The naming of the pink shrews
Posted on 19. Apr, 2012 by Marina in Yuppiechef Diary
The best things in life are mysterious which is probably why we love the family of felt shrews that live at Yuppiechef HQ so much. Robed in magic and mystery, they roam our warehouse and offices and pretty much call the shots. We’ve managed to find out where they come from but no one knows where [...]
Maple & bacon French toast cupcakes
Posted on 17. Apr, 2012 by Marina in Food & Drink
One of the things that Canada has going on the rest of the world is that they created Maple syrup. Made from the sap of the sugar, black or red Maple tree this earthy syrup has an impressive 60% sugar content but fewer calories than honey and combined with the salty smack of bacon, topped [...]
Baked inspiration from Pinterest
Posted on 16. Apr, 2012 by Marina in News & Trends
Once upon a time social media was ordered by who you knew. But there’s a new wind blowing towards what we find interesting. What’s that you say? Your kindred spirit lives on the other side of the globe and speaks Chinese? Never mind, just follow their boards. If you have yet to delve into the very addictive [...]
The story of the Raeesah Twizzlers
Posted on 13. Apr, 2012 by Marina in Yuppiechef Diary
We love Twizzlers. We announced this a little while back and a debate around whether cherry or strawberry Twizzlers were best ensued. Sadly, these delicious sugar twists are hard to get hold of in South Africa… We couldn’t believe our eyes when Raeesah Mohamed posted a photo of some of our beloved Twizzlers on our Facebook page a [...]
Easter riddle hunt 2012: the end
Posted on 05. Apr, 2012 by Marina in Yuppiechef Diary
It’s been a busy week with emails, pleas for assistance and searching late into the night as riddlers did their utmost to find all the eggs in our hunt. This is third annual Easter riddle hunt and as with previous years, we’ve had a blast. The penultimate riddle yesterday should have guided you to the [...]
Colourful eggs for breakfast
Posted on 04. Apr, 2012 by Marina in Yuppiechef Diary
To celebrate our love of eggs, the third annual Yuppiechef Easter riddle hunt and the passing of another bustling month we had a colourful egg breakfast at HQ. Once upon a kitchen not so long ago, the whole of Yuppiechef fitted into a lounge and it took just one boiled kettle to make water for the whole team. These days, [...]
Easter riddle hunt 2012: #5
Posted on 04. Apr, 2012 by Marina in Yuppiechef Diary
And, the final day is here. Yesterday’s riddle waxed cryptically lyrical about one of our favourite tools in the Global range and to be precise the Global Carving Fork. Did you find it? Well done to Leanne Lambley, Camilla Roach and Sean Stilling who have each won a R500 Yuppiechef voucher for their successful solving of yesterday’s riddle. If you’ve managed [...]
Easter riddle hunt 2012: #4
Posted on 03. Apr, 2012 by Marina in Yuppiechef Diary
It is the fourth day. How are you feeling about life, riddles, kitchen tools and the price of cheese? Good, we hope. If you conquered yesterday’s riddle you would have landed up at the online dwelling place of the Le Creuset Strawberry tea flower shaped ramekin. Here’s how the clue was to be unraveled: Well [...]
Easter riddle hunt 2012: #3
Posted on 02. Apr, 2012 by Marina in Yuppiechef Diary
Day three of our 2012 Easter riddle hunt and we are powering on. We hope you had a good weekend of thinking and hunting and all found your way to the Mermaid Loaf Tin (hard iodised aluminium). Check out the solution below, if you were left wondering. Our three winners for the second clue are Lizette [...]
Easter riddle hunt 2012: #2
Posted on 30. Mar, 2012 by Marina in Yuppiechef Diary
Basking in the glow of a victorious find? Scratching your head with nail-bitten fingers? Well done to everyone who found their way to the correct kitchen tool answer to yesterday’s riddle – the Joseph Joseph Lotus Steamer Basket. NB: We’ve realised there was a small glitch with the egg last night and it disappeared from the page [...]
