Category: General

A lot of people are here from out of town or on holiday and are asking me what restaurants they should be trying now that they have the chance. So I’ve compiled a list of 10 restaurants you might want to check out. The first five are new restaurants which have been getting rave reviews,…

JP Rossouw has released his restaurant guide for 2011. Here are his 3 star restaurants with the Western Cape ones in bold. You can see last year’s winners here. Casual category: Magica Roma, Pinelands Île de Païn, Knysna Mariana’s, Stanford Assaggi, Illovo Smart-casual category: Bizerca Bistro, Cape Town Jordan with George Jardine, Stellenbosch 95 Keerom,…

Last week I attended the awards ceremony for the Wine Magazine Sauvignon Blanc competition. It was held at Bread & Wine on Moreson estate, which was one of the main reasons I went. I haven’t been there for ages despite it being one of my favourite restaurants. Unfortunately the lunch was not up to their…

Kirstenbosch concerts start up again in November. Below is the schedule of artists so that you can plan ahead. I would recommend buying tickets in advance for the popular concerts as they sell out before the day. The prices vary depending on popularity (check the rate next to the artist) and the age of the…

There are many advantages to using the services of a personal trainer. For example: Optimises your training program to suit your goals and level of fitness Advise on exercise form so that you get maximum benefit from your time in the gym Having an appointment with your trainer motivates you to get to the gym…

The Eat Out Top 10 draws a fair amount of criticism. I don’t think it would be possible to select 10 restaurants from the many excellent restaurants in South Africa without drawing criticism. Whether you did a top 10 or a top 50, there would always be the question “why this restaurant but not that…

People have been asking me what this One80 training is that I have been doing, so I thought I would share the story. I used to be a fairly active guy, playing various sports and complementing that with regular gym sessions. Most of the time I was in pretty good shape. People used to say…

I was featured in the My Gadgets column of The Times. If you missed it, click the article below.

So for those of you who have been waiting for the recipe I submitted to the Fairview competition, here it is. The voting has been open for a while now but I thought I would give the others a sporting chance before unleashing my readers in a voting frenzy (I’m too kind, I know). So,…

For those of you that don’t live in Cape Town or missed the feature on me in the Weekend Argus newspaper. Click the image below to see the article.