Posts in tributes
Quest for 100 Core South African Flavours with Anna Trapido

Anna Trapido - Drawing up a list of 100 South African Favours for a food installation at the V&A Waterfront’s Makers Landing, one hundred iconic edible items sounds like a lot, but as the person tasked with gathering opinions I can confirm that this number is nowhere near enough.

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A Tribute to Margot Janse – My Friend and Role Model

With no immediate plan, apart from having “fun with my son, Thomas and contemplating the contents of my next adventures”, executive chef Margot Janse, Africa’s only female Grand Chef and the genius behind The Tasting Room at Le Quartier Français in Franschhoek, has resigned after 21 years.

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Dr Billy Gallagher: Gone But Not Forgotten

Chef Billy Gallagher lives on in the lives of aspirant chefs at the Jackie Cameron School of Food and Wine in Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal. His biography 'Lettuce and a Lady’s Breast' now forms an integral part of the school's set-reading material.

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Tribute to Liz McGrath

It is with a sad heart that I write this tribute to Liz McGrath - a lady who led by example; who knew what she wanted. She inspired, uplifted, trained, developed and treated her staff with integrity as she continuously strived for more for herself, and for those around her.

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