It’s going to be early rising for the celebrity chefs staying at Cape Grace as they’re all taking part at this year’s Good Food & Wine Show! Demonstrations run from 26 to 29 May – and it’s all happening at the CTICC. Tickets can be bought in advance from Computicket. Here’s a quick run-down of [...]
Ken Forrester says, “food and wine pairing is pretentious nonsense”, but points out that some combinations are cast in stone, like Chenin Blanc and seafood; especially shellfish like shrimp, lobster, prawn and crab. It is for this reason that the starter for the Ken Forrester Wine and Dine event at Cape Grace on the night [...]
Some of the world’s best chefs will be at the Good Food & Wine Show (CTICC, 26-29 May) and at the end of each day they will return to Cape Grace for some home-grown Cape Town hospitality. Making his first public appearance in SA, English culinary alchemist, Heston Blumenthal is known for his outlandish combinations [...]
Bold is beautiful when it comes to choice of flowers this Mother’s Day (it’s this Sunday in case you’ve forgotten!) and Cape Grace is taking its cue from recent royal wedding banquets, with colourful feminine blooms taking pride of place on the new Flower Trolley, parked right outside the Cape Grace entrance. There’s something so authentic [...]
I went on holiday to the Caribbean today. It didn’t take long to get there; in fact I dashed over in my lunchtime and got back in time to write this. I didn’t have to carry my bags or get a visa and the only time I felt any jet lag was if I [...]
Every Good Friday, many Capetonians indulge in pickled fish and hot cross buns to their hearts’ delight. Do you know where this tradition originated? Some people say it was a custom passed down through the generations whilst others believe it is because eating meat on Good Friday is considered as “unholy”. Irrespective of the reason, [...]
The strong sense of place visually presented at Cape Grace is very much down to the array of local artists who used their talents to create the unique décor. One ancient skill used to great effect was that of blacksmith, Conrad Hicks who worked iron into organic forms for the lamps at Cape Grace, amongst [...]
We are nearing a time where dramatic changes in climate and consciousness (and even total devastation) are predicted by the Mayan calendar. There are signs in certain spiritual places that point to such ancient wisdoms and Table Mountain is believed to be one of them. One man who has a deep connection with Table Mountain [...]
I overheard someone say, “Oh no, it’s a cork and I didn’t bring a corkscrew.” This just shows how times and attitudes have changed in the cork vs. screw cap debate. There’s even been a whole book written about it; To Cork or Not To Cork by George Taber. You can see a video of [...]
“What is the meaning of luxury now, and where do we go from here?” This was the thread woven throughout the Luxury Briefing Conference held in London in January 2011, which was attended by Cape Grace’s Head of Sales & Marketing, Carol Stent. Trend forecasters Martin Raymond and Chris Sanderson of The Future Laboratory have [...]