Category: General
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Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show 2011
The Old Mutual Trophy wine show has a reputation for being one of the best wine competitions on terms of the way it is run. All wines tasted blind by highly respected judges, a large number of wines entered into the competition and judging audited by PKF accounting firm. The competition is also celebrating it’s…
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Group Buying in South Africa
The concept of group buying is a good one. Buying in bulk has always been a good way to save money and sometimes people even form ‘buying clubs’ in order to get bulk discounts. So harnessing the power of the internet to connect people into an ad hoc buying club to take advantage of bulk…
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Foodbarn Winter Special 2011
Do you enjoy watching the food channel? If you are reading this blog, then there is a good chance that you do. I know I do. Watching chefs create masterpieces is fascinating. They make it looks so easy, it’s quite inspiring. Experiencing it in real life is even better because you can interact with the…
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Top 100 SA Wines
This is the first year of the Top 100 SA Wines competition. It can’t be an easy thing to start up a wine competition when there are several long standing ones already. From what I read in the media and things I heard from people, there were some grumblings and a fair amount of resistance…
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Cape Town Restaurant Closures
Restaurants come and go in Cape Town, as one closes another pops up somewhere. But as winter arrives each year, there is a flurry of closures as many places were just holding on for the summer. Below is a list of recent and impending closures and the reasons I have heard for the closures. I…
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World Top 50 Restaurants 2011
South Africa didn’t fare as well in the World Top 100 this year as it did last year. It’s the same three restaurants which were in the top 100 last year (La Quartier Francaise, Rust en Vrede & La Colombe) but all of them dropped in the rankings, except Rust en Vrede which climbed from…
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Col’Cacchio Celebrity Chef Series 2011
Col’Cacchio are running their Celebrity Chef Series from May to August this year. Each month, they will feature a pizza designed by a well known South African chef and for every one of those pizzas sold, R5 goes to a worthy cause. Last year the Red Cross Children’s hospital burns unit received over R150 000.…
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MyCiti Airport Shuttle
The other day I used the MyCiti airport shuttle for the first time and I was so impressed, I felt I should share my experience with you. I purchased my ticket at the Civic Centre station and boarded the waiting bus. Within twenty minutes I was inside the airport terminal. I could not believe how…
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Backsberg Picnic Concert Series 2010/2011
If you’re keen for a change, why not check out the Sunday concerts at Backsberg? I went last year and it was very enjoyable. Only a couple of hundred people, so it’s intimate and relaxed. Backsberg is a lovely estate to spend some time at as well. There are a few concerts left for the…
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Tips On Using Restaurant Reviews
Food blogging has had a huge impact on the restaurant industry. In the days of traditional media, people would have to rely on published restaurant guides or the occasional review in a newspaper or magazine. Word of mouth was another source of information and a channel which was valued by restaurants because it was very…