FynArts Cooking Demo with Chef Jean Delport
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Benguela Cove Pop-Up Restaurant
TIME: 11h00 - 12h00
VENUE: Benguela Cove Pop-Up Restaurant, 107 Voortrekker Road Bellville
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See cooking genius Chef Jean Delport in action in the Pop-Up Kitchen at Hermanus FineArts Festical...
Benguela on Main's Executive Chef Jean Delport will be conducting a cooking demonstration at Mac Brothers' Pop-up kitchen as part of this year's Hermanus FynArts Festival.
About Executive Chef Jean Delport
Jean Delport is the Executive Chef of Benguela on Main situated in Main Road, Somerset West. Benguela on Main is owned and operated by Benguela Cove Lagoon Wine Estate in Hermanus.
Benguela on Main’s Jean Delport is on a culinary crusade and his training in classical French and English cooking has given him the confidence to become an innovator in the kitchen.
Jean trained at Zevenwacht Chef School, where he was awarded both the Patissier Award in 2007 and Best Overall Student Award in his second year in 2008. He has worked at top South African eateries like Rust en Vrede, Terroir, Cassia, Equus Dine at Cavalli, and Killeen House Hotel in Ireland. He cites as his influences as British celebrity chef Marco Pierre White, Swiss chef Daniel Humm and local talent John Shuttleworth.
Jean creates dishes that use only fresh seasonal local ingredients and allows these ingredients to come into their own. He does not consider any dish to be perfect and says that trying to attain perfection is his quest. For this very reason he says that he does not have a signature dish.