Glenhazel shop is tops with cheesecake

PETER FELDMAN

It was fun and food as the large panel of judges descended on a wide range of professional cheesecakes, which included a New Yorker, a Bar One Special and Red Velvet cheesecakes, sampling the taste, texture, base and flavour of each culinary delight. The competition was, as usual, tight.

This category consisted of six professional bakers whose confectionary masterpieces are sold through retail outlets. The winner was Frangelica’s of Glenhazel which once again rose to the challenge. The company received R30 000 worth of advertising on ChaiFM.

Kathy Kaler, CEO of ChaiFM, said that over the past four years the competition had become fierce among the various bakers who presented their best confectionary creations – and this year was no exception.

The second category was for community chefs, those women with a yen for baking and who are very good at what they do. These community bakers all received well-stocked prizes from Kitchenique, a specialist kitchen and gifting store.

Celebrities seen tucking into the rich delicacies included comedian and musician Deep Fried Man, who had a few choice words to say about the occasion; Roy Peretz and Irene Bower of the TV series “Pawn Stars SA”, who also host a show, ‘Pawn Stars Unplugged” on ChaiFM and various other on-air personalities such as Sasha Star, Steve Marks, Justin Joffe, Toni Roomer and Dr Nimrod Mbele.

A gloriously good time was had by all…