{"id":71410,"date":"2019-08-07T07:36:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T07:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/?p=71410"},"modified":"2019-08-08T09:58:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T09:58:15","slug":"gate-at-quoin-rock-scoops-up-four-global-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/gate-at-quoin-rock-scoops-up-four-global-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"G\u00e5te Restaurant at Quoin Rock Scoops up Four Global Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is much to celebrate at the lavish G\u00e5te on <a href=\"https:\/\/quoinrock.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quoin Rock<\/a> estate and these accolades highlight the skill of Head Chef Nicole Loubser and her team as they explore the boundaries of creative culinary.<\/p>\n<h4>The World Luxury Restaurant Awards<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/gate-restaurant-at-quoin-rock\/\">G\u00e5te<\/a> has been declared the 2019 Global Restaurant of the Year Overall Winner, and well as the 2019 Haute Cuisine Global Winner.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rir-row\"><div class=\"rir-cols-2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/girl-5x7.jpg\" \/><\/div><div class=\"rir-cols-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/trophy5x7.jpg\" alt=\"Quoin Rock World Luxury Awards 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n<p>It also secured the 2019 Molecular Cuisine Global Winner honour, plus the 2019 World Luxury Restaurant Awards\u2019 Best Head Chef &#8211; Global Winner accolade &#8211; which recognizes sustained commitment to service excellence and outstanding achievement in the international restaurant industry. In addition, the Knorhoek Valley estate also scooped a win for 2019 Outstanding Architecture Continent Winner: Africa.<\/p>\n<h4>The Chef<\/h4>\n<p>Head Chef Nicole Loubser delineates the brilliance of top-level dining at G\u00e5te. Her artistry was honed at Jan Hendrik\u2019s 1 star Michelin restaurant in Nice and at Salzburg\u2019s 2 Michelin star Ikarus.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71417\" src=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1000x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1000x560.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1000x560-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1000x560-940x526.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nicole maximizes her expertise in the farm\u2019s unusually large kitchen. \u201cIt\u2019s a lot of fun as it\u2019s bigger than most in terms of space as well as equipment. G\u00e5te is cutting edge because we not only focus on molecular gastronomy, but also on fine dining. We aim to play with the senses of the guest. As such, it\u2019s not just another wine farm but a high-end fine dining venue,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe focus on getting local food in, and also expensive items like truffles. We are setting up a greenhouse so we can be sustainable and have hydroponics in the kitchen for our own micro herbs and flowers.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"rir-row\"><div class=\"rir-cols-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/gate-food-5x7-1.jpg\" alt=\"G\u00e5te Quoin Rock \" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" \/><\/div><div class=\"rir-cols-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/gate-food-5x7.jpg\" alt=\"G\u00e5te Quoin Rock \" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n<h4>New Menu Launch<\/h4>\n<p>G\u00e5te\u2019s new menu launches on 1 August. \u201cWe\u2019ve picked 14 countries to embody a taste-driven odyssey, fusing their flavours with South African cuisine.\u201d The fourteen-course menu can be enjoyed as a seven-course dinner or a five-course lunch menu. Lunch includes two teaser dinner dishes. Food is paired with 10 estate wines.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rir-row\"><div class=\"rir-cols-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/gate-new-menu-5x7-.jpg\" alt=\"G\u00e5te Quoin Rock \" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" \/><\/div><div class=\"rir-cols-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/gate-plate-5x7.jpg\" alt=\"G\u00e5te Quoin Rock \" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Daytime experience:<\/strong> Tues \u2013 Sun, 12h00 \u2013 14h00, R650. With wine pairing R950.<br \/>\n<strong>Nighttime experience:<\/strong> Tues &#8211; Sat, 18h00 \u2013 late, Gourmet menu R1450. With wine pairing R2150. Tasting menu: R1050. With wine pairing R1500.<br \/>\n<strong>Contact:\u00a0<\/strong> 021 888 4750 or via <a href=\"mailto:info@quoinrock.co.za\">email.<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Open:<\/strong> Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat.<\/p>\n<p>Quoin Rock Wine Estate: Knorhoek Road, Knorhoek Valley, Stellenbosch, 7600<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/quoinrock.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">quoinrock.co.za<\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/QuoinRockWines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/quoinrockwines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is much to celebrate at the lavish G\u00e5te on Quoin Rock estate and these accolades highlight the skill of Head Chef Nicole Loubser and her team as they explore the boundaries of creative culinary. The World Luxury Restaurant Awards G\u00e5te has been declared the 2019 Global Restaurant of the Year Overall Winner, and well as the 2019 Haute Cuisine Global Winner. It also secured the 2019 Molecular Cuisine Global Winner honour, plus the 2019 World Luxury Restaurant Awards\u2019 Best [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"brand_slug":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71410","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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71410"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71529,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71410\/revisions\/71529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}