Established
last year, the Eat Out Nederburg Rising Star honour annually goes to the
most promising newcomer to South Africa's restaurant scene, identified by Eat
Out's judging panel, led by Abigail Donnelly. This year there is intense
speculation about who will win, given the spate of newly established city and
country eateries across the country.
The
personality crowned the Eat Out Nederburg Rising Star in 2014 was West
Coast foraging fundi, Kobus van der Merwe of Oep vir Koep. His
Paternoster restaurant is now regularly booked out, while his book, Strandveld
Food - a West Coast Odyssey, has earned him a national following.
Eat
Out
will create a selection of recipes, each matched with a wine from Nederburg’s
Heritage Heroes gourmet collection. The series of recipes will be featured
weekly over the campaign period in Eat Out's online newsletter.
The
five wines in the Heritage Heroes collection are individually named to
commemorate a Nederburg character that has played a starring role in building
the winery's reputation. Sold locally and internationally, they are proving a
hit with international foodies. Wines in the collection are stocked by several
luxury restaurants and hotels abroad, including London's Wheelers Rib Room
& Oyster Bar owned by celebrity chef Marco Pierre White.
According
to Nederburg spokesperson, Jeanine Smith, the winery's sponsorship of the Eat
Out Nederburg Rising Star Award is an extension of its collaboration with
leading South African culinary personalities.
"We
are excited to be involved in the culinary evolution taking place in South
Africa and to share in the exciting innovation that is occurring in so many
parts of the country.
"We
have worked with Kobus since he won the award. We have also teamed up with
other top food talents. These include David Higgs, who recently took Nederburg
wines to Europe where he cooked for the Tour de France maiden Africa team.
Others have included Pete Goffe-Wood, a Masterchef SA judge, as well as
restaurateur and food stylist, Jacques Erasmus, the 2013 Eat Out Rising
Star, Vanessa Marx, Wesley Randles of The Pot Luck Club, and Thuli Gogela of
the rapidly growing Mzansi Style Cuisine blog.”
The
Nederburg Heritage Heroes collection of wines is available from the farm in
Paarl, specialist retailers, and fine dining restaurants as well as via www.vinoteque.co.za.
Visit
www.nederburg.co.za
for more on the brand, or send an e-mail to nedwines@distell.co.za.
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