Yuppiechef’s Online Gift Registry
Posted on 14. Jul, 2010 by Marina in News & Trends, Yuppiechef Diary
“SA has few decent gift registry services. I had a look at the Yuppiechef registry service and think it might be the best“. This was a compliment thrown our way on Twitter last week. We were stoked to hear it, because our online gift registry service has just undergone a lengthy upgrade. We think it’s [...]
Pantone colour of the year: 15-5519.
Posted on 29. Apr, 2010 by Marina in News & Trends
Did you know that Pantone® select a colour of the year, every year? We didn’t, but we found out that they do. For 2010 it’s turquoise – specifically 15-5519. You can read the full press release if you like. So the reason this has relevance to our blog – apart from being potentially useful if [...]
A true story, about twitter
Posted on 21. Apr, 2010 by Marina in Kitchen Gear, News & Trends
Everyone’s talking about Twitter. Here’s an account of one of our experiences in the Twittersphere. On Wednesday one of our Twitter followers (@Geekrebel) tweeted about a product he was looking for: 2:11pm: “I need new Kitchen Scissors. Let’s see if Yuppiechef has anything in my budget!” We spotted it and wrote back: 2:30pm: @Geekrebel: This [...]
Old Kenwood Chef Advert
Posted on 25. Sep, 2009 by Shane in News & Trends
I stumbled across this old Kenwood Chef advert – can you imagine the response this would get in today’s society! Ouch!
Follow Jamie Oliver
Posted on 01. Apr, 2009 by Shane in News & Trends
We like Jamie. We think he is a very smart guy. 34,844 other people also like Jamie and they are choosing to follow him on Twitter. You can do the same here. If you you haven’t started following Yuppiechef’s tweets on Twitter, you can follow us here. If you are wondering what the heck we’re [...]
Recipease: Jamie takes food loving to the next level
Posted on 07. Mar, 2009 by Paul in News & Trends
The latest addition to Jamie Oliver’s food-lifestyle-empire is the first of his Recipease stores which opened in Clapham Junction, London, last week. At Yuppiechef we’re great Jamie Oliver fans so there was no way I was missing the opening day. Described as ‘Jamie’s new food and kitchen shop where anyone can learn to cook and [...]
The Great British Food Fight
Posted on 02. Mar, 2009 by Shane in News & Trends
The UK’s Channel Four is running a season of programmes exploring the issues around the food that the British eat. Heston Blumenthal, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay will be celebrating the best of British food and exploring issues around animal welfare in a number of hard-hitting films. I absolutely loved the trailer for [...]
How the world eats…
Posted on 08. Apr, 2008 by Shane in News & Trends
This is a fascinating look at what families from around the world eat in one week. See all of them here The Casales family of Cuernavaca,Mexico Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or 189.09$Favorite foods: chicken, pizza, crab, pasta
WMF Knife Ads
Posted on 21. Mar, 2008 by Shane in News & Trends
We don't normally write about ads, but we couldn't resist German knife makers, WMF's latest campaign. Now we know we have to brush up our knife skills. (More after the jump)
Naked news: Jamie’s Italian
Posted on 06. Nov, 2007 by Shane in News & Trends
The guy who brought 'Cool' into the kitchen , Jamie Oliver (much respect from the YC team), is opening a new "neighbourhood" restaurant. The new establishment will offer high quality, authentic Italian food at an affordable price – the first restaurant (of what seems to be many) is set to open in Bath, England in [...]
