Chef Martha Williams from the 5-star Plettenberg Hotel has been invited to cook at the Cape Malay Food Festival at Vasco’s, Hilton in Abu Dhabi from 28 September to 6 October 2018. She will present her delicious South African recipes in her unique Cape Malay cooking style. 

During this week she will present a special Cape Malay menu with meals like Bobotie, Tomato Bredie and Masala Fish to name a few. For desert she will present true South African treats like Malva Pudding and koeksisters. Martha will share her stories and tell visitors more about her love for the Cape Malay cuisine.

Williams said: "Food is an incredibly important part of Cape Malay culture. Our food reaches into a rich history and our culinary traditions have travelled down foodways stretching around the world. This is what makes Vasco’s the perfect venue for people in Abu Dhabi to try out Cape Malay’s cuisine.”

Martha got exposure to traditional dishes and ingredients typical of the Cape Malay style - a fusion of spice-rich and fragrant east-Asian cuisines that developed in the kitchens of the Cape during the 17th century – and her innate understanding of flavours and hard work saw Martha being promoted to Head Chef at the hotel’s newly launched Cape Malay restaurant. 

The restaurant was a huge success, proving immensely popular with both local and international guests and Martha established an excellent reputation leading to her ultimately being invited to present her Cape Malay culinary skills at a number of event, in South Africa and abroad. A flagbearer for Cape cuisine, she has travelled extensively to represent The Liz McGrath Collection in a variety of destinations, from Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur to Hong Kong and Taipei, and now Abu Dhabi.

Martha has returned once more to The Plettenberg, where she’s able to create the authentic flavour-filled dishes she loves that draw on her personal narrative. Her favourite food to prepare is that which reflects her Cape Malay heritage – beloved traditional dishes like bobotie (a baked beef-mince dish using spices and topped with egg), pickled fish (firm white fish typically pickled using curry spices), and seafood potjies (a stew slow-cooked in a special pot over a fire). 

For more information visit www.theplettenberghotel.com

June 2018 - The Plettenberg, part of The Liz McGrath Collection, the flagship property along the Garden Route, will partner with Plettenberg Bay Tourism to host the upcoming Plett Arts Festival starting on 25 June until 9 July, 2018. 

At The Plettenberg, on 25 June, at 11:00 to 16:00, Strauss & Co will hold an art valuation day for anyone who would like to have their private art work valuated followed by an art talk in the evening with wines and canapés. The art valuation is R100 donation (optional) to the Sabrina Love foundation and wine and canapé art talk is R 150.00 per person. 

The Milkwood Gallery and the Vernissage Re-Constructed exhibition will launch on 26 and 27 June and on the evening of Thursday 28 June The Plettenberg Hotel’s Arts Festival opening night will be hosted by Dijonne Du Preez of Gallop Hill Gallery, featuring artists Jimmy Law, Elsire Roos and Elize Bezuidenhout. Join us for an incredible evening of art, complimentary wine and canapés from 18:00 to 20:00. 

All the art works will be on display throughout the Arts festival for anyone to pop in and enjoy the work. 

Accommodation Package includes - 3 nights at the Plettenberg, on a b&b basis from Thursday 28 June – Sunday 1 July, entry to the art evening hosted by featured artists, a four course dinner with Steenberg Wine Estate, and an optional two day Wine course R3, 655 per person sharing for 3 nights. Wine course is an optional extra. 

Plett Tourism will also host the Cape Wine Academy workshop on viticulture and wine tasting at The Plettenberg where people can do the CWA Prelim Wine Course over two days - 29 and 30 June for 3 hours daily, plus 1 extra hour on Saturday for the exam. The course is the Cape Wine Academy course and costs R1, 800 per person and the course is led by Francois Ferreira and Conrad Louw.   

There is also an ‘art meander’ taking place every Wednesday through the Main Road for guests and visitors to enjoy. 

Accommodation bookings via the website

https://www.theplettenberghotel.com/offers/plett-art-fest-stay-3-nights-pay-for-2/

or reservations

+27 (0) 21 794 5535, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

Viticulture and wine tasting workshop bookings directly with Plett Tourism - http://www.plett-tourism.co.za/events/discovering-the-sublime-world-of-wine/