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<\/div><\/div>\nWhere did your love for cooking and food come from?<\/strong> What excites you about being at Pierneef \u00e0 La Motte?<\/strong> What principles guide you in your day-to-day culinary journey; what is important to you as a chef?<\/strong> We\u2019re coming up to the season of entertaining \u2013 what are some of your top tips for cooking for a crowd?<\/strong> Can you share a special holiday meal moment that has stuck with you?<\/strong> What\/where is on your foodie bucket list?<\/strong> Your foodie idol is coming to eat at Pierneef a La Motte, what South African produce would you want to showcase and what would you cook?<\/strong> Quickfire Be inspired by festive recipes by Michelle Theron and the team at Pierneef \u00e0 La Motte<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n All Spice Festive Bread Wreath<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n lamotte.co.za<\/a> | Facebook<\/a> | Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Michelle Theron is the lady at the helm of the kitchen at Pierneef \u00e0 La Motte in Franschhoek. The dynamic chef\u00a0studied at Boland College, Stellenbosch, where she completed her Hospitality and Catering Diploma course. From there she joined the team at Volkskombuis and de Oewer, also in Stellenbosch. From there gaining further experience at Laborie, in Paarl, as well as the Cape Grace Hotel at the\u00a0V&A Waterfront. She has also\u00a0spent time overseas working in restaurants in Europe, as well as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4098,4005],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-talking"],"acf":[],"brand_slug":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33801\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nI\u2019ve always wanted to cook, from a very young age. I\u2019ve just never wanted to do anything else.<\/p>\n
\nBeing able to cook South African\u00a0heritage cuisine \u2013 food that we know but preparing it in a contemporary new and exciting way. I love the connection between food and art that we get to experience daily.<\/p>\n![\"Executive](\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Pieneef-1-x-3.jpg\")
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\nPassion, consistency and fun. You need to enjoy it to do it properly.<\/p>\n
\nI like to keep it rustic, and do a lot of roasting whole pieces of meat. I also like a harvest table, with lots of food for sharing.<\/p>\n
\nMy moms\u2019 roast lamb and dessert trifle has always been a winner.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Pierneef-a-La-Motte.jpg\")
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\nI would love to visit the top 10 restaurants in the world, be able to have a meal there and to pick the chef\u2019s brain.<\/p>\n
\nMy chef idol is Margot Janse, for whom I have the utmost of respect. I have cooked for her many times before and tried to stay true to our motto of doing what we know and what we are comfortable with.<\/p>\n
\nRecent purchase that was just for you…<\/strong> a wide range of very colourful gym tights!
\nPet peeve…<\/strong>\u00a0when people take my cloth or my personal knives and tools, it drives me up a wall!
\nFunniest kitchen mistake you\u2019ve made…<\/strong>\u00a0don\u2019t know if it was funny, but when I was working at the Cape Grace I broke, Peter John Vadas, my Sous Chef at the time’s diamond steel.
\nLate night favourite indulgence…<\/strong>\u00a0peanut butter.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Festive-Bread-Wreath-3x3.jpg\")
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