Wedding Cakes, Private Fine Dining Experiences in the Exclusive Event Venue, a High Tea for Forty, and Chef’S Table Bookings in the Evening
72 MAD LOVE MAGAZINE TREND ALERT! CAKE Couture With a clatt er of saucepans and a clang of baking trays, dawn breaks, drenching a quiet wooden deck in Kyalami with African sunlight. 74 MAD LOVE MAGAZINE MAD LOVE MAGAZINE 75 he pastry team are sprinkling their magic dust over the cakes, cookies and other T delights in Café Hemingways’ kitchen, readying themselves for a day of pouring all their love and enthusiasm into the perfectly decadent creations that adorn the daily cake fridge. This cosy venue is the new home of pastry perfection and fine dining decadence in Johannesburg, and your new go-to venue for tasty treats. Café Hemingways is an NYC inspired bistro, bar, patisserie and function venue. Offering high teas, designer-styled events, fine dining, delectable cakes, gin and whiskey tastings in the sophisticated and elegant bar. This startlingly beautiful venue began life as a tiny little coffee shop, offering hot drinks and precious little else. In December a few years ago, the owner told long-time customer, Jonathan Wolpe, that the coffee shop was to close that year. Jonathan had been visiting since he was a child, and couldn’t bear the thought of the people he had grown up knowing, being without a job just before Christmas. So he bought the café, saving the staffs jobs, and handed over styling and concept design to Creative Director, Ingrid Alice Irsigler and her team. The café has grown exponentially since the opening, in both number and skill, and on any given day now, they may deal with wedding cakes, private fine dining experiences in the exclusive event venue, a high tea for forty, and Chef’s Table bookings in the evening.
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