The Chefs Delight Culinary Awards Gala Night

Date: February 22, 2013
Venue: KICC Tsavo Ballroom, Nairobi
Time: Starts at 6 pm
Charges: Kshs 5000 pp

Theme: Black Tie/ Evening Gown

For more details contact 0735 815 249

2013 Taste Award Winners Announced

Ole Polos team receive the Classic 105 Award for Best Nyama Choma
Photo Courtesy of yummy.co.ke

Winners of the Second edition of the Taste Bar & Restaurant Awards were announced on Thursday, January 31st at Nairobi’s Karura Forest.

Here are the winners:

Excellence Awards

Restaurants

Formal Dining

1. Seven Seafood & Grill

2. Pango, Fairview

3. Tamarind Nairobi

4. Bamboo, at Zen Gardens

5. Thai Chi, The Sarova Stanley

6. Tatu, Fairmont Norfolk

7. Jiko, Tribe

Casual Dining

8. Talisman

9. Artcaffe

10. Haandi

11. Le Rustique

12. Onami

13. Furusato

International Acclaim for Tales from the Bush Larder Show

Tales from the Bush Larder, Kenyan culinary adventures of  internationally-renowned chef Kiran Jethwa has entered into a deal with Fox International Channels (FIC). The deal will see FIC acquire global distribution rights for the popular TV show.

The show which traverses the country for traditional and exotic ingredients has been airing exclusively on Zuku TV's Zuku Afrika  since the 6th of September and is expected to be released on FIC's leading lifestyle channel 24Kitchen.

FIC owns the Tales from the Bush Larder’s exclusive Pay-TV rights for worldwide distribution, excluding North America and Africa where Zuku will be in-charge of the distribution.

Don't miss this exciting show airing every Thursday at 8:30pm on Zuku Afrika channel 100.

2013 Taste Awards Gala Set for 31st January

Taste Awards 2013 will take place on Thursday January 31, 2013 at Karura Forest, in the outskirts of Nairobi.
The awards seek to acknowledge, appreciate and praise Nairobi’s vibrant dining and entertainment culture.
Time: From 7:00pm till 2am
Charges: Ksh 5,000
Tickets include complimentary Heineken, Ciroc cocktail, Mara Wine and delightful food.

Zuku acquires Ligue 1 Rights in Kenya

East Africa’s leading Pay TV provider Zuku has secured the Kenyan broadcast rights to French top division, Ligue 1 for the next three seasons.  

Through its customized Zuku Sports, five live matches and five games will be broadcasted on short-delay from each of Ligue’s 1 38 rounds. The Zuku coverage also comes with weekly previews and highlights shows.

Wananchi Group programming managing director Hannelie Bekker confirmed the Zuku acquisition last week.

Zuku, which is owned by Wananchi Group Holdings, also offers other customized programmes that include Zuku Africa and Zuku Life.

The acquisition hopes to give the firm an edge in the competitive Pay TV market dominated by South Africa’s DSTV (English Premier League exclusive right holders) and latest entrant Chinese StarTimes.

Apart from being a Pay TV service provider, Zuku Kenya provides broadband internet connectivity with speeds as high as 20Mbps including a VoIP telephony service to residential areas and offices through fibre-optic cables.   

For more on Zuku and its innovative and affordable Zuku Triple Play packages (TV + Internet + VoIP) visit www.zuku.co.ke

‘Tales from The Bushlarder’ airs on Zuku Africa

During the launch of 'Tales from The Bushlarder'
Photo courtesy of eatout.co.ke  

Zuku recently launched an exciting cooking show titled ‘Tales from the Bushlarder’. The show takes viewers to a culinary tour of Kenya and her unusual and unknown gastronomic delights.   

The show, which is hosted by Chef Kiran Jethwa airs on Zuku Africa Ch. 100 and Zuku.

Catch Chef Kiran every Thursday at 8:30pm as he searches for ingredients in the ‘bush larder’.   

Chef Kiran is the owner of Nairobi’s Seven Seafood & Grill.     

Chef Ali receives International Hall Of Fame Award

23-year-old chef Ali Said Mandhry was honoured with an International Hall Of Fame Award by Celebrity TV chefs Zane Beg and Norman Davis during a chef workshop held at the Sarova Whitesands in Mombasa. Chef Ali becomes the first Kenyan to ever receive such an award.

He represented the country at the cake artistry talent competition in the US where he made a masterpiece cake. The 20kg cake comprised of three parts with the top tier resembling a calabash, second tier was a pot with painted Maasai woman illustrations and the bottom tier made of assorted wild animals skin. It was donated to Tom Mboya Cerebral palsy school in Mombasa.

Source: The Star