A CONVERSATION WITH BLAAUWKLIPPEN’S BEN-CARL VAN DER MERWE I was so honoured to be asked to attend Stellenbosch Garden Week. Without realising it, gardens have played a huge role in my life ever since I was a child, and continue to shape the chef I am today. From Le Jardin de JAN in Nice to …
We are surrounded by boundless beauty, whether hiking up a hill in the Franschhoek Valley, wandering through a veld outside of Witbank, or stretching our legs in our very own gardens (however modest they may be). In every environment, the species that populate it, and in every stage of their cycles, there is life – …
A TOUR OF LE JARDIN DE JAN As much as I love a food market for the inspiration it brings me as a chef, it doesn’t quite compare to the thrill of planting your own seeds, nurturing them, watching them grow and using the ingredients they yield in your own cooking. You suddenly realise that …
