Who is the Foodie? It doesn’t really matter. Bacon is god. Wine cures anything. If you believe those two facts, then we’re going to get on fine. This means you have discovered the power of food to make life better. This knowledge is imperative to the art of living well.Toffie Food Festival.
Posted in Side orders on 29. Aug, 2011
Peet Pienaar’s first ever Toffie Food Festival is this weekend. It’s going to be, like anything else the man does, very unusual, very stimulating and definitely good fun. The man who was once a performance artist and is currently responsible for The President design company, behind kick-ass designs for brands like Tribeca Coffee, Badenhorst Family Wines, etc, appears to be endlessly creative. As part of this festival, he has staged a weekly secret supper club. Hosted in the top floor of his office building, Pienaar cooked the meals himself, which when I ate included a mixed pie bag of snacks, amazing veal brain ravioli and a glow-in-the-dark dessert course with blacklight marker pens, which we used to graffiti each other.
Anyways, his food festival is this Saturday and Sunday. It includes exibitions, a market, talks by some interesting folk (including Julie Powell of Julie & Julie fame), more secret dinners and a big braai on the Sunday. The whole deal isn’t inexpensive at R1,500 a ticket, but as mentioned, is bound to be very worthwhile with Peet at the helm. You can also just visit the market and exhibitions for R50 per day, which seems a good deal.
More details at www.toffie.co.za.
Hi there, just wondering if this festival was as badly organized as the whale would have us believe? Surely not?
No idea, and no interest in reading the Whale’s myopic perspective on anything. But would say that the festival could be markedly improved upon.