As summer beckons. The weather is treating us well. We’re planting up our vegetable boxes with aubergine, basil, peppers, chilli, rocket, spinach and radishes and we have finished our spring cleaning. Thank you to the many loyal local travellers and new adventurers for visiting us as lockdown regulations ease. And here’s to those first international ...
Opening up. Spring in the Karoo is always a wonderful experience. The days are longer and the air warm in the evenings. Right now the recent rain has given us a freshly pressed look and feel. Seemingly local travelers are feeling the need to stretch their legs away from the city and in the absence ...
Story teller Isabeau Reynvoet visits African Relish. In January we had a visit to the hot Karoo by Isabeau and her partner from their home in wintery Belgium. Isabeau is a journalist and photographer who owns a travel website called www.getguided.be recording her travels as a Millennial, recommending and highlighting out of the ordinary travel ...
A 2020 beginning. It’s 2020. Summer is here. School is back. Holidays are over. The African Relish team has gathered in the shade of the verandah for a breather and our first weekly meeting to plan the year ahead. 2019 was a bumper year where we hosted more guests than ever before. We aim, through ...
Our town is a buzz this summer as guests spend Christmas or New Years holidays with us, or spend a night in the Karoo as they drive through to their final destinations. The African Relish culinary hub of cooking school, Chef’s Café and Deli is open during the festive season except on Christmas, and Boxing ...
African Relish gets festive in the Karoo. It is soon time for the school holidays and festive celebrations or even a wedding for the summer. Our foodie haven has the following offerings to tempt you. Gifts The deli has three gift bag options – our cloth tote bag filled with a bottle of red wine, ...
Halfway through October already, and we have a busy class calendar and a new lunch menu. There are a variety of classes on our calendar to choose from 19 October – Flavours of the East 23 October – Karoo on a plate 25 October – Baking sweet and savoury 25 October – South African Classics ...
June in the Karoo is a special month. It is an enjoyable time with the guests who join us during winter, we can spend crisp, clear Karoo days in our kitchen or exploring the town and surrounds, and nights in front of a crackling fire. When it is quiet we take the time to do ...
Winter moments and inspiration The winter school holiday is over. The good times we shared with holiday makers and kids in our kitchen is over. In the more quieter moments we have in the kitchen we take time to test new recipes and make use of winter citrus for pickling and preserving. Our chef Camilla received ...
On Saturday 23 June, Dr Sue Dean and three African Relish guests ventured up the Gordon Koppie to forage and explore what the veld had to offer. Canadian Marie-Louise and Joburg based friends Mary and Jonathan enjoyed their morning sourcing material for their cooking class with resident chef Camilla Comins. Plants on the Koppie They had a ...
