Sweet & savoury: “Opium for bees”
Posted on 23. Jan, 2012 by Marina in Yuppiechef Diary
We collaborated with The Creamery last week for Sweet & savoury: what’s your flavour? – an ice cream flavour challenge with a chance to win kitchen tools, ice cream and instant fame. Entries streamed in on Facebook like bathers to a beachside ice cream truck and the creative suggestions had us (mostly) licking our lips. Entrants [...]
Sweet & savoury ice cream competition
Posted on 19. Jan, 2012 by Marina in Yuppiechef Diary
Most kids spend time pondering the extraordinary possibilities of weird, wild and wonderful ice cream flavours. If that was you, your time has come. We are delighted to announce a little spot of competition fun, in the form of an ice cream flavour creation challenge. We have teamed up with The Creamery and are challenging anyone [...]
Banoffee Pies, NYC & a Little Lion Man
Posted on 05. Jan, 2012 by Marina in Yuppiechef Diary
We love hearing from people in our kitchen tool and wider food community. Sometimes people email us, sometimes they post cooking pics on our Facebook but whatever the format and whatever the news, we are always delighted. Here are some community snippets from December. The word on the street is that people liked our first ever [...]
Yuppiechef HQ Resolutions
Posted on 04. Jan, 2012 by Marina in Yuppiechef Diary
We had a bit of a get together last Friday afternoon for some champagne and a brief look towards the new year. For the record, Moët does not open with sabrage (we tried hard but had to abandon sword in the end). We thought about things we’d like to do, accomplish and see happen in [...]
Mzanzi Festive Cake Entries 2011
Posted on 29. Dec, 2011 by Marina in Yuppiechef Diary
We’ve just announced the winners of the 2011 Festive Cake Icing Challenge but couldn’t have wrapped it up without a shout out to all the special people who took to their kitchens and baked up a storm. And of course, sharing some of their photos with you. Enjoy pouring over these festive creations (and find [...]
2011 Festive Cake Icing Champs
Posted on 29. Dec, 2011 by Marina in Yuppiechef Diary
Did you hear about our annual Festive Cake Icing challenge? The mandate was to bake and ice a festive cake that paid tribute to Christmas in South Africa: less snow more beach, less North more South and something that would get proudly South African hearts pounding… We were looking for expert ice work but also [...]
Merry Christmas, from all of us
Posted on 24. Dec, 2011 by Marina in Yuppiechef Diary
We had a bit of a festive celebration at Yuppiechef HQ on Friday afternoon, including hats, secret Santa and delicious festive treats. To all who are celebrating, merry Christmas from all of us.
Top 10 of 2011
Posted on 20. Dec, 2011 by Marina in Yuppiechef Diary
Wondering what the most popular Spatula posts have been this year? Wonder no longer. Here they are, for all to see, and ooh and aah over. Thanks to all the cunning and wordsmithian contributors behind these gems. 1. The Science behind cupcakes 2. Minichefs: Pizza for little people 3. Top Kitchen tools of 2010 4. The [...]
Little pink people & Christmas cupcakes
Posted on 19. Dec, 2011 by Marina in Yuppiechef Diary
Some sprightly small humans popped into Yuppiechef HQ today, bringing with them delicious festive treats to wish the Yuppiechef team a happy week-leading-up-to-Christmas. The treats were delivered to every desk with high fives, hair rustles and other gestures of appreciation flowing. To thank the small pink people, a poem was penned: There once were two [...]
Crafty Close Up #10 Solution
Posted on 16. Dec, 2011 by Marina in Yuppiechef Diary
Did you take part in out bit of craftiness yesterday? There was a clue about a kitchen tool and a chance to win a R250 (not R1,250, typo, oops) Yuppiechef voucher. Were you stumped? In the spirit of festivity we offered a clue which was that the tool was hiding in our Christmas section. The [...]
