THANK GOD IT'S FOOD! Meet Chef Nobu

[Click here for the web version of this email]( Friday, 1 March, 2019 “My signature dish is everything I create myself. They’re like my kids, I cannot choose the one over the other.” Nobu Matsuhisa, to Daily Maverick Brought to you with the help of our launch partner [Adspace]( [GASTROTURF]( [Meet Chef Nobu: From losing everything to conquering the planet]( [By Tony Jackman]( [Nobu Matsuhisa flew into Cape Town this week to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his V&A Waterfront restaurant, Nobu. He told his story to TGIFood Editor Tony Jackman, from Tokyo to Peru and on to Los Angeles via Argentina and Anchorage, Alaska; and from thinking his life might be over after losing everything in a fire,]([to the]([story of his most famous dish, and hanging out with his mate Robert De Niro.]( [Read more]( [‘A LONGER TABLE’]( [Groundbreaking movement demands transformation in SA food industry]( [By TGIFood Writer]( [South Africa’s still nearly white-dominated food scene, long a source of frustration for those of]([colour]([trying to break into it, has fuelled a collective called SA POC at the Table, comprised of people of]([colour]([in various sectors of the food industry. On 13 February, it held a food conference in Cape Town, the first ever for people of colour in South Africa, with some 80 in attendance, to talk about transformation.]( [Read more]( [A poet’s perspective of a revolutionary food affair]( [This poem by Toni Giselle Stuart uses words, phrases]([and]([ideas shared by all the chefs, sommeliers, farmers, writers, environmentalists, bush doctors, entrepreneurs, and allies at the first South African People of Colour at the Table Conference, in February 2019.]( [CONVERSATION PIECE]( [Local food businesses take Woolies on, and win – again]( [By Christi Nortier]( [In two months, Woolworths has been accused by three small businesses of plagiarism and not upholding its oath to source locally. Two have been small-scale start-up food companies with niche health products. Now they’ve spoken out to TGIFood about the apparent hypocrisy of the massive food retailer, purportedly grounded in the ethics of fairness, integrity and a ‘Good Business Journey’.]( [Read more]( [BOOK STUFF]( [Stoke up the Beer, Food, Fire]( [By Bianca Coleman]( [Launched at the beginning of February, Beer Food Fire is the work of brothers-in-law Greg Gilowey and Karl Tessendorf, and although they are rather fond of each other, apparently the abbreviation of BFF is purely a coincidence.]( [Read more]( [Adspace]( [Big on quality, small on price. Shop our favourite Pick n Pay ranges.]([Click here]( [PLANT POWER]( [Joburg’s New Vegan Eateries]( [By Nikita Singh]( [Joburg diners have enjoyed beloved]([neighbourhood]([vegan cafés for many years, but they often cater to a niche crowd. Restaurants like Conscious 108, Free Food, Greenside Cafe, Leafy Greens, and Fresh Earth are where the vegan community]([hang]([out.]( [Read more]( [WORLD OF WINE]( [Hemel-en-Aarde Valley: It’s time to specialise in Pinot Noir]( [By Roland Peens]( [Would you choose a bottle of Hemel-en-Aarde Pinot Noir over Burgundy, Oregon or Central Otago when dining in London, New York or Hong Kong? Roland Peens assesses the Pinot Noirs of the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley.]( [Read more]( [Shop our latest specials]( [Big on quality, small on price. Shop our]([favourite]([Pick n Pay]([ranges](.](Click here]( [Adspace]( [FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO A FRIEND]( [Fb] [Tweet] [Link] [Yt] Copyright © 2019 Daily Maverick, All rights reserved. You are receiving this mail because you are awesome and on the Daily Maverick Thank God It's Food subscriber list. [Getting too many emails from us? Manage your preferences]( [Unsubscribe](