Photo by ROMAN ODINTSOV on Pexels.com JoziStyle is sponsoring a R15,000 marketing campaign for your favourite restaurant. The restaurant industry has been one of the hardest hit by the COVID pandemic resulting in thousands of job losses. The economic consequences extend beyond the restaurant industry as their staff, suppliers, and their families are also affected. Food & lifestyle blog, JoziStyle, is sponsoring a marketing campaign to promote restaurants and encourage South Africans to support their local restaurants. The prize includes a social media activation guaranteed to reach over ..read more

Combine the very best Italian cuisine with extraordinary sushi at one of Durban’s most memorable venues, the elegant Durban Country Club, and you get the stunning new Grimaldi’s Cucina & Sushi Bar. The team behind this new venture – Steve Christodoulou, Claire Potgieter, Jason Roberts and Tim Lander – is the same that brought you Jack Salmon and Grimaldi’s Umhlanga, combining their passion for creating memorable dining experiences and great food, now in one of the city’s most iconic settings. These days, diners are looking for something extra special to lure them from the comfort of their ..read more

Whether it be licking the mixing spoon as a child, the wow-factor of a birthday cake or indulgently scooping the icing off a cupcake with a finger, buttercream forms part of our happiest memories. The smooth texture of the icing is simply heavenly, its flavour is exceptional, and it is deceivingly easy to make. Buttercream takes the simplest ingredients and transforms them into an extraordinary mixture that gives us the ability to easily turn our pantry staples into magnificent creations fit for the fanciest gateaux, cupcake, or cookie. There are various types of more complex buttercream icin ..read more

Photo by Jep Gambardella on Pexels.com Valentine’s Day is not always only about “romantic love” –show that you care deeply about your friendships that you admire and respect them! With that being said, food and love are inevitably linked. And ones emotions and feelings are an extremely strong trigger for food choices, so don’t worry, we have you covered in that department – celebrate your “love” with food.  Should you reside within the Umhlanga Rocks area, you will be spoilt for choice when you pop into Granada Square, where all taste buds are catered for…  Angelo’s, a local fa ..read more

Photo by Daria Shevtsova on Pexels.com We’ve all heard it before, “eat your greens because they’re good for you” (thanks, mom!). But how exactly are they good for us? Vegetables are excellent sources of various vitamins and nutrients that the body needs. Many have actually been labelled as super foods. Rather than relying on butter, cheese, and sugar — which can make anything taste good but are not necessarily very good for one’s health — it’s best to embrace the techniques that maintain the nutritional integrity of vegetables. Some of the best tricks include using veggies in me ..read more

The concept of dark kitchens is taking the restaurant world by storm overseas.  Still in its infancy in South Africa, veteran restaurateur Larry Hodes, owner of Calexico at 44 Stanley, Arbour Café and Voodoo Lily will be opening The Dark Kitchen in Johannesburg. The concept is known around the world as a virtual kitchen, cloud kitchen, and delivery-only restaurant.  Jozi’s The Dark Kitchen is set to provide at-home diners with an innovative new offering. The quirky ghost restaurant, hidden somewhere in the northern suburbs, will only be accessible online or by phone – so don’t expect to ..read more

Are you looking for Johannesburg’s best-kept secret? Then why not celebrate the romance of Valentine’s Evening Under the fairy lights in Arbour Café’s courtyard. Arbour, situated in the heart of Birdhaven, Illovo is creating your ideal Parisian romance with great food and champagne in its breathtaking setting. There are various set menu’s which include food suitable for everyone from vegetarians to duck lovers, as well as for those who are gluten-free. The menus include a choice of starters, mains with various sides, a palate cleaner, and dessert topped with the prestigious and delicious ..read more

Say hello to the new Cape Town CBD restaurant Pilcrow and Cleaver! Brought to you by Chef Judi Fourie, Pilcrow and Cleaver has forgone service staff and tipping and put the diner in direct contact with the chefs. The concept sees a new chapter in Chef Fourie’s career and the name illustrates this, pilcrow the paragraph break symbol (¶) with the addition of cleaver, a commonplace large kitchen knife, symbolises a break in proceedings and a firm focus on the chef and kitchen. The elegantly-designed restaurant emphasises this concept in its two distinct spaces. On one side is an open plan ki ..read more

Photo by Roberto Nickson on Unsplash“Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.” Renowned food author Michael Pollan uses seven words, to sum up, the food philosophy championed by nutritional experts all over the world. According to the experts over at Harvard Health*, science has repeatedly revealed a clear correlation between a diet high in animal products and a higher risk of diabetes, heart disease, and strokes. Conversely, the more fruits and vegetables we eat, the lower our risk for these diseases, and the lower our body mass index, too. Photo by Monstruo Estudio on UnsplashWe all know th ..read more

In front of over 700 of the country’s shining culinary talents, La Colombe was announced as South Africa’s number one restaurant at the 2019 Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Restaurant Awards at a glittering event at Cape Town’s GrandWest Casino. Moving from number three in 2018, to number one this year, it is the first time La Colombe has achieved the coveted title of “Restaurant of the Year”, having previously peaked at second place in 2015 and 2016. One of the Eat Out Critics, Lynda Ingham-Brown, who visited the restaurant during the judging process says, “La Colombe’s reputation for sophistic ..read more