A trio of celebrated South African chefs have created an amazing three-course menu accompanied by a selection of Veritas Double Gold and Gold medal winning wines and brandies, as well as the SA award-winning Qualité cheese of the year.
This gourmet feast will commence with a starter that has just about as much history and cultural significance as it has flavour – salmon pastrami with potato, chive and apple salad and freshly made parsley oil, created by Michael Broughton, celebrated executive chef, TV presenter and author. Fish or meat pastrami is prepared by a lengthy process of brining, drying, seasoning, smoking, and steaming.
For the main course, Christophe Dehosse, celebrated chef and restaurateur will prepare duck breast and roulade with grilled king oyster mushrooms, carrot purée and sauce diable. With his French background, he will prepare this delicious French sauce with vinegar, tarragon, black pepper, shallot reduction and duck stock.
The cheese course will complement the wonderful red wines on the tables at the dinner. Agri-Expo has supplied the 2019 overall Qualité winner cheese for the evening, named St Francis of Ashisi and made by Rina Belcher of Belnori Boutique Cheesery.
To end the meal on a highlight, Roberto de Carvalho, executive chef at the CTICC, will entice the taste buds with his decadent dark chocolate and sesame squares served with frozen almond-coconut nougat and citrus coulis.
Michael Broughton has been the executive chef of the award winning Terroir Restaurant at Kleine Zalze since its opening in 2004. Michael honed his skills as head chef at the Mount Grace Country House and Spa in Magaliesberg before opening Terroir. Earlier, he was chef-patron of the highly successful Broughton’s in Gauteng, where he was the recipient of two Eat Out Top 10 awards and a string of other accolades. At Terroir he has received nine Eat Out Top 10 awards since opening the Restaurant, including winning the Eat Out Service Excellence Award twice. Terroir has earned a solid reputation for outstanding and inventive, contemporary cuisine and excellent service.
Christophe Dehosse is a celebrated chef and restaurateur of three restaurants around Stellenbosch. He was educated and trained as a chef in Paris, France, where he worked in one and two star Michelin restaurants before moving to South Africa in 1992 to become the head chef and manager of the Restaurant at La Maison de Chamonix in Franschhoek. As executive chef at Au Jardin Restaurant at the famous Vineyard hotel in Cape Town, he was a consistent achiever at the Eat Out Top 10 Awards. He moved to Joostenberg outside Stellenbosch in 2001 where he now oversees the kitchens at Joostenberg Bistro and The Kraal Restaurant. He is also in charge of The Vine Bistro at Glen Elly Wine Estate.
Roberto de Carvalho, executive chef at the CTICC, has more than 20 years’ experience in the culinary industry. He was born in Johannesburg and worked at numerous five star establishments before joining the CTICC in 2017. He was resort executive chef at the One & Only Hotel in Cape Town for three years and before that served as executive head chef at the Twelve Apostles Hotel for more than eight years. Prior to joining the One & Only Hotel, Roberto ran his own eatery, Roberto’s Signature Restaurant in Long Street Cape Town.
Starter
Salmon Pastrami with potato, chive and apple salad, parsley oil
– Michael Broughton, celebrated executive chef of the award-winning Terroir Restaurant, Kleine Zalze.
Mains
Duck breast and roulade with grilled king oyster mushrooms, carrot purée and sauce diable
– Christophe Dehosse, celebrated Chef and Restaurateur of The Vine Bistro at Glen Elly and Joostenberg Bistro.
Cheese course
St Francis of Ashisi
– Qualité award winner 2019 by Rina Belcher of Belnori Boutique Cheesery, proudly sponsored by Agri-Expo.
Dessert
Dark chocolate and sesame squares served with frozen almond-coconut nougat and citrus coulis
– Roberto de Carvalho, executive chef, CTICC.
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