One pot cooking at its best with this Hake Recipe with New Potatoes, Peas and Mint by Stefan Marais of Societi Bistro in Cape Town. Stefan reproduced this recipe at the Pick’n Pay / WWF SASSI sustainable fishery evening at the flagship Pick’n Pay Thyme on Nicol this week. The event was attended by some…
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How to say “beer” in Europe
While we’re confident that in most European countries barmen will understand the word beer, it is a good idea to localise your bar orders and make friends with the barman. To this end The Drey has published a map for beer drinkers travelling in Europe with the local terminology so you have no excuse for…
Shock elimination from MasterChef SA as Neil Lowe, the Science Guy heads for the exit door
Neil Lowe who had impressed in the early rounds and considered by many to be an early favourite has left MasterChef SA kitchen. Neil, a 40-year-old visual communications consultant from Cape Town who loves molecular gastronomy ended up in the Elimination Round thanks to being on the losing Red Team in the #MCSA Episode 9…
Biggest comeback ever on MasterChef SA as the basil coulis takes it for the Blue Team.
In one of the most tense MasterChef SA challenges to date the contestants teamed up for the Food Truck Pizza Challenge to be judged by ten of South Africa’s top foodies. It was the first time this season that the MasterChef hopefuls were split into teams which guarantees some of the early favourites will find…
Make your pizza at home, in the oven or on the braai, just how you like it every time.
The other week I finally bought myself a pizza stone. It has long been on my kitchen wish list thanks to some fond memories at my ex-girlfriends sister’s house on Friday evenings when the whole family would gather to make pizza’s accompanied by a few glasses of wine & beer. As family dinners go making…
Two Hollandaise Sauce recipes with one by MasterChef UK winner, Dhruv Baker.
Hollandaise Sauce can be quite tricky to make, especially for first timers as Tumi Moche discovered MasterChef SA Episode 6. We have two for you to try, one by MasterChef UK winner, Dhruv Baker and the other by the godfather of modern cooking, Marco Pierre White.
“I don’t like breakfast, I don’t cook breakfast, I don’t eat breakfast” says MasterChef SA’s Seline van der Wat
Seline van der Wat revealed a completely new side to her personality during the Big Breakfast Challenge on MasterChef SA. In what can only be described as dramatic outbursts of the cutest and most adorable kind the industrial engineer from Mafeking revealed that breakfast is not a meal she generally partakes in. When the judges…
MasterChef SA Episode 5 Preview. It’s heart and soul time!
The Top 16 MasterChef SA Finalists arrive at the MasterChef kitchen in Paarl for the very first time. The finalists will be faced with an invention challenge and Pete Goffe-Wood warned them all that they need to put their “heart and soul into every challenge” thrown at them. The show has been an unrivalled success…
The Top 16 MasterChef SA Finalists
Only sixteen of one hundred hopefuls made it through to the MasterChef kitchen in Paarl. Take a look at who will be entertaining you for the next few months. Only one of whom will be crowned MasterChef SA!
The MasterChef SA blubber fest… a lot of crying in episode two. Especially from the men!
The first two episodes of MasterChef SA have been iced and dusted, fifty contestants have been shown the kitchen door and fifty remain to face the ardors of bootcamp. In the season one bootcamp we saw MasterChef hopefuls slicing onions, peeling potatoes and whipping up a storm of egg whites. It’s only after the bootcamp…
Shannon Smuts | MasterChef SA Profile
SHANNON SMUTS AGE: 28 CITY: Cape Town OCCUPATION: Graphic Artist Scroll down for video Shannon’s parents owned a restaurant in Newcastle when she was growing up, so this bubbly designer grew up in a working kitchen. She loves baking and has a huge passion for Thai cuisine, after having lived there a few years ago.…
Karen Els | MasterChef SA Profile
KAREN ELS AGE: 35 CITY: Howick, KZN OCCUPATION: Stay-At-Home Mom Scroll down for video Karen entered MasterChef for herself. She has three beautiful kids and a loving husband, but now she wants to be South Africa’s next MasterChef. Apart from being “the Number 1 fan” of the series, Karen is a homely cook who wants…