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Pick n Pay Taste of Cape Town in association with Orbit Sugarfree Chewing Gum celebrates its 5th birthday in Cape Town with fun, food and fabulosity galore.
Your tastebuds will be treated to a 5-star experience at this year’s Taste of Cape Town at the Green Point Cricket Oval from 19 – 22 April. This gourmet event allows the public to nibble their way around fourteen of the city’s top restaurants at each Taste session.
The premise is quite simple:Cape Town’s finest chefs line up to showcase their culinary prowess with tantalizing signature dishes. All you have to do is hop from one to the other, sample the best cuisine the city has to offer, all while sipping on superb wines and cocktails. There are plenty of interactive food and liquor classes to attend and foodie folk to meet and greet.
The Festival showcases fourteen ofCape Town’s top restaurants and chefs, who have been tasked to serve the fabulous trend-setting signature dishes that have made them famous.
The impressive list of restaurants and their world class chefs guarantee that there will be something sensational for every palate. The list includes the following restaurants:
Azure Restaurant at the 12 Apostles Hotel and Spa – Executive chef Henrico Grobbelaar
Bistro Sixteen82 – Executive chef Brad Ball
II Leone Mastrantonio – Daniel Toledo
Fyndraai Restaurant – Shaun Schoeman
La Colombe – Head chef Scot Kirton
Makaron at Majeka House – Head chef Tanja Kruger
Planet Bar & Restaurant – Executive chef Rudi Liebenberg
Signal Restaurant atCapeGrace– Executive chef Malika Van Reenen
Sofia’s @Morgenster & Overture – Chef/patron Craig Cormack & Chef/patron Bertus Basson
TajCapeTown – Executive chef Shyam Longani
Savour Restaurant at 15 on Orange Hotel – Executive chef Sanel Esterhuyse
96 Winery Road– Executive chef Natasha Wray
The Westin Executive Club Restaurant – Chef de Cuisine Johann Breedt
Taste Pop Up Restaurant – featuring guest chefs the likes of Luke Dale Roberts – The Pot Luck Club, George Jardine – Jordan, Richard Carstens –Tokara Restaurant
Back by popular demand, the Pick n Pay Fresh Living Chef’s Theatre will again hostCape Town’s top chefs in fun and informative cooking demonstrations, culinary challenges, entertaining tutorials. This year’s will also see the return of the Pick n Pay Wine and Canapé Experience, an interactive, hands-on area where guests will create three simple, stylish and utterly delicious canapés while an expert pairs each canapé with a wine to compliment the flavours.
More foodie features include The Westin Executive Club Restaurant, The Snowflake Pancake Feature and The Amazing Thailand Experience. And don’t miss the DStv live Cook-Off in the Pick n Pay Fresh Living Chef’s Theatre on Saturday 21st April.
Be sure to check out the Fine Brandy by Design by Distell, Jimmijagga, Jagermeister, Redds and San Pellegrino/Acqua Panna features, all of which will showcase the drinks that complete a meal – it’s not just about quenching those “thirst buds”, but also giving visitors the opportunity to mix and match flavours to get the best of every bite.
CelebrateCape Town’s local food heroes at The Small Producers Market where you will find delicious hand-made cheeses, pestos, homemade jams and sweets, as well as exotic ingredients and herbs to inspire home-chefs to create their own culinary masterpieces. Visit By Nature for dried fruit and nuts, Yummi Brownies for delicious chocolate brownies, or pick up a cupcake from Queen of Tarts!
Visitors are invited to take a walk through the Taste & Buy Experience and discover a mouth-watering array of gourmet food suppliers and try delicious wines as well as speciality food and ingredients to take home such as Olive Pride, Three Streams Smokehouse, Sally Williams and Schecktersorganic Energy.
For those visitors who crave a more exclusive experience, there’s the Taste Club House presented by DStv, a private lounge that serves as your base for the show. The ticket price comes with fast-track entry, a complimentary premium bar facility, a free tasting glass and R200’s worth of Festival Crowns (the official Festival currency).
For the little folk, Pick n Pay Taste of Cape Town in association with Orbit Chewing Gum has created a KidzZone hosted by Party Tots on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of April. Fun activities for all ages are the order of the day which should keep the kids entertained while Mom and Dad enjoy the delectable delights the festival has to offer.
In addition to all of this, Taste 2012 is serving up a dose of Green Awareness, along with naming sponsors Pick n Pay and Orbit Sugar Free Chewing Gum, who both place great importance on environmental issues and actively promote and enforce sustainability in their core activities. The Pick n Pay Taste of Cape Town in association with Orbit Sugarfree Chewing Gum has also partnered with green companies such as Interwaste and Green Home in order to ensure a more sustainable event.
“We are proud to be getting greener every year and to be doing so endeavour with the complete support and assistance of our environmentally aware sponsors, partners and exhibitors,” says Festival Director, Justine Drake. “Taking the environment into account and ensuring best practice in terms of sustainability can only add to the flavour experience that epitomises Taste“, she continues, “It’s our 5th year and we’re bigger, better and greener than ever. This year we have some exciting new restaurants (and some old favourites), hands-on cooking classes, a chef’s theatre and more wine and exotic liquor than ever before. There’s plenty of parking, games for the kids, loads to eat and drink and much fun to be had…be there or miss out!”
The impressive list of participating restaurants, award-winning wineries, premium drinks brands and extraordinary exhibitors will guarantee that there will be something sensational for everyone. So get down to the Green Point Cricket Club from the 19th – 22nd April to enjoy one ofSouth Africa’s most delectable Taste extravaganzas!
To avoid queues early booking is advised, so book now- Visit www.tastefestivalssa.co.za
Or go to www.itickets.co.za
What, Where, When, How…
Festival times:
Thursday 19th April: 18h30- 22h30
Friday 20th April: 18h30- 22h30
Saturday 21st April: 13h00- 17h00; 18h30- 22h30
Sunday 22nd April: 12h00- 17h00
Tickets:
Tickets are limited and booking is recommended – for further information and bookings visit www.tastefestivalssa.co.za or go to www.itickets.co.za or call 0861 000 291 for more info.
Standard tickets cost R80 (including a tasting glass)
Premium Tickets cost R200 (which includes R120 worth of Festival Crowns and a tasting glass)
A Taste Club House presented by DStv ticket costs R685 – includes fast-track entry, unlimited access to the Taste Club House which serves as your base for the show, R180 worth of Crowns (the official festival currency), 3 complimentary drinks, a crown bar facility and a free tasting glass.
Corporate Hospitality – Includes an exclusive area which serves as your base for the show – your branding may be placed in the area upon request*
R180 worth of Crowns per person (The official festival currency)
A Taste of Cape Town gift
Fast track entry
A tasting glass
Complimentary premium bar
As part of the package, you can book an exclusive 30-minute wine tasting with the inimitable and highly respected Wade Bales.
Well-known wine connoisseur, Wade, and a top SA wine maker will take you on a tantalising journey where you will get to sample a selection of iconic South African wines.
*Subject to the number of guests
Taste ofCape TownFestival Crowns:
Crowns are the Festivals’ official “currency”, which can be purchased at the festival from the Taste Bank or Crown Sellers walking around the festival grounds. Visitors use these Crowns to purchase food and drinks from the restaurants, bars and exhibitors. Each Crown is worth R5. Change is offered in Crowns only.
Tandy
Sounds fantastic Tandy – best of luck to all your entrants.
🙂 Mandy
pity you cannot be here for the event Mandy – you would love it 🙂
Pick me pick me! LOL!
You will go into the ‘hat’!
This sounds like so much fun.. I wish I could go. I heard Cape Town is a beautiful place to visit and I hope to one day get to go :). I know this ticket give-a-way will be a success 🙂
Cape Town is a really beautiful place Kay 🙂
This sounds like fun, fun, fun!
I just gave YOU an AWARD! Yeah! Happy Times! 🙂
Why? Come over @ my latest post & check out why!! Have a great weekend! 😉
Thanks for the award! And this is a really fun event 🙂
Taste of Cape Town is always a great event!
It is indeed Pink 🙂
I’m so glad you are giving these away April 10th so there’s still time to decide to buy another one for someone to go with.
Haven’t been to the Taste of Cape Town yet, excited to have the chance to go.
Who knows, you could win two tickets 🙂
Thank you for an interesting Blog
thank you so much for the visit 🙂
If a requirement for ‘winning’ is reading your blog, then I am your man. I read it from top to bottom … beginning to end ……..partly due to my limited number of brain cells, I could not find where I needed to leave a comment …….. BUT it was an enjoyable and informative ‘journey’.
Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the visit 🙂
wow! i don’t think there is anything left to say about the Taste as you have said it. just by reading your blog, my mouth started watering, and come snow of rain of sunshine, or whatever i will make sure is am there. and if it could be for free, it will be even better, and then i will be able to bless some-one else with another ticket, so the more the merier!. this is a great idea you have. may you be blessed, by blessing others.
thank you Marina 🙂
Would love my taste buds treated to this 5***** experience at the Taste of Cape Town
good luck 🙂
Thank you for posting these comprehensive information about the event. I tried last night to book but just couldn’t get a response from the site.
We went last year and loved it. My daughter spent all her Crowns on the Mushroom Risotto from Society Bistro. She just couldn’t get enough. A pity that they don’t participate this year, but regardless we went to restaurant many times as a result of it and will do so going forward.
This event is a great way for the top restaurants to display their talent.
I can only recommend it.
I hope the website ticket situation is sorted out – it is an event worth going to for sure 🙂
This year is sure to be a good one, I have been to every Taste of Cape Town so far and I have loved everyone of them- there is always something different. Thanks for the interesting post!
hope you enjoy this year 🙂
Am I too late? The last shall be the first 🙂
sadly yes, you are too late! But do come back and visit for other give aways 🙂
Taste of Cape Town is one of the best events hosted in the Mother City a fabulous mixture of the finest food and wines on offer a celebration of taste !
you have summed it up perfectly!
Hope to visit the Taste of Cape Town @ Green Point Cricket Club as it will be a first for me & whoever joins me!
HI Olivia, thanks for the visit – the winners have already been chosen but I do hope you get an opportunity to go 🙂