In this week’s newsletter we look at the excellent up and coming restaurant directory called RateThatRestaurant.co.za and a fantastic way of growing nutritious sprouts in your kitchen.

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Wickedfood Cooking School news

Our April individual cooking class programmes are up on the internet – click on the month for the programme –  April.

Wickedfood Cooking School runs classes with a minimum of 8 participants and a maximum of 12 as this gives everyone hands-on experience  and keeps the class small enough for maximum learning.

  • Week 2 – 12 to 18 April
    Sunday 18 April at 4pm Simply Asian with Neil Perry (R390pp). Revered as one of Australia’s foremost chefs and international TV food celebrities, Neil Perry’s first love is Asian food, with a strong Chinese leaning. In this class we explore some of his favourite dishes, taken from his book, Simply Asian. Dishes include fried sweet corn cakes, steamed fish, tangerine beef and stir-fried vegetables with noodles.
  • Week 3 – 19 to 25 April
    Monday 19 April at 6pm – Sushi 1 – The basics of sushi making (R395pp – maximum 18, so book early) The basics of sushi making – cutting fish, making rice, California and maki rolls, nigirizushi (finger), and hand rolls.
Please contact the school should you wish to make a booking:

Green ideas for your kitchen? Kitchen GardenKitchen Garden is a company that is totally dedicated to the research and development of means to promote good nutrition and the usage of sprouts & herbs in every home. Joseph Feigelson, inventor, eco-preneur and horticulturist has developed a system to allow anyone to grow sprouts at home with a low-cost kit for easy home sprouting.

You needn’t worry about the climate or weather with Kitchen Garden. It’s the ultimate self-sufficiency garden for anyone desiring a reliable supply of pesticide-free, high fibre, vitamin/mineral/enzyme-rich, energizing fresh food.

The custom designed container stand keeps the growing containers organized while providing light and proper drainage. The correct alignment of the drainage allows the moisture to be “trapped” in the seed due to the hygroscopic nature of the seeds and the surface of the growing container and this in turn causes the seeds to sprout and grow. Click here to read more...

Awesome website of the week: RateThatRestaurant.co.za is the restaurant guide we have all been waiting for.

Did YOU have a good time, what do YOU think about the food, did it meet YOUR expectation and are YOU going back? Fellow diners want to share YOUR experience, good bad or indifferent, before spending their hard earned bucks!!!

As with every service provider in the world, stuff happens; so the restaurant will be given the opportunity to recover and make good on their reputation, by fixing the problem.

But they also need to know when they’re doing right and that’s what Rate That Restaurant is about, giving YOU, the consumer, first-hand information so YOU can make an informed choice.

Rate That Restaurant


Food Joke: A waitress is explaining to a guest in the restaurant that the speciality of the day is calf tongue in beautiful port wine sauce. The guest shakes his head and says, “I don’t want anything that comes from an animal’s mouth, just give me some eggs.”

The Wickedfood Team


Wickedfood Cooking School runs cooking classes throughout the year at its purpose-built cooking studio. Classes are run in the mornings and evenings 7 days a week (subject to a minimum of 12 people). The venue is also popular for corporate events and private functions – team building cooking classes, birthdays, kitchen teas, and dinner parties with a difference.

Our classes are hands-on, where every person gets to participate in the preparation of the dishes. They are also a lot of fun where you not only learn new skills, but get to meet people with similar interests. For corporate groups and team building cooking classes these events are a novel way of creating staff interaction or entertaining clients.