Karen Dudley and me
I have known Karen Dudley since she was a schoolgirl. I am hugely respectful and admiring of her talents as a cook. She is eclectic, experienced, articulate and utterly charming.
Nederburg Wines recently released a series of 5 episodes, which are available on YouTube, called I’ll bring the Wine. Karen travels the length and breadth of the country visiting some truly amazing cooks who produce equally amazing food. She goes armed with a suitable Nederburg Wine to serve with the meal.
Karen Dudley in her best place
Karen says,” “Getting to explore our rich, diverse South African culinary heritage whilst witnessing some of our best chefs reimagine traditional dishes has been an absolute privilege. For years, we’ve been looking to other people and places to express our identity, often feeling a little awkward about our indigenous dishes,” she continues. “In this show, we step outside of categories and definitions, and celebrate everything that we are and have to offer.”
Oyster Guru, Charles van Tonder
I have just watched the final episode of the series, two impossibly different places meet on one plate: a rugged stretch of coastline, home to the world’s only truly wild oysters, and the parched desert plains of the Karoo, home to a variety of buck that still roam free, as they have for millennia.
Annatjie Reynolds
It’s the mighty surf & turf, Mzansi-style, and nobody does it better than Knysna Oyster expert, Charles Van Tonder, and Venison fundi and Karoo native, Annatjie Reynolds.
Zinaschke Steyn, Nederburg Winemaker
“It takes a special discipline, restraint and imagination to honour tradition while adding another dimension,”comments Nederburg winemaker, Zinaschke Steyn. Indeed, like the dish created the carefully chosen Nederburg Shiraz 2018 reflects the same fusion of tradition, innovation, and unique South African flair.
Nederburg Shiraz, the 2018 vintage was used in the programme
To watch all the five episodes, visit https://illbringthewine.co.za
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Information from August Collective
