Celebration of French cookery

The Bay programme includes the following events, all open to the public:

• Tuesday at 6.30 for 7pm: Join Janco Kruger of The Taste Room for a wine tasting (five wines) and hors d’oeuvres prepared by culinary students from the PE College. The event will be held at the Alliance Française at 17 Mackay Street, Richmond Hill. Bookings: admin.pe@alliance.org.za or (041) 585-7889. Cost: R120 for AF members; R140 for non-members.
• Wednesday at 6.30pm: “Café Philo”, a talk at the Alliance Française premises. Professor Marius Crous of the Nelson Mandela University will discuss “The Metaphors We Eat By”. Entry is free.
• Thursday at 6.30pm: Movie screening and “eat-along”: The audience will watch The Hundred Foot Journey at the Black Box Theatre at 33 Chapel Street, Central, while snacking on some of the dishes featuring in this award-winning film. Bookings: admin.pe@alliance.org.za or (041) 585-7889. Cost: R80 for AF members; R140 for non-members.
• Saturday October 21 at 7pm: Four Hands gastronomic dinner at Fairview Race Course with Reunion chef Galmar and Bay chef Annelie Oosthuizen. Bookings: admin.pe@alliance.org.za or (041) 585-7889. Cost: R290 for AF members; R320 for non-members.

So Chef! will also include two workshops with Galmar. One will be for PE College culinary students at their Western Road campus and the other for pupils of Khwezi Lomso High School in Zwide.