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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 33 of Level 3, 28 August 2021
Saturday 28 August 2021, Day 34 of level 3 Corona Gratitude #grateful for a slightly warmer day today, at 14C; for a working day, only breaking it with a walk to Pick n Pay, where I met our new Store...
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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 34 of Level 3, 29 August 2021
Sunday 29 August 2021, Day 34 of Level 3 Corona Gratitude #grateful for a sunny 16C day, lovely and warm in the sunshine; for a tea spoil by The 41 on the lawn at the Beach opposite the restaurant,...
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Meet Chef Jenny Morris of Yumcious : 2021 Top 10 Woman Chef!
Chef Jenny Morris is a household name, not only locally but also internationally, through TV cooking shows, a radio show, six cookbooks, and through her restaurant Yumcious and her catering company...
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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 35 of Level 3, 30 August 2021
Monday, 30 August 2021, Day 35 of Level 3 Corona Gratitude #grateful for a cold grey and then rainy day, staying home all day, having picked up a cough; for a hard working day, Mondays always having...
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Cleaning Camps Bay: giving back to the community!
I’ve been called many things in my life, but the one that I like the most is that I’m ‘The cleaning lady of Camps Bay’, referring to my daily walks in Camps Bay and Bakoven, wearing a gardening glove...
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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 36 of Level 3, 31 August 2021
Tuesday 31 August 2021, Day 36 of Level 3. Corona Gratitude #grateful for a day that went from zero to 100 ; for being very organized in getting my work done this morning, preparing for two Status...
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Meet Chef Jess van Dyk of Protégé Restaurant: 2021 Top 10 Woman Chef!
Chef Jess van Dyk heads up the kitchen at Protégé Restaurant at Le Quartier Francais in Franschhoek. She was previously the Head Chef at La Colombe in Constantia, a huge honour, in it being South...
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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 37 of Level 3, 1 September 2021
Wednesday 1 September 2021, Spring Day, Cap Classique Day, Day 37 of Level 3 Corona Gratitude #grateful for a very hardworking day; for it being a sunny Spring Day but on the chilly side at 16C, and...
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Restaurant Review: Hazendal Avant-Garde The Russian Tea Ceremony a South...
Two weeks ago I needed to drop off a prize to Hazendal Executive Chef Michelle Theron, one of the 2021 Top 10 Women Chefs of the Cape. My road trip partner was Gary Peterson. A mere 36 minute trip...
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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 38 of Level 3, 2 September 2021.
Thursday 2 September 2021, Day 38 of Level 3 Corona Gratitude #grateful for another fabulous day, starting at zero and ending at 100; for surviving the fourth sleep disturbance night in a row thanks...
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Sweet Service Award goes to Hazendal; Sour Service Award goes to EbbTide...
The Sweet Service Award goes to Hazendal, and its Guest Relations Manager Willem van der Merwe, for showing Gary Peterson and I around the wine estate for 45 minutes, the time it took the kitchen to...
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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 39 of Level 3, 3 September 2021.
Friday 3 September 2021, Day 39 of Level 3 Corona Gratitude #grateful for another fabulous day, especially in having a wonderful undisturbed night using my secret anti-noise weapon ; for wonderful...
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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 40 of Level 3, 4 September 2021
Saturday 4 September 2021, Day 40 of Level 3 Corona Gratitude #grateful for a mostly sunny day; for getting out of a tsunami of words, Kelly Szabo once again being amazing #thankyou ; for welcoming...
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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journey, Day 41 of Level 3, 5 September 2021.
Sunday 5 September 2021, Day 41 of Level 3 Corona Gratitude #grateful for the bestest undisturbed sleep of the week; for a catch-up-on-me day, despite responding to client queries and reviews; for a...
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Meet Chef Nicolene Barrow of Orangerie at Le Lude: 2021 Top 10 Woman Chef!
Chef Nicolene Barrow is a quiet and unassuming restaurant owner and chef at the family sparkling wine estate Le Lude in Franschhoek. Her French-inspired with a contemporary twist restaurant is the best...
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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 42 of Level 3, 6 September 2021.
Monday 6 September 2021, Day 47 of Level 3, Rosh Hashanah Corona Gratitude #grateful for a busy working day, from 6h00 onwards, social media posting this morning and finishing a client newsletter...
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Very few recent Restaurant openings and closures in Cape Town and Winelands:...
Despite the dreadful impact on restaurants of Level 4 during July, no restaurants appeared to have closed. By the end of September Chef Luke Dale Roberts will have closed all his restaurants. He...
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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 43 of Level 3, 7 September 2021.
Tuesday 7 September 2021, Day 43 of Level 3 Corona Gratitude #grateful for a day that just got better and better, starting with a 7 1/2 hour continuous sleep; for it being nice and warm at 19C, a...
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Meet Chef Christina Semczyszyn of Tjing Tjing: 2021 Top 10 Woman Chef!
Chef Christina Semczyszyn is the Head Chef at Tjing Tjing, previously Dear Me, in the City centre. She put Tjing Tjing Momiji on Eat Out’s Top Restaurant list at 19th rank in 2019, and was named a...
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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 44 of Level 3, 8 September 2021.:
Wednesday 8 September 2021, Day 44 of Level 3 Corona Gratitude #grateful for a beautiful day at 19C, tomorrow promising to be a first summer day at 24C; for two Discovery Gameboard plays, receiving a...
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