.: SASSI Trailblazer Awards 2016

Do you like fish and seafood? The question is fairly rhetorical. If you do like eating fish and seafood, you should know that our seas are being overfished and we have to protect many species or they will become extinct and no longer there to enjoy. SASSI stands for South African Sustainable Seafood Initiative. They publish a list of all seafood divided into three groups: Green: Best choice, Orange: Think twice, Red: Don’t buy. Check out the website http://wwfsassi.co.za/ and download their app to your phone so that, when you’re out and ordering fish, you can make an informed decision

Six of South Africa’s finest cuisine masters have been crowned as SASSI Trailblazer Chefs for 2016. Each of the winners is accomplished in his or her own right. These six individuals have gone above and beyond in their kitchens to create and maintain a sustainable seafood hub within their industry

We live in a wonderful suburb alongside the sea that provides us with all its riches

We love going to events where we can take the MyCiti Bus, save on petrol, emissions and traffic congestion as well as enjoy a glass of wine safely

This year's event was held on the terrace at the Table Bay Hotel in the Waterfront. Chef Chris Erasmus of Foliage restaurant in Franschhoek is a previous award winner and SASSI ambassador. He is with Simon Ash of The Fat Fish who was there to receive an award

Rudi Liebenberg, Executive Chef at the Mount Nelson Hotel, is also a past winner

SASSI members of staff with Pavitray Pillay, Manager of the WWF SASSI program

A really good selection of white wines to taste

and some Rosés. Both go so well with seafood. But so does red wine with certain dishes. There are NO hard and fast rules

Clare Mack of Spill Brand Communications announced the awards

She spoke with the working docks behind her

Pavitray Pillay of SASSI

Eamon McLoughlin and Lynne, Tweeting the announcements

Past, present and future award winners listening to the speeches

More listening chefs

Rudi talks about the initiative and how he operates it at the Mount Nelson. (He is wearing the boot because he recently severed his Achilles tendon)

Diana Howell, GM of Kurland Hotel

The winners for 2016 are chefs: L to r Claire Blinkhorn-Street (Haute Cabrière), Constantijn Hahndiek (Hartford House), Carl van Rooyen (Vineyard Hotel), Leon Coetzee (Kurland Hotel) and Simon Ash (The Fat Fish)

Andrea Burgener (The Leopard) could not be present