LIFE BY LEXUS 12
KEY PLACES AND PIECES CULTIVATING THE ART OF LIVING BEAUTIFULLY
HEARTY & WHOLESOME
Juan Deventer (34), Head Chef of the recently refurbished restaurant at the Groot Phesantekraal wine farm in the Durbanville Wine Valley, says food’s always played a big role in his life. “Some of my earliest memories of food include my dad going crayfi sh-diving in Hermanus while my brother and I stood on the rocks looking out towards him in the ocean,” he says. YOUR FAVOURITE THREE INGREDIENTS?Butter, vinegar and salt.
WHICH VEGETABLES DO YOU THINK ARE UNDER- RATED?Courgettes. I love using them, from pickling them to using them in a batter for baby marrow and corn cakes. They’re very versatile. WHAT’S YOUR FOOD PHILOSOPHY?When I start working on a new menu, the fi rst thing I do is fi nd out what will be in season. That’s when you get the most amazing taste out of each product – which is more important to me than plating it up to look like a piece of art. The presentation is important, but if the food doesn’t taste great, the presentation’s useless. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE THREE DISHES ON YOUR CURRENT MENU? The pan-fried hake with parsley pesto risotto and carrot purée, the pork belly with fondant potato and pineapple and the chicken salad (it’s amazing – even if I say so myself!). Tel: 021 825 0060. Visit:
https://grootphesantekraal.co.za
DECKS APPEAL
Using locally grown saligna wood, this collaboration with South African artists and designers has resulted in a unique luxury product. The bespoke Palm Palm chair off ers limited-edition prints of sought-after South African artists like Lucie de Moyencourt and Kim van Vuuren. The chairs (R1 299-R1 599) have interchangeable covers, so you can buy new fabric designs (R350-R550). Visit:
https://palmpalm.co.za
MARINE DREAMS
Smith Jewellery’s Spring Summer Collection, Shoreline, is founder and Creative Director Anna Raimondo’s “ode to the ocean”. The handmade jewellery, with its delicately etched details, is made from ethically sourced materials. We love these gold-plated, rippled seaweed earrings (R1 285). Tel: 071 313 8649. Visit:
www.smith-jewellery.com
VERSATILITY IN MOTION
FAST-PACED ACTION What? Veuve Clicquot Masters Polo. When? 2 March 2019.
Tickets? Computicket. Where? Val-de-Vie Estate, Paarl, Franschhoek Valley. An exclusive celebration of exhilarating polo, summer, fashion and Veuve Clicquot, 2019’s event theme is “Colourama”. The VIP ticket (R4 300) includes Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label, a VIP hospitality lounge with VIP canapé service and private butler service, as well as VIP entry and parking. Email:
hospitality@vcmasterspolo.co.za Visit:
https://vcmasterspolo.co.za
Summit 2 (POR) – the very fi rst luxury watch to feature the Snapdragon Wear 3100 chipset by Qualcomm, which enhances performance and improves battery life – has a built-in watch face confi gurator which allows for over 1 000 watch-face combinations. There are four varieties of case fi nishes – black DLC steel, stainless steel, bicolour steel and titanium Grade 2 – which can then be combined with 11 diff erent interchangeable strap options such as calfskin, rubber sport and nylon, to create a total of over 70 000 individual looks across the Summit 2 assortment. “Summit 2 is a versatile companion created for urban explorers, business travellers and performance-seekers looking to push boundaries,” explains Nicolas Baretzki, Montblanc CEO. Visit:
www.montblanc.com
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