The glass plaque
award for the Stellenbosch Hills/Freddy Hirsch
Biltong Maker of the Year 2012
The function
for the winners and the media was held over lunch at 96 Winery Road
Allan
Forrester, manager of 96 Winery Road...
The
interesting menu. The wines were sponsored by Stellenbosch Hills
The starter of
cheese straws, caramelised onions, grana padano cheese shavings and topped with
shaved biltong
The wine that
went best with the food was
the 2013 Best Value award winning Chenin Blanc
Lynne’s serving
of Norwegian salmon interestingly wrapped in crisp Greek kataifi pastry served
on wilted greens
The Stellenbosch
Hills Pinotage also won the 2013 Best Value award.
We were also served the
Portions were
enormous and very generous
John’s enormous
portion of the ‘Hollandse” Pepper fillet in a cream and brandy sauce which came
with a basket of chips, butternut and roasted beetroot
Schalk van
Deventer, the third prize winner, received a cheque for R5000.
Jakes van der
Merwe from Middelburg in Mpumalanga won the second prize of R10000.
He is a
professional hunter.
Frik Crafford,
a policeman from Worcester, won the First prize of R15000 and the trophy
With dessert
we were served the sweet Muscat de Hambourg 2010
A divine slice
of the richest chocolate cake ever with a good vanilla bean ice cream
Crème Brulée
with a tuille
And we took
home a sample of the winning biltong and a sharp knife
Photographs © John Ford, Adamastor
& Bacchus 2012
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