SHEER DRIVING PLEASURE INSPIRED BY NATURE LOCAL SCHOOLS MEET THE EPWORTH SCHOOL AND ST. CHARLES COLLEGE HOSKINS FAMILY INSPIRED LIVING NATURALLY EDITION 7 INTABA RIDGE MAGAZINE 1 dare to bring your dreams to life S A G N E L L I A S S O C I A T E A R C H I T E C T S 49 Richefond Circle | Suite 1 | Ridgeside Office Park | Umhlanga Rocks Tel: 031 536 8160 | Cell: 082 772 4426 | [email protected] www.sagnelli.com 2 INTABA RIDGE MAGAZINE CONTENTS dare to bring your dreams to INTABA RIDGE CONTENTS e FROM THE DEVELOPER lif An update from our wonderful developer, 5 Brendan Falkson, on the latest happenings in the Estate. 6 SHEER DRIVING PLEASURE - 6 INSPIRED BY NATURE Residents enjoyed Sundowners with Jackie Cameron, hosted by BMW Supertech at Intaba Ridge Estate BMW SUPERTECH JOINS 10 INTABA RIDGE Discover sheer driving pleasure with BMW's ultra-luxurious SUV's MEET THE FAMILY 14 Get to know the beautiful, blended Hoskins family of 6! LOCAL SCHOOLS Discover the local schools available to 22 your children. 22 Contact information Should you require any information regarding the estate, please contact any of the following persons: ESTATE MANAGER SALES Gavin Sibbald | (033) 940 0362 (087) 195 0701 or [email protected] ESTATE ADMIN ADVERTISING SALES & MARKETING Laurin Jansen van Rensburg | [email protected] Kamal | (084) 306 1414 or [email protected] ESTATE GATEHOUSE ESTATE FINANCE (033) 940 0368 Mike Acutt | [email protected] S A G N E L L I A S S O C I A T E A R C H I T E C T S PUBLISHER OFFICE NUMBER | 032 946 0357 Lorinda Scott FAX | 086 605 0098 FabMags Publications CC | [email protected] WEBSITE | www.fabmags.co.za OFFICE CONTACT DETAILS | Suite 104, San Hall Office Park, 49 Richefond Circle | Suite 1 | Ridgeside Office Park | Umhlanga Rocks IN - HOUSE JOURNALIST Kirsty Close, Ballito, KZN Priyanka Govender While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the Tel: 031 536 8160 | Cell: 082 772 4426 | [email protected] contents FABMAGS cannot be held responsible for any omission or www.sagnelli.com errors, or for any misfortune, injury or damages that may arise there from. FabMags is a privately owned and funded company. INTABA RIDGE MAGAZINE 3 4 INTABA RIDGE MAGAZINE FROM THE DEVELOPER We are extremely grateful for excited to see what inspirational Cameron has once again provided the late summer rains that filled ideas he can bring to Intaba us with another mouth-watering up our dams as it really made Ridge from these very successful recipe from her highly successful the Estate look magnificent. It developments. range of cook books. was obviously also a welcome relief to the whole province, and In June, we hosted a memorable Finally, the Estate is developing by the time you read this, it will event with BMW Supertech and rapidly with some truly special be Spring and hopefully the first their VIP guests. Once again Jackie homes being built. So why don’t you summer rains will have fallen! Cameron’s School of Food & contact our sales team to arrange It has been a busy year for Wine did the catering while BMW a site visit to discover what makes us so far, with the rights showcased their new X-range of Intaba Ridge such a special place. application for our phase 2 SUV’s. These truly awesome cars Isn’t it time you experienced progressing well. We have were right at home on a beautiful designer living, inspired by bush- started with site layouts for the Intaba Ridge afternoon, with lodge luxury? Lifestyle Retirement Village. guests enjoying sundowners and The architects for this are spectacular food into the early Sagnelli, in partnership with evening. There is really something Michael Douglas. Michael has special about viewing an Intaba Brendan Falkson worked on many well-known Ridge sunset from the luxurious Director of Sign Power Investments, KZN retirement developments interior of a brand-new BMW X5! the developer of Intaba Ridge Secure including Le Domaine, Somerset See our main feature inside for Eco - Estate Valley and Forest Village at more on this spectacular event. Brettenwood, so I am extremely For those aspiring chefs, Jackie INTABA RIDGE MAGAZINE 5 Sheer Driving Pleasure Inspired by Nature 6 INTABA RIDGE MAGAZINE ESTATE Stacey Cowden, from Black & Wright, perfectly captured “game- lodge luxury” with her inspired interior bedroom designs. Aerial view of the very first houses built in Intaba Ridge. ntaba Ridge and BMW Supertech joined The event started at 3 pm, and guests While some guests were tasting these forces to host an unforgettable event for were treated to non-alcoholic cocktails and delicious morsels, others were being Ia select group of VIP guests. The Intaba game-lodge inspired snacks upon arrival. shown around the magnificent Intaba Ridge marketing team are always looking One favourite among the crowd was the Ridge showhouse. The rooms had been for new and interesting ways to get people array of non-alcoholic Gin & Tonics! As specially decorated for the event by to experience the beauty of the Estate usual, Jackie and her students out-did Stacey Cowden, of Black & Wright. Stacey first hand, whilst the BMW team are also themselves with the food, serving: really managed to capture the essence interested in showcasing their magnificent of, designer living inspired by bush-lodge vehicles in environments or events that • Butter chicken phyllo Tullip with luxury, in the designs for each of the four would be memorable to their discerning Tomato Samble rooms. clientele. • Exotic Tomato and Goat’s Cheese Homemade Puff Tarts Then it was time for the main event, as There was therefore a great opportunity to • Onion, Corn and Cumin on Gourmet guests were given the opportunity to bring together the ethos’ and brand values Greek Cumin Gouda topped Bringal choose the test drive vehicle in which they of BMW Supertech and Intaba Ridge in a Croute would be driven around in through the joint event. Following the success of Intaba • Baby Spinach, Smashed Avocado, Estate - in either the brand new BMW X1, Ridge’s previous food and wine pairing Broccoli and Bak Choi Blini X3 or X5. These ultra-luxurious SUV’s were event with Jackie Cameron School of Food • Homemade Prawn-filled mini the ideal way to enjoy the magnificent & Wine, it was also an easy decision to get Yorkshire Pudding with Mustard views from Intaba Ridge while enjoying Jackie and her students to cater the event, Mayonnaise some game-spotting on the way. The hence “Sundowners with Jackie Cameron, • Shredded Lamb with Tzatziki, Roasted brand-new X5, with all its bells and whistles hosted by BMW Supertech, at Intaba Ridge Tomato, Dukkah on Savoury Waffles was a firm favourite. Estate” was born. INTABA RIDGE MAGAZINE 7 ESTATE Oribi spotted grazing in a resident’s yard. The guests were all excited to compare Brendan confi rmed that he was happy which diff erent animals were seen on their that around 80% of phase 1 was sold-out MORE ABOUT JACKIE CAMERON trips. In total Blesbok, Impala, Zebra and and hoped to be able to launch phase 2, AND HER BOOKS… Reedbuck were all spotted. Unfortunately, early next year. the Wildebeest and Oribi both remained Midlands born and raised, and schooled elusive and manged to evade all the Yusuf Moolla from BMW then thanked at St Johns DSG, Jackie’s heart is in vehicles. all the guests for coming and raffl ed off KwaZulu-Natal where, from 2002 until 3 special gifts. A hamper of two of Jackie 2014, she fi lled the position of head chef Once all the guests had made their way Cameron’s most popular recipe books was at a local fi ve-star boutique hotel. back to the show-house, they were again the prize. And to top it off , Jackie herself “Jackie Cameron Cooks at Home” hit treated to some spectacular desserts by wrote a personal message to each of the the shelves in May 2013 and in July the Jackie and her students. Theses decadent lucky winners in their special books. same year it achieved second-highest- treats were served with teas and coff ees: cookbook-sold-in-the-country status, as voted by Exclusive Books. • Chocolate Gelee topped Profi teroles fi lled with Chantilly Crème At the Gourmand World Cookbook • Malva Pudding Slice with Candied Awards it won Best Woman Chef Orange and Marmalade Book in South Africa. Her second • Belgium Chocolate Brownies with book, “Baking with Jackie Cameron”, Chocolate Ganache and fresh Berries published by Struik Lifestyle, was • Fresh Granadilla and Ginger topped received with as much enthusiasm at a Granadilla Cheesecake with Ginger sell-out launch in August 2016 and the 2017 Gourmand Awards jury announced Biscuit base that the book was judged national winner in the pastry category. It went on As the sun began to set, Brendan Falkson to achieve third place in the world – in from Intaba Ridge provided some a contest considered the Oscars of the interesting facts about Intaba Ridge food industry. Estate, including the fact that the Estate is located on 285 ha and is the least dense residential secure Estate in KZN. Even after the development of the second phase retirement development, there will be less than 1 house per hectare and 85% of the property will remain as conservation land. 8 INTABA RIDGE MAGAZINE INTABA RIDGE MAGAZINE 9 CAR FEATURE BMW SUPERTECH JOINS INTABA RIDGE BMW Supertech is a crowd-pleaser at the latest Intaba Ridge event 10 INTABA RIDGE MAGAZINE wning a dream home and vision of offering a premium, world-class, accompanying it with the experience to customers and it was a perfect vehicle is the epitome pleasure linking up and giving guests a Oof prestige and elegance.