I have my restaurant after a lot of nagging from my side of having my own restaurant. I am still not certain if my husband gave in to keep me quiet? I choose to believe that he was enchanted by my culinary skills :) Being a eager young bride, I cooked up a storm every night....but I wanted to cook for everyone. The kitchen is my haven...my happy place where I can cook, bake, invent and dream. It s
till get butterflies before a function or when I see people go "aaaah" when they taste something from my kitchen. Finding ripe purple figs at my local veg shop, makes my hart skip a beat....and picking fruit from my garden in the early mornings is a sacred ceremony. I adore food, and fresh produce. I love simple food. I have my own herb garden, and after some more nagging, my dear husband gave me an orchard for my birthday...who said nagging doesn't get you anywhere? I share my kitchen 3 charming ladies. We laugh and cook together, and sometimes we cry together...mostly due to potent onions being chopped. They share my passion for quality ingredients and cooking it to perfection. Sometimes 2 gorgeous little girls and a charming little boy pop in to lick the bowls, or to judge our dishes. They have impeccable taste! I cook what I feel like most of the time, but we do have a set menu to keep things stable. Having 3 kids and 5 dogs can get pretty unstable at times, but I would change anything about it. I rather call my life adventurous and exciting and I never have one boring day. We live in paradise, just below the spectacular Swartberg mountains, and close enough to the river to hear the water when we had enough rain. I look forward to every day, and I still smile when I put on my apron.