The award-winning chefs from La Colombe, FYN and Salsify share their thoughts on the recent World’s 50 Best accolade, attending the awards ceremony in Turin, and sourcing the very best including in the water service.
Cape Town was voted the world’s best food city last year by Conde Nast Traveller for good reason, but it’s…
It's more than a trend...non-alcoholic pairings are becoming de rigueur in fine dining restaurants around the world. Chefs and sommeliers from FF at Summerhill Estate, and Salsify talk about their experience of non-alcoholic pairings in a South African restaurant context.
Fine dining and fine wines have been the preferred pairing since long before Escoffier revolutionised…
Are tasting menus the be-all and end-all of fine dining? Or is there a place for
à la carte in our high-end restaurants? Diners have more choice than ever before in our South African restaurants, from multi-course, theatrical tasting menus (be it the full food journey or a reduced chef’s menu), to perfectly curated seasonal…
The One&Only Reaching for Young Stars held a cook-off for the final leg of its competition before the winner's announcement in September. The beverage service category, sponsored by Sanpellegrino with their fine mineral waters and Italian Sparkling Drinks along with prominent South African spirit brands and wine estates, tested students to a fine-dining level of service on everything from cocktail creativity,…