A great hotel experience is categorised by the hotel’s service, amenities, and the foods they serve. Breakfast definitely has a go for this one especially if you have an exquisite menu for your hotel restaurant. However, regular customers may find it boring to eat the same kind of food you offer, so a little bit [...]
One&Only Cape Town gets Reuben Riffel to run restaurant
by Muzi Mohale on 23. Aug, 2010 in Food & Beverage, Travel Press Releases
It has been announced that Reuben Riffel – one of South Africa’s best loved celebrity chefs – will open his first urban restaurant at One&Only Cape Town later this year. The annoucement was made in Cape Town late last week by Alan Leibman, President of Kerzner International (EAME). Talking to the annoucement Sol Kerzner, Chairman [...]
2010 Soweto Wine Festival, invites you
by Muzi Mohale on 20. Aug, 2010 in Food & Beverage, Travel Press Releases
With just 2 weeks to go, the 2010 Soweto Wine Festival, happening on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th September, is being hailed as the ‘Bumper Issue’ of all wine festivals when all the glamorous people of Gauteng descend upon the most happening place in Soweto, the Soweto Wine Festival. Visitors will enjoy Soweto ‘home-grown’ restaurants [...]
Bellavista Country Place re-opens Panorama Restaurant
by Muzi Mohale on 18. Aug, 2010 in Food & Beverage
Bellavista Country Place, just outside Stanford, is a true and tranquil retreat, combined with a top quality restaurant. Situated high up on the hill, overlooking the blue Atlantic Ocean with Hermanus and Hangklip in the distance, the luxury five star guesthouse and Panorama restaurant are situated on a 300ha pristine fynbos property, 32 km from [...]
Gorah Elephant Camp appoints Marshall Petla as new Head Chef
by Muzi Mohale on 05. Aug, 2010 in Food & Beverage
Marshall Petla has been promoted to the position of Head Chef at the 5-star Gorah Elephant Camp, part of the prestigious Hunter Hotels Group and a proud member of the Relais & Châteaux Association. Born and raised in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga where he attended school, later moving to Johannesburg to complete his schooling. He started off [...]
How to recycle leftover guest foods
by Joyce Ira on 04. Aug, 2010 in Food & Beverage
When travelling, the first thing we guarantee is the place we are going to stay and the food that they offer. An average traveller has an estimated budget to spend all throughout his journey and the most common place he’ll stay is a very nice, affordable, and comfy guesthouse. Guesthouses normally offer rooms in very [...]
Inn on the Square appoints Craig Andersson as new Executive Chef
by Muzi Mohale on 23. Jul, 2010 in Food & Beverage
South African – born Craig Larsson has joined the Three Cities group with big plans for the future of the landmark hotel and its signature restaurant “Dish”. For over a decade, Craig Larsson has been perfecting his culinary skills at top restaurants in South Africa and abroad, having managed kitchens at establishments such as the [...]
Hunter Hotels adds Vida e Caffè to their offering
by Muzi Mohale on 21. Jul, 2010 in Food & Beverage
The Hunter Hotels Group has become one of the first hotel groups in South Africa to welcome the vida e caffè selection of coffees in to its 5-star boutique hotel, Hunter’s Country House and the groups’ first stand alone restaurant, ZINZI, situated on the Hunter’s Estate between Hunter’s Country House and Tsala Treetop Lodge. For [...]
Three Cities hosts “Community cook-off” for Mandela Day
by Muzi Mohale on 16. Jul, 2010 in Food & Beverage
One of South Africa’s leading hospitality management companies, Three Cities Hotels has dedicated 67 minutes of community work in honour of Mandela Day. At 10am on Saturday 17 July at the Mandela Rhodes Place hotel, the chefs from the Three Cities Hotel Group will have a “Community cook off” for the Cape Town City Shelters. [...]
Abalone House appoints Darren Stewart as Executive Chef
by Muzi Mohale on 14. Jul, 2010 in Food & Beverage
Johan Jansen van Vuuren and Stef Venter opened Abalone House in February of this year they created the first 5-star Boutique Guesthouse in the hugely popular West Coast village of Paternoster. To further enhance their luxury offering, Abalone House has now engaged the services of dynamic management couple – Darren and Lindsay Stewart, who both [...]
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