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The Faves<\/h1>\n

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My sweet spot is somewhere between a good meal, great company, and a story worth retelling.<\/p>\n

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Moments<\/a> Dishes<\/a> People<\/a> Places<\/a> <\/div>\n

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Food has the most amazing transformative power. You can bring a mismatch of people together, strangers, different cultures, different walks of life and if you put them at a table with food and good wine, it blurs all lines.<\/h6>\n

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\t\tCamps Bay. Last episode. The sun was nearly down, the whisky definitely wasn\u2019t.<\/pee>\t<\/div>\n

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\t\tThat\u2019s not my beret (we swapped). Long story. Short market trip in Toulouse.<\/pee>\t<\/div>\n

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I’m anti class – unless it’s business class.<\/pee> <\/p>\n
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The best parking spot on earth.<\/pee>\t\t<\/p>\n
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Fire gives crayfish a sweetness you can\u2019t find in a pan. landroiver.<\/pee> <\/p>\n
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No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Perhaps, we might not understand the rules of pleasure.<\/span> <\/div>\n

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\t\tMiami. Private island. The house next to the one from Scarface. The three of us, pretending we owned the place.<\/pee>\t<\/div>\n

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\t\tCamps Bay. Last episode. The sun was nearly down, the whisky definitely wasn\u2019t.<\/pee>\t<\/div>\n

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\t\tThat\u2019s not my beret (we swapped). Long story. Short market trip in Toulouse.<\/pee>\t<\/div>\n

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I’m anti class – unless it’s business class.<\/pee> <\/p>\n
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The best parking spot on earth.<\/pee>\t\t<\/p>\n
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Fire gives crayfish a sweetness you can\u2019t find in a pan. landroiver.<\/pee> <\/p>\n
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\t\tMiami. Private island. The house next to the one from Scarface. The three of us, pretending we owned the place.<\/pee>\t<\/div>\n

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Clockwise:Pork Fillet Gorgonzola FigAnthony Brown’s Dhal Roast KingklipChicken of the Woods with Sweetcorn SageCarrot Fennel Pine Nuts<\/pee> <\/p>\n
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Real fire leaves its signature on the food – a little smoke, a little char, a lot of honesty.<\/p>\n

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A few faves from The Show <\/div>\n

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Polenta, Pesto, Parma Ham(S2E9)<\/pee> <\/p>\n
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Above:Chocolate Mallow S\u2019mores(S2E13)Below:Cheesecake, CaramelPopcorn, Blackcurrant Sorbet(S3E7)<\/pee> <\/p>\n
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In memory of Sam Elliot – he was my butcher in Cape Town for like 10 years.<\/pee> <\/p>\n
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Horst Dombrok, manager of the Mokhoa’s Club Hotel. Hard as nails. He gave me my first job as a chef.<\/pee>\t<\/div>\n

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Arno Carstens house in Noordhoek. Arno is behind me with a kid on his shoulders. Jenny Dee’s the one with her leg in the air. Newark, Huxley, Alastair King. Art Matthews. And then I don’t know who the woman is next to me.<\/pee>\t<\/div>\n

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People will forget almost everything about you, like what you said and did. But they’ll never forget how the food tasted. <\/div>\n

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I feel blessed (or maybe the right word is lucky) to be able to come into these people’s homes, cook for them and meet amazing people along the way. <\/div>\n

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\t\t\tDiscovering places you never knew existed is one of life’s greatest pleasures. And one of it’s best teacher. So, make the most of what you’ve got … and even more of where you happen to be. <\/div>\n

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The beauty of cooking over fire is how the fat drips down and the smoke comes back up, licking the meat. It\u2019s a kind of caramelisation lame-kissed flavor running right through it.<\/pee>\t\t<\/p>\n
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Nothing beats the energy of a morning market and produce this fresh<\/pee> <\/p>\n
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Discovering places you never knew existed is one of life’s greatest pleasures. And one of it’s best teacher. So, make the most of what you’ve got … and even more of where you happen to be.<\/h6>\n

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