eedes Cabernet Sauvignon Report are available. Selected from 60 highly acclaimed cabernet sauvignons, these are the cream of the crop: FIVE STARS De Trafford 2009 Cellar price: R230 Delaire Reserve 2009 Not yet released Graham…
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Encounters Documentary Festival 2012
I’m a documentary nut. If you look at the documentary review category on this site, you’ll see a stack of reviews. Those are just the ones I reviewed, I’ve seen many more. So you can imagine the Encounters Documentary festival is something I look forward to each year. This year I was asked to preview…
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Good Food & Wine Show 2012
The Good Food & Wine Show gets bigger and better every year. I had a long chat with show director, Christine Cashmore, and learnt a few things about the show that I didn’t know. Some small things like why do they put all the wine and alcohol stands together on one side, and the reason…
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Olive Festival 2012 review
The Olive Festival is always appealing to me for 2 reasons, I love olives and Riebeek Kasteel is one of my favourite small towns. Despite the appeal of the Olive Festival, I haven’t managed to go for the last few years due to calendar clashes. So I was pleased to be able to make it…
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World Top 50 Restaurants 2012
This year South Africa continues it’s slide down and off the World’s top restaurants list. Last year we had 3 in the top 100 with 1 (Le Quartier Francaise) being in the top 50. This year we have only 2 in the top 100, Le Quartier Francaise at position 57 and for the first time,…