For three days, visitors to the Hermanus Whale Festival will be
able to intersperse their whale-watching with one of the world’s
current favourite pastimes – watching top chefs in action,
slicing, dicing, flipping, frying, baking and… entertaining.
The excitement begins with the South African Chefs team who will
be representing our country at the Culinary Olympics in Germany
doing their final cook-off in Hermanus to launch this year’s
Festival. The team will serve their Olympic dinner to 110 guests
at a gala banquet on 23 September.
From the following day to the end of the festival the
Woolworths Chefs Theatre will take over and is destined to give
the Festival a culinary boost. A kitchen, specially constructed
by leading manufacturer of equipment, Vulcan CAARS, in the Old
Library, will be the scene of demonstrations by some of Cape
Town’s top chefs and Hermanus’s own culinary creators, as the
South African Chefs Association (SACA) presents a jam-packed
schedule of activities to inspire and get those creative juices
flowing.
Taking place from 24 to 26 September in Hermanus, the Woolworths
Chefs Theatre will feature an entertaining, informative,
interactive and educational programme of demonstrations by some
of Hermanus and Cape Town’s leading chefs.
The kitchen will be specially constructed for the duration of
the Festival, offering visitors the opportunity to enjoy a glass
of wine or beer and a look behind the scenes into the domain of
the chef.
The lineup will include demonstrations of signature dishes by
some of Cape Town’s top chefs, as well as the specialities of
local restaurants and interactive demonstrations of Woolworths’
quality food range, sharing hints for healthy eating and
convenient entertaining, with an emphasis on freshness. You’ll
be able to see your favourite celebrity behind the stove instead
of behind the microphone in a culinary challenge similar to that
seen on our screens in “Ready, Steady, Cook” – but with a
difference. Each celebrity will be paired with a chef, who will
only be able to shout instructions and not actually help their
partner to create a culinary masterpiece for the watching public
to sample.
ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN CHEFS ASSOCIATION. FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT VANESSA NAUDÉ ON 083 271-6000 OR
vanessa@saca.co.za |
