A few of our favourite people joined us for an intimate celebration at AtholPlace Hotel & Villa in Sandton, Johannesburg last week… It was a Spring evening intended to inspire the senses, a sensorial journey no different to a longer ‘Route du Bonheur’ (‘Road of Happiness’) through Africa. Friends and members […]
Cauliflower Bavarois | A Recipe From Ellerman House
The first subject of our love story of the humble vegetable is a plant that has garnered, quite unexpectedly, celebrity status in recent months. It is the Cauliflower. And it owes its popularity to the banting movement – the low carb, high fat diet advocated by Tim Noakes that […]
The World According to Africa’s Attenborough | 10 Questions
“The real world…” It’s a term often used by realists and parents with hopes of their children becoming lawyers. It is the world we inherited with civilisation. One you wouldn’t see being used to describe the realm that game ranger and photographer, Amy Attenborough inhabits. Hers, the status quo perceive as […]
Vegetables: A Love Story
This is the start of our new series, Vegetables: A Love Story. We will be presenting one vegetable to our line of chefs from Relais & Châteaux Africa and asking them to concoct a unique dish that features it. The purpose? To inspire new ways of thinking about everyday […]
The Perks of Paradise
Oceans both separate and connect us. They’re a thing of terror as much as awe. They represent life and death. But rather than one thing or the other, oceans, before we add our thoughts and feelings to them, just are. They exist beyond “as far as […]