Viewing all articles by Shane Dryden

The culture of tea comes to South Africa

Last night Sarah and I made our way to the launch of Origin Coffee’s new tea house – Nigiro. Nigiro is simply ‘Origin’ spelt backwards and is a great representation of the synergy that the well established ‘coffee guys’ are...

Lap dance…I mean Lap Counter!

Here’s something that could make your food prep a little more social and comfortable. It’s called the Lap Counter and it’s designed to ergonomically fit your lap and double up as a prep surface and bowl. It beats having to...

Typhoon Pantone Storage Jars

Typhoon’s Pantone Storage Jars caught our eye, particularly the one in Yuppiechef pink. We like! We’re busy trying to track these Jars down – we’ll keep you updated. Never heard of Pantone – read here.

Joseph Joseph Smasher

Designed by the non-flying Wright brothers for Joseph Joseph, the spring loaded Smasher turns any mundane mashing chore into a World Pogo Stick championship.The ‘Smasher’ has been specifically engineered to speed up mashing.Its efficient mechanism cups and traps the potato...

Bodum is here…

Bodum has been available in South Africa for years now, admittedly with a very limited range of products (the standard french press/coffee plunger comes to mind). A whole new range of exciting Bodum products will be arriving this week and...

The Great British Food Fight

The UK’s Channel Four is running a season of programmes exploring the issues around the food that the British eat. Heston Blumenthal, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay will be celebrating the best of British food and exploring issues...

Kyocera Ceramic Knives now available on Yuppiechef

Ceramic knives are lightweight and maintain their sharpness for much longer that traditional high carbon steel knives. Although the traditionalists are not too convinced yet, the Ceramic knife movement is well under way and is growing across the globe slice...

Yuppiechef Roadshow

Ok, not quite a roadshow, but something with just as much awesomeness. Over the past month we have been meeting with our new super stand designer, James Mudge who is putting together something really special for the foodie/decor shows that...

Heavy Duty Eating Utensils

Need to bring in the ‘big guns’ to encourage your children to savour their peas and broccoli? The Construction Eating Kit consists of a bulldozer pusher, fork lift fork, and front loader spoon and will turn little Johnnie’s meal time...

The Yuppiemobile Evolution

Introducing the first of what we hope to be many branded Yuppiechef Mini’s on the road. Being the first one, we decided to capture the entire branding process – you can have a look at the pictures in detail here.

Sign Up with RSS

Sign up with Email