Lacuna Restaurant - Sponsored post

The Lacuna Restaurant at the Maslow Hotel in Sandton is a fantastic place for a get together.

The lacuna offers A glass enclosed private dining room is able to accommodate between 10 to 15 diners, perfect for a secluded chef's table. This unique setting overlooking the gardens allows patrons to enjoy an intimate dining experience. We will design bespoke menus for clients and due to its locality to the show kitchen, guests are able to interact with Executive Chef Dallas Orr. ​

The great thing about the Lacuna Restaurant is once you've finished gorging yourself on their great menu, including Pork, apricot and pistachio terrine, potted pork with mustard and pickles as an appetizer, or the Baby back Pork spareribs, or the Pork Belly and crackling for mains, you can make your way through to the Lacuna Bar and settle in for some Cigars and Whiskey or Cognac. With over 10 different types of Cognacs, and more than 50 different Whisky's, this is definitely the place to finish off the evening before heading upstairs to your room in the Maslow Hotel.

DELICIOUS – INTERNATIONAL FOOD & MUSIC FESTIVAL COMES TO SOUTH AFRICA - Sponsored Post

UK celebrity chefs to be joined by international superstars, Jamiroquai

Described as the music festival for food lovers or a food festival for music lovers that takes the combination of food and music based entertainment to the next level; Delicious is set to take the South African entertainment and culinary world by storm in Johannesburg the weekend of 5 and 6 October 2013.

Presented by DSTV in association with Checkers, Oceans Basket, The Sunday Times and Sowetan; South Africa’s first international food and music festival will bring world class talent to the Blue Hills Equestrian Estate as renowned UK celebrity chefs Aldo Zilli, Ed Baines and John Burton Race showcase their talents by bringing their signature pop up restaurants to the festival - Aldo Zilli’s San Carlo Cicchetti, Ed Baines’ Randal and Aubin, as well as John Burton Race’s The John Burton Race Experience.

There is no better band to headline the first Delicious International Food and Music Festival than Jamiroquai. With their signature mix of funk, jazz, disco and house and the combination of beautiful sunshine, delicious food and wine, there will be no better vibe to be had in Johannesburg this year.

The three international pop up restaurants, San Carlo Cicchetti, Randall & Aubin and The John Burton Race Experience will provide patrons with the opportunity to experience their fine cuisine first hand while enjoying the music from a raised position overlooking the crowd. These restaurants will take bookings for lunch and dinner sittings daily.

Delicious will cater for all budgets with a plethora of food options ranging from these three renowned pop up restaurants, a huge artisan food market (encompassing a vast array of African, European, pan Asian) and a line up of South African artists which will be announced soon.

Reservations for the pop-up restaurants can be made for lunch and/or dinner at a cost of R900, while general admission entry will cost R380. Child-friendly areas hosted by “DStv Kids” will be available so kids can be entertained while parents enjoy the festival – children under twelve years old will cost R100 with those under three no charge.

“Delicious is clearly something not seen before and I am excited to be a part of this project”, said John Burton Race.

Delicious will open daily at 12:00 and promises to be a fantastic and entertaining day out for the entire family.