News and musings on drinks and fun
Owen O’Reilly was crowned South Africa’s Diageo World Class winner for 2019 at the Johannesburg finals on 29 June. He’ll go on to represent South Africa at the globals in Glasgow in September.
The 2019 Diageo Reserve World Class South African Regional Finals were held across the land in May.
Joe Schofield rocketed to bartending fame with his innovative, multi-sensory Sensorium cocktail menus, created for Singapore’s Tippling Club.
Travis Kuhn has just been crowned Bartender of the Year at the BAR Awards– the Oscars of the bar industry – as well as winning trophies for International Footprint and Best Pop-up Bar. We caught up with him to learn how he got there, and where he’s going next.
For many of us, preparing and enjoying coffee is a daily ritual. But what do we actually know about it? We get some insight from coffee fundi Jono le Feuvre.
The BAR Awards have steadily been gaining traction since its humble beginnings four years ago.
Hayman’s of London, a true English gin that’s been around since 1863, has just launched in South Africa. We got to chat to master distiller and acclaimed gin guru Christopher Hayman – who was inducted into the World Gin Awards Hall of Fame in February 2019 – about his gin journey.
Pour yourself a cocktail and get some insight into the world of competitive bartending – the highs, the lows, the inspiration and some advice – as Julian Short shares his story in conversation with Leah van Deventer, exclusively for Food24.
South Africa’s unemployment rate is sitting at around 27%, which translates to some 6 million individuals of working age being jobless. It should come as no surprise that – in desperation – many turn to crime, ending up incarcerated. And when they’re released, they’re faced with the same dire employment opportunities, yet their situation is compounded by the fact that jobs are even harder to come by for formerly incarcerated people…
South African whisky isn’t all that, right? WRONG. Very, very wrong in fact, as Bain’s Cape Mountain Whisky, water of life made right here in Mzanzi, just got named World’s Best Grain Whisky at the 2018 World Whiskies Awards.