01/31/2015
Have you ever driven down the road and saw a random person on a ladder against a street light pole? Or up a random tree for that matter? It does look suspicions but at the same time it doesn’t quite l more…
11/23/2013
THE Kitchen Maestro 2013 champion is about to be crowned! Will it be creative kitchen dynamo Dallas Land of Jeffreys Bay or cool, calm and quietly confident Martinette Magnee of Walmer Heights in Port more…
11/23/2013
SHE’S impulsive, over the top and the newest darling of South African reality television. Meet Trish Difford, aka Bubba, whose crazy and comedic antics on the hit BBC Entertainment cooking series Co more…
11/16/2013
IT WAS third time lucky for Dallas Land of Jeffreys Bay, the fifth and final semi-finalist in the annual Kitchen Maestro Competition. Dallas won his cook-off on Saturday after two previous narrow miss more…
11/16/2013
LATE-NIGHT radio presenter Drew Serfontein talked and cooked his way into winning this week’s Port Elizabeth episode – one of three filmed in the city – of Come Dine With Me South Africa. Drew, more…
11/09/2013
COOKING on Come Dine With Me South Africa for a group of complete strangers while being filmed for national television turned out to be a breeze for Walmer mum and landscape artist Sarah Stevens. Sara more…
11/09/2013
AN INTENSE fourth and penultimate round of the Walmer Park Shopping Centre Kitchen Maestro competition saw 34-year-old Chenel Robey of Walmer Downs in Port Elizabeth securing her spot in the semifinal more…
11/02/2013
IF INNOVATIVE flavour combinations are your thing then circle Saturday November 23 on your calendar, when Weekend Post will host a not-to-be-missed Wine & Dine event in Port Elizabeth. The evening more…
11/02/2013
THE Daya home at 59 Crammer Street in Port Elizabeth’s predominantly Indian suburb of Malabar is a frenzied place to be this time of year. And Nirmalla Daya’s kitchen is the nerve centre as it is more…
11/02/2013
AUDIENCE participation was taken to a whole new level during the third cook-off of the Kitchen Maestro competition at the Walmer Park Shopping Centre in Port Elizabeth this past weekend. Heidi Reid, 4 more…
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Alan Straton
Chief Cook, Bottle Washer and Broom Mechanic at MyPE
Passionate about Port Elizabeth and definitely NOT packing for Perth.
Alan's ethos is epitomised in the words of Nelson Mandela; "I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the idea of a democratic and free society. If need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."
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