.: Cellarbake at Nitida

Now in its second year, Cellarbake pairs local bakers and their wares with Nitida Wines. You buy some tokens and exchange them for mini tastes of each baker’s art and a taste of one specific wine. It was extremely popular this year, they sold over 700 tickets and the place was pumping.

Nitida winemaker Danie Keulder and his wife were enjoying the occasion. They had brought their twins

Waiting for customers

One stand had pulled pork sandwiches and they were the most popular stand, as everyone wanted one for lunch. It caused a bit of a traffic jam in the hall though

Cooking the pork on a barbeque

Wordsworth books also had a stand and Lynne was being tempted by the Ottolenghi books

Some samples for tasting

The band played throughout

You have to have tea with cake

Cup cakes and tarts and biscuits to buy

The Dolce stand had good chocolate cake and all the stands were supported by students from Silwood School of Cookery

and baking courses were on offer from Nicolette van Niekerk of Le Petite Patisserie

Some sample wedding and celebration cakes on display

Kerry Prendergast of Nitida and Social Media Strategist Linda Harding of The Squashed Tomato had a busy day on their tasting stand

Denise from Denise’s Delight’s, our local Sea Point baker

Wicked gooey meringues

Queen of Tarts wares. We bought four of the tarts for dessert at a dinner we were going to that night

Handing over the precious box

Manager Jacus Marais of Nitida telling us about the wine

Everyone gets an arm band at the door

Time for some lunch on the terrace

There was seating in the middle of the hall, but it was very busy

Slaving over a hot stove to get out the hot sausage rolls and other treats

The Food Barn Deli had savoury tarts with olives and anchovies and a brochette with chicken liver pate topped with cherries. One small juicy cherry rolled artfully down Lynne’s pale green trousers. But their food tasted superb.