SECRET DINNERS

As part of Toffie Food, 20 dinners were simultaneously hosted at 20 secret locations in Cape Town. Guests only found out on the day when they received their maps, where they were going and who their hosts were. Hosts included Sumien and Cara Brink, Kobus van der Merwe, Pete Goffe-Wood and Grey Lamp.

Saboteur (Kobus van der Merwe and Alma Vivier)

                            

Grey Lamp (Gerhard Greyvenstein and Herman Lampen), Photo: Jac Kritzinger

Sumien Brink and Cara Brink, Photo: Ulrich Knoblauch

Sumien Brink and Cara Brink, Photo: Ulrich Knoblauch

WINTER POP-UP RESTAURANT

In July 2012 we did a two-week pop-up restaurant at 12 Spin Street with Cara Brink. 8 nights of 20 people each were booked out in 3 days. The menu was based on a winter feast prepared with fresh produce from the Cape Town Market in Epping: lettuce, pea and mint soup with freshly baked focaccia; beetroot risotto; Swartland farm chicken pies with avocado salad; panacotta with baklava shards; burnt orange tarte tatin; coffee and hot chocolate with sweet treats. Our next restaurant pops up 26 – 29 Sept and 3 – 6 Oct, e-mail hannerie@thepresident.co.za to book. We also do private pop-ups at alternative locations.

SPIER SECRET FESTIVAL MEDIA LAUNCH JUNE 2012

Food and wine media were invited to join a secret gathering for the launch of the Secret Festival. Guests assembled in a parkade and were shuttled to a secret venue, where they were blindfolded.

The event was a blind tasting and food and wine flavour illustration. Food tasters to illustrate the flavour profile of each wine were developed by Cara Brink with Spier Cellar Master, Frans Smit. 

A loud musical performance and tissue paper dividers completed the sensory experience.

POP CULTURE MAZE

As one if the installations at Toffie Pop, we created a pop culture maze with five jumping castles cramped into one room and a hidden ice cream machine in the back. Festival-goers were treated to a free ice cream as a reward for figuring out the maze.

5 GUM BLIND TASTING AT TOFFIE POP 2012

We arranged a 3-day blind tasting event for Wrigley 5 Gum at the Toffie Pop festival. Festival-goers were blindfolded and had to guess the flavours of four tasters, all linked to the existing 5 Gum flavours, including horseradish sherbet, watermelon marshmallows and spearmint crisps.

 

LATE NIGHT SHOPPING EVENTS IN BUENOS AIRES

The President's concept store was launched in Buenos Aires in December 2011. Several successful and well-attended late night shopping events have been held, where shoppers were treated to typical South Africa fair, including Peet Pienaar's famous curry.

 

COMME DES GARCONS PERFUME LAUNCH

We managed the South African launch of Comme des Garcon's Chayalan perfume. As guests arrived, they received a clue that sent them on a treasure hunt to a local neighbourhood café, where they could try the new perfume testers. Freshly squeezed orange juice vodka cocktails were served in fresh oranges to enhace the citrus notes in the new perfume.