Woolworths TASTE

Saving the valley

“WHEN LOCKDOWN STARTED, Chris Erasmus [of Foliage] and Darren Badenhorst [of Le Coin Français] sent out a call on the Franschhoek chefs WhatsApp group. “They said ‘Let’s cook for the community’,” says Margot Janse. Margot is the former executive chef of Le Quartier Français and The Tasting Room, who now runs school feeding scheme Isabelo, Feeding Hungry Minds, in the valley. With schools closed, she directed her efforts towards feeding the community as a whole.

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