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cooks and chefs

i got to be a kitchen cowboy for one night

June 28, 2011

I have known about Pete Goffe-Woods Kitchen Cowboys cookery for courses for a long time, but exclusively reserved for the masculine of the species, there has always been some mystery sorrounding what actually went down there. A couple of weeks ago I got the opportunity to attend an evening course with PGW and check out the whole Cowboy vibe. What a [...]

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i meet heston blumenthal

June 4, 2011

I don’t really know where to start when writing a piece on Heston Blumenthal, the coolest and most exciting chef in the world. A man that has kept me fascinated, inspired and enamoured for many years. Initially with his ‘molecular’ gastronomy, or his ‘deconstructive’ cuisine, all terms that don’t only apply. He keeps challenging the way [...]

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the good food and wine show 2011

May 27, 2011

I love most food events, but a food event that includes my all time favourite and coolest chef in the world- Heston Blumenthal, who makes his first public appearance in South Africa, gets me extremely excited.

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taste of cape town 2011

May 8, 2011

last night I went to the Taste of Cape Town and like all the years previously it did not disappoint. I did notice that it was a lot busier and the number of stands seemed to have increased. It is housed at a different location each year, and I found that whilst this years spot was very [...]

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the food barn winter menu paired with steenberg wines

May 6, 2011

I am not really the gushy type and get irritated with those that are, so please forgive me on this occassion but I am likely to gush quite a lot. I have been a fan, a superfan perhaps of Franck Dangereux and this dates back many years, starting with my first mind numbingly amazing meal of [...]

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