It was a four-hands dinner beside the sea at 20 Degres Sud, Mauritius, with two Relais & Châteaux Head Chefs coming together in one kitchen. But there were countless nimble fingers and precise instruments at work in the hotel kitchen that night. Several chefs […]
10 Kitchen Rules from Londolozi’s Executive Chef, Anna Ridgewell
10 Kitchen Rules from Londolozi’s Executive Chef, Anna Ridgewell Creating a sustainable kitchen requires more than simply choosing the right produce. It’s a philosophy, not simply an action, and one that requires a spirit of sharing, collaboration and awareness. Here Chef Anna from Londolozi in […]
Sanjeev & the Seven Curry Dinner ~ A Local Mauritian Feast with 20 Degres Sud
Through the tall palms and plots of turmeric and chives and ginger, ayapana and curry leaves and thyme, geranium and mint and orchids… a tall man in a black and white apron ran towards us, a young girl and boy following after him as […]
We’ll Always Have Cape Town!
Had we said no to that lunch in the bright white Greenhouse, deterred by the wintry scenes through the windows that surround it, had we said no to dinner around that giant oak tree in The Conservatory, that night we forgot time. Had we […]
A Foodie on the French Island of Reunion
Food is a love language for Jenny Handley, well-known South African food writer and critic. Not in a purely epicurean sense, but in a deeply artistic, connective and emotional sense. Like love, food opens her heart and mind, to life, to people, to places. […]