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Year-end party and fundraising raffle at the home of Stephen and Pat Flesch, 11 Peninsula Road, Zeekoevlei

Sunday, 28th January 2011 at 11h45

21 Queen Victoria Street, Stanford

We have arranged a visit to this delightful country deli and restaurant in Stanford, owned by Slow Food members Jero and Catch Revett. Both are passionate foodies who love to experiment and share, falling back on traditions passed down by their ‘familia Italiana’ of respect for the land, using what is at hand, focusing on natural, unprocessed, seasonal and local food. What produce they don’t grow in their organic home garden they buy from neighbours and local farmers, importing only some of their deli meats from Italy. Jero’s home-baked Pane di Mare (a unique artisan ciabatta made using sea water) is now famous, as is their version of ‘Slow Food’.

Of their life in Stanford Jero writes: “Chooks in our garden, horses grazing next door and an owl on the lamp post outside, the neighbours with a lamb and a couple of ducks. A surf in the ocean, a paddle down the river, a hike to a waterfall – we’ve got it all. Homemade yogurt and cheese, a farm butchery and lots of local enterprise offering fresh seasonal produce. With all this we are very aware of the environment and so of course we recycle and do our bit wherever we can – It all adds to the charm of living this lifestyle and how we enjoy, how we play, live and eat.”

We’ll start with a visit to Jero’s organic vegetable garden, where he will have harvested many of the ingredients for our lunch, and then take our places at long tables at his restaurant for the Italian Feast:

 

The cost of the lunch, including wine, will be R240 for members and R260 for guests. Children are welcome and a special pasta dish will be available for them, which you can order and pay for on the day (R30).

Please let Lorna know the number of members, guests and children attending the lunch, with the names of your guests, by Monday 23 January. Seating in the restaurant is limited to 50 people, and payment will secure your booking until this limit is reached.

To book your places, please deposit payment into the Cape Town Slow Food account (details below). PLEASE DO NOT DEPOSIT CHEQUES OR CASH AS THIS COSTS US R17.50 PER CASH DEPOSIT, AND R14.00 PER CHEQUE. When making payment please put your name as a reference on the deposit slip or EFT payment. Please send a message to Lorna to confirm your payment and booking : vbesouw@iafrica.com

Bank details
Cape Town Slow Food
Bank: FNB, Grassy Park
Branch , code 203109,
Account number 62023929378

For those who would like to arrive in Stanford a little earlier, there is a weekly ‘organic food market’ that is held every Saturday from 9 am to 12. All the contributors are locals, who either make, grow or produce a variety of fare including artisanal cheeses, jams and chutneys, pates, quiches, organic and other home-grown vegetables, as well as sweet confections. It’s a small market, but it offers a nice balance of produce. For further information about Stanford, and accommodation in the area for those who want to stay over, visit www.stanfordvillage.co.za and www.stanfordinfo.co.za.

Directions:
Travelling time 2hrs from Cape Town – N2 over Sir Lowry’s Pass – R43 Turn-off to Hermanus – through Hermanus and around the Lagoon – follow signs to Stanford – turn right into Queen Victoria street – over 1 stop street – start looking for Graze on the left – 21 Queen Victoria street.

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Dates for your Diary 2012

18 February 2012:
Visit to the vegetable garden on Paul Cluver’s wine estate at Elgin.

17 March 2012:
Annual grape harvest and wine stomp at Marianne wine estate in Stellenbosch.

Also in the pipeline:
A herb-growing workshop with Bridget Kitley in Stellenbosch.