Chef Luke Dale Roberts launched The Test Kitchen pop-up restaurant at the Republik Beach Club & Grill at the Shangri-La Le Touessrok Resort & Spa in Mauritius on the 12 April 2018.
Cape Town-based food design agency Studio H will be hosting a series of pop-up waterless dinners prepared with salt tolerant crops. The first event took place in Cape Town on Tuesday 23 January.
Villa 47 Emporio Italiano's launches Seta, a new fusion cocktail lounge on the first floor. Seta offers a range of Italian-Asian cocktails, small plate and sharing plate options.
The Smith family recently unveiled the newly refurbished Beluga at The Foundry in Greenpoint, Cape Town. After taking over the eatery as the new owners, the Smiths have implemented changes to the logo, menu, bar area, and entertainment offered.
This year's JHP Gourmet Guide recently took place at The Stack in Cape Town on 23 October 2017. The guide has changed in style, density and its overall travel-friendliness. The new guide now incorporates three-plate awards and only restaurants and its chefs who were plated in the last guide were considered for three plates in the 2018 guide.
Cape Town Tourism and CrescentRating have launched a Chef Exchange Programme in an effort to train more local chefs on the preparation of Halal food. Two chefs from Singapore, Muhammad Kamal and Javed Ahamad, will train and educate 37 Cape Town chefs on Halal gourmet cuisine.
Comedian Chris Forrest and celebrity chef Pete Goffe-Wood have paired their respective expertise for a new live cooking show titled Don't Burn Your Sausage. The show will be held at the Red Roman Shed at Emperors Palace from 22-24 September 2017.
The winners of the 2017 Absa Top 10 Pinotage competition were announced at a special event held at the Cavalli Estate in Somerset West. This year's event also coincided with the 21-year commemoration of Absa involvement with the Pinotage Association.
On Thursday, 1 June 2017, the winners of the #RedExperiment were announced at the Young Blood Art Gallery. The collaboration between Radisson Red and the Youngblood Africa Foundation encouraged local creatives to submit their artwork, for a chance to join the hotel's creative team and a chance to win R10,000.
