Category: Events

I’m usually quite involved at the Good Food & Wine Show, last year I did a cooking demo in the Cavendish kitchen and was also one of the judges of the stands at the show. This year I got to enjoy it as a visitor. Checkers and Computicket kindly gave me a ticket to see…

As JP Roussouw observed in his opening comments, meat is our national food. We love to eat it and we’re passionate about it. Steakhouses have been a a feature of the restaurant industry in South Africa for as long as we can remember. A steakhouse would have been one of the places where we learned…

I popped into Taste of Cape Town last night. It was the first session and I wanted to get a feel for this year’s event. I will be there again for the Saturday afternoon session to give it a proper go, but here are my initial impressions and some tips on things you should taste…

This is the 3rd year I’ve attended the Classic Wine Trophy awards dinner. I quite like these awards as they are fairly small and quite unique from many other competitions. The uniqueness is for 2 reasons, firstly the judging is all done blind. The judges only know the style of wine, so that they can…

A couple of weeks ago I was flown up to Joburg by Cadbury’s to compete in the Bubbly Challenge. Most of my readers thought it was something to do with champagne, which is understandable. But it was actually the launch of the new Cadbury’s Bubbly chocolate. We weren’t sure what to expect, but it turned…

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…

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…

 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…

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…