• Festive food, the basics of bread and everything in-between! Leopard’s Leap has released a new programme of Cooking Classes. Your festive table can be traditional, yet stress-free. Your cocktail hours sophisticated, but sassy and your New Year’s resolutions revolutionary carb-friendly! Join Chef Pieter de Jager and the Leopard’s Leap Team for a programme of Cooking Classes that will not only fine-tune your culinary skills through hands-on cooking, but will also provide a repertoire of recipes. Food enthusiasts can expect an introduction to foreign food cultures and baking skills, while home cooks will be inspired, motivated and empowered to be more creative…

    This year’s Festive Ideas Market at the Simondium’s Country Lodge promises to be a star-studded event for festival goers. From Wednesday, 2 November, until Sunday, 6 November, this distinctive market is celebrating its uniqueness beneath the Southern Cross.

    This summer, we’re loving sherbets! Not the powdery, sticky finger-inducing sherbets of our childhoods, but the icy type, which is somewhere between a sorbet and an ice cream. This spiced peach sherbet is utterly refreshing and the perfect way to cool down during the warm summer season! Strictly speaking, sorbets don’t contain any dairy, and ice creams are cream-based. Sherbets are fruity and contain a little milk fat – the perfect canvas for experimenting with interesting flavour combinations.  ALSO TRY: Lemongrass and basil sherbet AND: Cherry, rosehip and hibiscus sherbet