The AGA name has long been synonymous with good food and fine living and the AGA Cookshop, featuring cookware and accessories, draws heavily on these values.

Whether you are planning to whip up a quick toasted cheese on the AGA hotplate or a dinner for 20 using the versatility of your AGA cooker, they have the tools to suit your needs. Their range of cookware, textiles and essential roasting and baking products have all been exclusively designed with AGA owners in mind. Cooking with AGA Cast Aluminium will result in deliciously rewarding dishes and an effortless clean up! Lightweight and easy to handle, the collection’s Teflon® Platinum Plus non-stick coating inside and out makes cooking with less fat simple, plus it is scratch resistant and so easy to clean.

The roaster with griddle lid, a versatile 2-in-1 product is perfect for cooking healthy roasts, as well as griddling meat and fish. The heavy gauge 5mm flat base ensures constant, uniform heat distribution and delivers outstanding energy efficiency. Suitable for use on all heat sources except induction.

Recognised as the world's best cooking appliance, the AGA oven commands a level of adulation more often associated with the glitz of Hollywood fame -- and generates similar devotion. It's deemed the number one luxury appliance brand and revered as one of the top three design icons of the century.

It's the kitchen centrepiece of Celebrities, Professional Chefs and Homeowners across the globe. AGA represents a lifestyle, one that owners embrace and share fervently with others.For more information visit www.agaliving.co.za.The full range is available directly from AGA South Africa and a selection from Bergzicht Furnishers, Gas & Equipment, Kloppers, Melvill and Moon, Metelerkamps and cookware range online from takealot.com.

Families celebrating Mother’s Day will be happy to know that GLAD can lend a helping hand in the kitchen.

Get more from your Mom’s Day meal with these handy hints!

• For easy-peel garlic, slice off the flat end of the bulb, exposing all the cloves, cover with GLAD Wrap and microwave on high for one minute. When cool, remove the wrap and squeeze!
• For a no fuss, no mess way to crumb meat, chicken or fish, place in large GLAD Zip Seal Bag with breadcrumbs and shake!
• When roasting vegetables or cooking chips, line the tray with GLAD Bake and Cooking Paper for a non-stick result and hassle-free cleaning
• For dessert, line dessert molds with GLAD Bake and Cooking Paper or GLAD Wrap to prevent cake or dessert from sticking.
• Make chocolate dipped strawberries and refrigerate on a plate or tray lined with GLAD Bake and Cooking Paper so they won't stick.

Glad wishes all Moms a spectacular Mother’s Day! Please visit www.glad.co.za for more information and follow ‘GLAD SOUTH AFRICA’ on Facebook; Available in the GLAD aisle of most supermarkets.

CNN has just announced that La Tête restaurant in Cape Town is one of the top restaurant openings for 2017 (link: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/03/foodanddrink/best-new-restaurants-for-2017/).

Farm-to-fork eatery La Tête recently opened on Bree Street and is already getting rave reviews.

Headed up by Chef Giles Edwards, who spent 10 years in the UK and worked at the iconic restaurant St. John with Fergus Henderson.

Dishes which feature are mussels with bacon and cider, roast shallots, mint and pork terrine, hake, chard and anchovy, beef and kidney pudding and ox heart with chips and horseradish. Desserts are classic offerings of salted chocolate caramel tart, poached guavas, and chocolate pots.

While in London Giles's long held ambition was to work with Fergus Henderson in St. John in Smithfield, an establishment widely acknowledged as having kickstarted the British food renaissance.

“Fergus became my mentor,” says Giles. “At St. John I encountered a food philosophy that centered on simple ingredient based concepts. The food had to be seasonal. You served what was fresh and available that day. The menu changed often, sometimes twice a day."

Returning to Cape Town last year he started looking for a suitable restaurant space, and in the intervening period, opened a pop-up called Salt Cellar, in Woodstock.

He found his ideal premises for La Tête in an old Lion Beer public house, located near the Foreshore, a 1930s art deco style building.

“It’s perfect for what I want to do,” says Giles. “I wanted a simple space, without distraction. The focus has to be on the food, the wine and the company."

“I called it La Tête beecause it symbolises what we do. We use the entire animal. The head has a brain, tongue and cheek and I suppose I am giving a nod to the French, who are masters at offal.”

Giles aims to create food from the whole carcass, with nothing wasted. Beef, lamb, goat and seafood will all feature.

“Direct relationships with producers is important to me. Provenance is key.”

Opening Hours: Lunch - Tuesday to Friday 12pm to 2:30pm / Dinner - Tuesday to Saturday 6pm to 11pm  

Address: 17 Bree Street, Cape Town, 8001. Tel: 021 418 1299  

Social media details: https://www.facebook.com/lateterestaurant/ // https://twitter.com/La_Tete_CT  // https://www.instagram.com/la_tete_restaurant/ 

January 2017 - Celebrating at international culinary treasure, Four Seasons The Westcliff Johannesburg presents a 6 course truffle tasting menu at View complemented by a sophisticated wine selection from January 13 to February 9, 2017, created by Executive Chef, Dirk Gieselmann, from R1,450 per person, and optional wine pairing for R650 per person.

Imported from the best producers in Europe, the Périgord black winter truffle is praised by Chefs around the world.  

Highlights include  

• Brandade with black winter truffle
• Fresh hake mousse with parsley coulis and vegetable chips
• Scallops and asparagus       
• Scallop tartar with asparagus velouté, truffled potato and hollandaise with crispy buckwheat crepe with hazelnut cream
• Truffle Carbonara
• Homemade spaghetti with truffle jelly, wilted baby spinach and confit free range egg yolk with parmesan spume and crispy country bacon
• Stuffed skate wing with sautéed exotic mushrooms and zucchini butternut gnocchi and black truffle cream
• Quail and foie gras
• Oven baked in puff pastry, savoy cabbage and cauliflower textures with Périgueux sauce
• Apple and truffle Maple roasted apple with truffled macaron and almond cream, salted caramel and truffle ice cream

For reservations contact: https://www.fourseasonsevents.co.za/ 

Danone and Disney partner to combine fun with nutrition. 

A winning partnership …

Danone, the global leader in the yoghurt industry and Disney are launching a new range of yoghurts. This exclusive range features the popular Disney Frozen and Spider-Man characters and aims to promote healthy dietary habits to children by combining fun and good nutrition in one tasty product. 

The power of YOGHURT

As a parent, we always look for something that is convenient to serve, tasty for kids with the added bonus of being packed with healthy benefits, then yoghurt is the perfect solution! 

Yoghurt is a unique food, because it’s made with a combination of milk and live cultures. It has been proven that these live cultures assist in creating a healthy gut and a better digestive environment. In addition to calcium and protein, naturally coming from milk, we have boosted the Danone Disney range with a source of Vitamins B12 and D, essential nutrients needed by growing children every day. The  South African Food Based Dietary Guidelines recognises dairy products as being an essential part of a balanced diet and recommends  that milk, maas or yoghurt should be eaten every day. 

“Yoghurt is an ideal snack option.  Every kilojoule is packed with nutrients that are needed by your body every day. In addition to that, Danone Disney yoghurt contains no artificial sweeteners or colourants that makes this product even more appealing!” says Marlinie Kotiah, Science and Health Manager at Danone.  

The perfect solution to feed your kids: combine FUN & HEALTH!

Danone and Disney have the same objective of focusing and influencing kids’ healthy dietary habits. “We all know that sometimes kids can be fussy eaters, but we believe that when good and tasty food becomes fun, the issue is solved” says Julieah Muthama, Marketing Director of Danone. The Danone Disney range is the perfect business case proving how companies can come up with innovative ways to reinvent their product offering and contribute to the health of their consumers. 

Danone, committed to health!

With its mission “to bring health through food to as many people as possible”, Danone, the yoghurt leader worldwide, brings over 100 years of expertise to each of its products. Danone Disney range is making use of this experience to delight the whole family. Danone Disney yoghurt is the ideal smart snack to include in your kid’s daily balanced diet. 

What makes the Danone Disney range special?

• NO artificial sweeteners
• NO artificial colours
• Source of Vitamins D and B12
• 2 flavours loved by children: Strawberry and Mixed Fruit
• Encourages dairy intake every day

From October 2016, Danone Disney yoghurt is offering:

• 4 pack strawberry smooth (Disney Frozen & Spider-Man) @ R15.99
• 4 pack mixed fruit smooth (Disney Frozen & Spider-Man) @ R15.99
• 8 pack strawberry & mixed fruit ( Disney Frozen & Spider-Man)@ R29.99
• 6 pack Granadilla, Strawberry & Apricot (Disney Frozen & Spider-Man)@ R19.99
• 6 pack Pineapple, Strawberry & Cream Soda (Disney Frozen & Spider-Man)@ R19.99 

MORE ABOUT…

More About DANONE Group

With its mission to bring health through food to as many people as possible, Danone is a world leading company in Fresh Dairy Products. Present in over 140 markets, with more than half in emerging countries, Danone aims to create shared value for all its stakeholders: its 100,000 employees, consumers, customers, suppliers and shareholders. 

More About DANONE Yoghurt history

Danone was founded by Isaac Carasso in Barcelona in 1919. To treat the many local children suffering from intestinal disorders, he introduced yogurt —a product widely recognized for its health benefits in the Balkans, yet unknown in Spain at the time. Doctors in Barcelona prescribed yoghurt for their patients because they were aware of research into lactic ferments by Nobel laureate and Pasteur Institute director Elie Metchnikoff. Clearly Danone was committed to healthy eating from the very start! Isaac named the new brand after his son Daniel, whose nickname in Catalan was “Danon”. Ten years later, Daniel himself rolled out the brand in France. To win over consumers, he emphasized health benefits but also worked hard to ensure that Danone yoghurt tasted better than rival brands. 

More about DANONE Southern Africa’s evolution:

Danone entered the South African market in 1998 through a joint-venture created with Clover SA in the yoghurt category. In 2010, Danone acquired 100% of Danone-Clover yoghurt joint-venture and Danone Southern Africa was born. During the 17 years that Danone has been in operation in Southern Africa, consumer preference for our products has propelled Danone to the number one position in the market. Danone Southern Africa’s brand portfolio features brands like NutriDay, Ultra Mel, Yogi Sip, Inkomazi, DanUp and Activia. 

More about Live Cultures

The words "live and active cultures" refer to the living organisms, Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus, which convert pasteurized milk to yogurt during fermentation. Note that the milk is pasteurized before culturing to remove any harmful bacteria. 

More about Yoghurt and Lactose intolerance:

All yogurts are made from milk fermented by two lactic cultures: Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus bulgaricus. Interesting fact: these strains secrete an enzyme called beta-galactosidase that allows them to pre-digest part of the lactose (the sugar in milk). This is why, generally, people with lactose intolerance can easily digest yogurt. 

More about Yoghurt benefit:bwww.danone.co.za 

FOR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING TAGS AND HASHTAGS:

• Facebook: #Danone #Disney #Threesixoh - @ThreesixohSA
• Twitter:  #Danone #Disney #Threesixoh - @ldoundi
• Instagram: #Danone #Disney #Threesixoh - ThreesixohPR

October 2016 – The Executive Chef of Four Seasons Hotel The Westcliff Johannesburg, Dirk Gieselmann, will present 3 exclusive pop up culinary experiences, celebrating the best of France this November on 12, 25 and 26 November 2016 at R1, 400 pp excluding wines.

The 5 course dinners will be at The Cellar Door and offer two options of wine pairings to accompany the dinner – local South African selection of wines at R570 pp or an international selection of wines at R770 pp.

Committed to using seasonal ingredients sourced from trusted local suppliers, Gieselmann’s passion for French cuisine, twinned with his experience in kitchens all over the world, makes him uniquely placed to bring contemporary yet classic cuisine to the Four Seasons Hotel Westcliff Johannesburg’s exclusive pop-up restaurant.    

For reservations visit: http://shout.lt/bKTcN

South Africa’s #1 fruit juice-based brand, Tropika, has officially announced the seventh season of Tropika Island of Treasure Seychelles. The season will air in April 2017 on SABC 3 and consumers can now enter to be part of the show, alongside their favourite celebrities.

Nine of South Africa’s hottest celebrities have been selected and are calling consumers to enter to be on the show. The show’s host is Minnie Dlamini and the Games Master is Jonathan Boynton-Lee. The celebrity contestants include Siv Ngesi, Zakeeya Patel, Maurice Paige, Karlien van Jaarsveld, EmTee, Anga Makubalo and Jessica Nkosi.

The announcement kicked off with a bang in Durban, where hype was created around the premise that mysterious ‘treasure’ was hidden on a beach in Umhlanga. Crowds gathered, consumers got talking and a treasure chest was finally excavated, filled with the smoothest Tropika product. Minnie Dlamini, Zakeeya Patel and Maurice Paige were also present and officially announced that consumers can now enter the competition by buying a bottle of Tropika for all the entry details.

Seven of the celebrities will each be paired with a Tropika consumer to form seven smooth teams to participate in the competition on the tropical island of the Seychelles. The contestants will be pushed to their limits and test their newly formed relationships as each team strives to outdo one another and win the R1 million grand prize.

“We are so excited about the new season of Tropika Island of Treasure Seychelles, it promises to be the smoothest season yet,” says Miantha Padayachee, Brand Group Manager for Tropika.

All Tropika Fresh packs will now be limited edition packs with sparkling gold caps and the celebrities will be featured on the bottles from July to September 2016. Consumers are encouraged to purchase a Tropika fresh pack and enter the promotion by dialling *120*8767*last 4 digits of the barcode# and follow the prompts. Consumers will not only enter the promotion to take part in the TV series but will also stand the chance to win R500,000.00 in instant airtime and cash prizes.

Are you ready to join the Tropika Team in the Seychelles? For more information please visit Facebook: @tropikaisland or Clover Tropika’s website.

FUN EVENT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY – DARLING BREW BEER FESTIVAL

The Darling Brewery is hosting its first ever joint Micro Brewery Beer Festival on Saturday 2nd July, 2016 from 10 am - 6 pm in there wonderful home town called Darling on the West Coast.  

Come experience their great range of beers and six guests brands in their state-of-the-art working brewery.

Our guest Breweries:   Flagship Brew Berg River Brewery Garagista Mountain Brewing Co. Riot D'Cider  

FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY OF ALL AGES – KIDDIES PLAY AREA  

Live music all day Local and CT line up

Food stalls All seating undercover and on a first come first serve basis, unless you have pre booked a table of 8

ATM on site

Kiddies play area  

To list only a few of our band line up:  

• Brother Brother
• The Stone Jets
• Glyn Lewis
• Kashmir Live  
• Fun, music, eating, dancing, drinking, tasting, laughing, mingling  

ENTRANCE COSTS: R 75.00 per person, includes a branded DB beer glass  (seating will be on a first come first serve basis)  

or PRE BOOKING R 500.00 for a table of 8 people plus branded DB beer glass (pre Booked) (Tables will be reserved in your name pre event)  

If you would like to pre book so you get a good spot you can do this via telephone at our Brewery with the Manager on 021 286 1099 or email us on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

Don't miss out, come and have some fun with us on Saturday 2nd July 2016   More information can be found on our website:  www.darlingbrew.co.za

Outshines other top companies in the 2016 South Africa RepTrak® study. Clover Industries Limited (“Clover”, “the Group” or “the Company”), a leading branded consumer goods and beverages group operating in South Africa and other selected African countries, is pleased to inform stakeholders that it has claimed top spot in the Reputation Institute's study of the most reputable companies in South Africa in 2016.

Johann Vorster, Clover Chief Executive, commented: “We are proud to have achieved this prestigious accolade especially considering that we are a newcomer to the study following the addition of the FMCG industry category this year.

“Our trademarked ‘Way Better’ approach to quality, governance and innovation is proving successful. We are pleased that the general public recognises our efforts and we hope to continue in this light for years to come.

”The study, which is conducted by Reputation House, measures reputation according to four key themes namely, Esteem, Admire, Trust and Feeling as well as seven reputation dimensions: Product/Services, Innovation, Workplace, Governance, Citizenship, Leadership and Performance.

To be included in the study, companies had to score at least a 50% familiarity level with the general public. Fifty well recognised companies in South Africa, across various industries from retail to financial and telecommunications, were measured. Clover, a newcomer to the study, also ranked first in the FMCG industry category which was added for the first time this year.

Clover scored 78 out of a possible 100. Other companies that featured in the top five are Coca-Cola, Woolworths, SPAR and Massmart.

In terms of the seven reputation dimensions, Clover placed first in Governance and Citizenship, second in Products and Services, Workplace, Leadership and Performance and third in Innovation.

On the basis of public support, Clover was commended for its trusted products and was positioned as an ideal company to work for. Visit the Clover website to learn more.

The Birchwood Hotel’s Ekurhuleni Comes Alive Jazz Festival will be celebrating its 15th year of stellar performances on 3 June by giving Joburg-locals a taste of Africa as renowned Zimbabwean and South African artists collaborate to provide an evening of memory-making entertainment. The Birchwood Hotel has pulled out all the stops in bringing the best local flavours to lead the line-up of talented musicians including the “grandmaster of traditional Zimbabwean Pop”, Oliver Mtukudzi, who will be headlining the evening.

In association with the City of Ekurhuleni and the Sowetan and Mail & Guardian newspapers, the festival is a highlight on the Jozi music calendar and offers a new group of prominent and upcoming local performers every month. Supporting Mtukudzi is Afro-jazz and soul musician, Nokukhanya Dlamini, who is also known for her award-winning theatrical performances in The Lion and the Lamb, and in Ketekeng.

Hosted by motivational speaker and presenter, Hector Motivator, the June event will open with upcoming female vocalists, Watching Over Africa, as well as multiple-award winning comedian, Mashabela Galane.

Don’t miss out on a rare opportunity to watch the greats of African music combine in an evening of Jazz, Acoustic and Soul music in celebration of the continent’s rhythm. Enjoy a delicious meal shared with fellow music-lovers by booking your table of 10 before 27 May to take advantage of the Early Bird Special. The festival starts at 8pm and tickets are R400 per person or R4 000 for a table of 10. For more information or to book contact Dudu Kgomo on (011) 897 0141 or on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit www.birchwoodhotel.co.za.