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Top chefs for Stellenbosch at Summer Place confirmed

Stellenbosch at Summer Place returns to Hyde Park on October 26 with more than 100 of Stellenbosch's best wines from a variety of vintages going on display, offered for tasting by winemakers and estate owners. Alongside them, culinary creations will be prepared on display with five celebrated chefs leading this gourmet cocktail extravaganza, presented by Stellenbosch Wine Routes and Sanlam Private Wealth.

This year, the show features kitchen superstars:

• Michael Deg of The Restaurant at Delaire Graff Estate famed for its fresh and vibrant bistro chic cuisine
• Gregory Czarnecki of Waterkloof Wines restaurant, a hillside-perched venue in wrap-around glass that offers spectacular views and a premier dining experience;
• Michael Broughton of Terroir, consistently rated SA’s best;
• The celebrated George Jardine of Jordan Wine Estate restaurant and his new signature fine dining eatery in the heart of Stellenbosch, Restaurant Jardine
• Bistro 13’s Nic van Wyk, a chef making his debut at the event and who’s known equally for his sublime cooking as his appearances on some of SA’s most popular culinary TV programmes.

Michael Deg
Michael Deg
Gregory Czarnecki
Gregory Czarnecki
Michael Broughton
Michael Broughton
Nic van Wyk
Nic van Wyk
George Jardine
George Jardine

And they won’t be alone. Sprinkling even more razzle-dazzle to Stellenbosch at Summer Place 2016, these maestros of the menu will be accompanied by their most outstanding protégés. Among them will be Michael Deg’s Keanan Jaftha and Gregory Czarnecki’s Garth Raubenheimer.

The combination ensures that excellence forged by Stellenbosch’s illustrious past and future is truly celebrated and showcased as a place where greatness shaped over centuries is merged with the visionary talents of pioneering youth.

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