Vinwood works with local celebrity Chef Sue Allen
Sue-Ann became a household name in 2012 as the runner-up in the 1st season of Masterchef South Africa. For three months Masterchef episodes introduced her love for food and ‘never give up’ attitude to people around the country.
Now Sue-Ann is putting her stamp on the South African food map by hosting a food segment called #FoodInspired on the successful and forward thinking online radio station, Hashtag Radio. She also has a second radio slot #TrueStyle which allows her a platform to advertise for any of her other partner brands. She has worked with celebrity chef, Reuben Riffel, where she successfully ran his Robertson branch for a period of time. She has also trained under the hand of Grand Chef, Peter Templehoff at the award winning GreenHouse restaurant at the Cellars Hohenhort.
She has made appearances on TV shows such as Top Billing, Expresso and Pasella and she is also the co-author of Gourmet Sisters, the cookbook which won the Gourmand Best First Cookbook SA 2014 award. She is also the co-founder of Soundbites a pop-up dining and music pairing experience which is held monthly in Cape Town.
Sue-Ann also runs a Private Chef service in Cape Town, under her Sue-Ann Allen Culinary Management brand, where she cooks for locals and internationals alike. She has cooked for esteemed guests from the USA, UK, France, Australia, Indonesia and Africa. She also freelance consults for restaurants to devise new menu’s and train kitchen staff.
Sue-Ann is regularly asked to MC and judge food events around the country and her passion for all things food is evident when doing this. It too is evident when her menu’s are plated and created.
When asked where her food journey all began she’ll tell you that her grandmother was an incredibly accomplished cook and it was first in her grans’ kitchen that Sue-Ann discovered her love for cooking. Her passion grew into a hobby that she then worked at until she was confident enough to cook for seasoned professionals and hence the decision to enter the Masterchef competition. The rest, she says, is history.
Sue-Ann says the creating of dishes and working with food is an intimate experience, in her words “you need to smell, touch and taste but most of all have respect for the ingredients with which you work”
Things she says she can’t live without in the kitchen “butter, garlic, lemon zest, my microplane and laughter”
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New Harvest Party - Kunjani Wine Farm 24 Feb2018
Vinwood invites you to join us at Kunjani Wine Farm, Devon Valley, Stellenbosch on Saturday 24 Feb 2018 from 5pm to celebrate the new harvest.
There will be wine tasting, canapes, live music and a display of some of our latest Vinwood furniture pieces recently installed at Kunjani.
While there is a subsidised entry ticket value of R150, each purchased ticket will act as a discount voucher of R450 when redeemed against future purchases of Vinwood furniture before 1 July 2018*.
For further information or to RSVP, please contact us at enquiries@vinwood.co.za or call on 021 8877011.
We really do hope to see you there!
Vinwood Customer Team
* TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Each purchased entry ticket will represent a discount of R450 when used against the purchase of Vinwood furniture prior to 1 July 2018.
A maximum number of one voucher can be used against each purchase transaction
These vouchers must be used by the attendee themselves and are not transferable and cannot be sold.
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