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GRUB & VINE and Radford Dale have launched an initiative to help keep the restaurant industry alive, and are calling on other able wineries to do the same. President Ramaphosa’s address on July 12, 2020 was another crippling blow to the hospitality industry, with the announcement of a new…
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IT wasn’t that long ago that wine deliveries were arriving at EPD HQ; so much changes, so quickly and it’s a reminder to be appreciative and not take things for granted. Excuse me while I rearrange my crystals. The goodie box from Lozärn included a bottle of the 2019 Chardonnay, and some…
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ONE of the most popular fast foods after hamburgers and pizzas has to be the hot dog and, in honour of International Hot Dog which is celebrated on Wednesday, July 22, here is the history of this sausage-in-a-bun that has been around for hundreds of years. Historians believe that the origin of…
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SILVER linings have to be found wherever possible, and here is one in the form of a delivery meal from Nobu at One&Only Cape Town. The hotel is still temporarily closed, and after three months of lockdown, Nobu head chef Harold Hurtada and his team are delighted to be back at work, preparing…
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THE hospitality industry is in crisis, there’s no other way to say it, but in the face of such adversity there has been so much encouraging innovation during this damn pandemic. As restaurants fold and close, and others hang on by their fingernails, there are those who are doing what they can to…
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WHEN lockdown began all the way back in March (84 years ago), restaurants were in effect, shut down. Tragically, this has been permanent for some. During those early days, just about the only way to get a decent meal on the table was to shop for ingredients yourself and fling yourself at the mercy…
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THE Slick Restaurant Group has opened Cape Town’s newest dark kitchen - essentially a food delivery service - from its city-based central kitchen for popular Waterfront restaurants Balducci, Gibson’s Gourmet Burgers & Ribs and Wings & Things, which are planning to reopen only later this…
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IT'S just the saddest thing (among many sad things) that when I went to Google to check the spelling of pianist Henry Dike's name, the box on the right of the screen the Belmond Mount Nelson search carries a red banner saying "temporarily closed". At least it's temporary; too many places have…
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THE experience of lockdown has been devastating for the restaurant industry. It has been a time of endings, and also a time to look to the future. Myoga, launched in 2007 in the grounds of The Vineyard hotel by inveterate restaurant-entrepreneur Mike Bassett, has been one of Cape Town's most…
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THE profound after-shock on tourism wrought by Covid-19 should not be taken as a signal of defeat, says organiser of the annual Wine & Food Tourism Awards, Margi Biggs. “As traumatic and disruptive as the effects have been on the entire tourism industry supply chain, there is a lot we can do…
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