SA Cheese Festival is cooking / SA Kaasfees gaan kóók - South African Cheese Festival
SA Cheese Festival is cooking / SA Kaasfees gaan kóók
Celebrity chefs galore will cook up a storm in the three food theatres at the SA Cheese Festival. Jenny Morris (The Giggling Gourmet), Kamini Pather (MasterChef SA winner), The Food Alchemist Pete Goffe-Wood (Master Chef Judge) and Carmen Niehaus will entertain guests in the kykNET Cooking Pot. In the Cape Made Kitchen chef Selwyn October of the Institute of Culinary Arts (ICA) will demonstrate specially developed water-wise recipes – creatively pairing cheese with niche products such as pomegranates, persimmons and granadillas. These recipes, inspired by ex-ICA students Herman Lensing, Zola Nene and Johnny Hamman, are compiled in a recipe book available for free at the festival thanks to a partnership between the Milk Producers Organisation (MPO), Hortgro, WCDA, ICA en Agri-Expo.
Amateur chefs were invited to enter their water-wise recipes with Président cheese for the #YourWheyWithCheese Cook-off in partnership with Heart FM. Four finalists will cook off in the kykNET Cooking Pot at the SA Cheese Festival, two on Friday 27 April, two on Saturday 28 April, with the final Cook-off on Sunday 29 April with judges Jenny Morris, Kamini Pather and Sihle Ngobese. The four finalists are Elsibe McGuffog from Wellington, Liesl Armstrong from Durbanville, Matt van den Berg from Stellenbosch and Daniella Zoghby from Johannesburg.
A unique platform for small cheese makers
Be on the lookout for exhibitions of small cheese makers – every year the SA Cheese Festival affords a number of small cheese makers the opportunity to introduce their hand-crafted cheeses to more than 30 000 visitors, thanks to the support of the WCDA and Absa as partners.
Discover pairing cheese with niche products
The SA Cheese Festival also focus on pairing cheese with niche products for exceptional tasting experiences. The Cape Made: Taste the Alternatives exhibition is where 40 exhibitors can share their niche products such as berries, figs and honeybush tea directly with the public, thanks to a partnerships between the WCDA and Agri-Expo. Foodies can taste these products as well as learn more how water wise hydroponic herbs are, how versatile pomegranates are, and how vegetables are farmed on the Cape Flats.
Cheese aficionados, who crave a more intimate tryst with cheese and foodies, will do well to book for the exclusive Connoisseurs’ Experience. This tailormade package (at R850 per person, 18 years and older only) will entitle you to delights that only the Connoisseurs (limited to 100 persons per day) can experience, including reserved seating, VIP parking and entrance, an exclusive Jenny Morris show, a cheese-making demonstration by Leon the Milkman, a Président-curated cheese platter, a bottle of Linton Park Wine and more.
Visit www.cheesefestival.co.za, contact Agri-Expo on tel 021-975 4440 or email admin@agriexpo.co.za for more information. For competition details and programme highlights, follow the SA Cheese Festival on Facebook (Cheese Festival), Twitter (@SACheeseFest) and Instagram (sacheesefest).
SA KAASFEES GAAN KÓÓK
Besoekers aan die 17de Suid-Afrikaanse Kaasfees sal nie net kaas kan proe én meesterkokke in aksie sien nie, maar ook sélf kaasmeesterstukke kan skep. ‘n Kaartjie na dié bekroonde fees oor die Vryheidsdag-langnaweek (Vrydag 27 tot Sondag 29 April 2018) beloof ‘n proe-ervaring van plaaslike en internasionale kase, nis- en gourmetprodukte, sowel as uitgesoekte wyne.
Dinge gaan vanjaar kóók met gunsteling-glanssjefs in die drie kosteaters by die SA Kaasfees: Jenny Morris (The Giggling Gourmet), Kamini Pather (MasterChef SA-wenner), The Food Alchemist Pete Goffe-Wood (MasterChef-beoordelaar) en Carmen Niehaus sal gaste in die kykNET Cooking Pot vermaak. In die Standard Bank Tasting Room sal spesialisaanbieders kaasproeë aanbied met pasmaats soos Suid-Afrika se Top Tien Chenin Blanc-wyne, verskillende soorte tee en bier. In die Cape Made Kitchen demonstreer sjef Selwyn October van die Institute of Culinary Arts (ICA) spesiaalontwikkelde waterwysresepte – met kaas wat vernuftig saam met nisprodukte soos granate, persimmons en grenadellas ingespan word. Hierdie resepte, geïnspireer deur ICA-oudstudente Herman Lensing, Zola Nene en Johnny Hamman, is saamgevat in ‘n resepteboek wat gratis by die fees beskikbaar sal wees danksy ‘n samewerkingsooreenkoms tussen die Melkprodusente Organisasie (MPO), Hortgro, WKDL, ICA en Agri-Expo.
Amateursjefs is genooi om waterwysresepte met Président-kaas in te skryf vir die #YourWheyWithCheese-kookuitdaging in vennootskap met Heart FM. Vier van hulle sal hul slag wys in die kykNET Cooking Pot by die SA Kaasfees, twee op Vrydag 27 April en twee op Saterdag 28 April, waarna die twee wenners op Sondag 29 April sake sal uitkook onder die wakende oog van beoordelaars Jenny Morris, Kamini Pather en Sihle Ngobese. Die vier finaliste is Elsibe McGuffog van Wellington, Liesl Armstrong van Durbanville, Matt van den Berg van Stellenbosch en Daniella Zoghby van Johannesburg.
Groot en klein kan ook fantastiese pryse (en natuurlik heerlike kaas!) wen in die Ladismith Kaaskerfkompetisie wat daagliks in Blossom se Gazebo plaasvind. En by die Stellenbosch Vineyards Musiek Gazebo kan feesgangers uitsien na die klanke van immergewilde kunstenaars Nic Stevens (Vrydag), Die Wildberries en Kurt Darren (Saterdag), asook ou gunstellinge soos Absolutely Fabulous, Sincere Swing, Under Cover en Bev Scott Brown en SHIM SHAM.
‘n Uitsonderlike geleentheid vir klein kaasmakers
Wees op die uitkyk vir uitstallings van klein kaasmakerye – die SA Kaasfees verleen elke jaar aan ‘n aantal kaasmakers die geleentheid om hul handgemaakte kase aan meer as 30 000 besoekers bekend te stel, danksy die ondersteuning van die WKDL en Absa as vennote.
Ontdek nisprodukte as ideale kaas-pasmaats
Die SA Kaasfees plaas ook ‘n kollig op nisprodukte wat saam met kaas vir uitsonderlike eet-ervaringe sorg. Die Cape Made: Taste the Alternatives-uitstalling is waar 40 uitstallers hul nisprodukte soos bloubessies, vye, en heuningbostee direk met die publiek kan deel danksy ‘n vennootskap tussen die WKDL en Agri-Expo. Kos-entoesiaste kan hier proe-proe kom leer hoe waterwys produkte soos hidroponiese kruie is, hoe veeldoelig granate is, en hoe daar met groente op die Kaapse Vlakte geboer word.
Kaasliefhebbers wat ‘n intieme fynproewerservaring verkies, kan ‘n eksklusiewe kaartjie (teen R850 per persoon, slegs bo 18 jaar) bekom wat vir slegs 100 gaste per dag gereserveerde sitplek, BBP-parkering, vroeë toegang, ‘n eksklusiewe optrede deur Jenny Morris, ‘n kaasmaakdemonstrasie deur Leon die Melkman, ‘n kaasbord met Président-kase, ‘n bottel Linton Park-wyn en meer insluit.
Die SA Kaasfees vind plaas van Vrydag, 27 April tot Sondag, 29 April 2018 op die plaas Sandringham buite Stellenbosch. Kaartjies is beskikbaar by enige Computicket, Shoprite of Checkers winkel teen R180 per persoon per dag. Senior burgers betaal R120 en kinders van die ouderdom 2 tot 13 jaar betaal R20 per persoon per dag. Geen kaartjies sal by die hekke te koop wees nie. Die feestye is daagliks van 10:00 tot 18:00. Sandringham is gerieflik langs die N1, Stellenbosch afrit 39, tussen Kaapstad en Paarl geleë.
Besoek www.cheesefestival.co.za, kontak Agri-Expo by tel 021-975 4440 of e-pos admin@agriexpo.co.za vir meer inligting. Vir kompetisiebesonderhede en programhoogtepunte, volg die SA Kaasfees op Facebook (Cheese Festival), Twitter (SACheeseFest) of Instagram (sacheesefest).