{"id":22050,"date":"2013-08-21T19:40:51","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T17:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/for-the-good-of-food-experts-in-eating-come-together-to-decide-who-will-be-in-sas-top-500\/"},"modified":"2013-08-21T19:40:51","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T17:40:51","slug":"for-the-good-of-food-experts-in-eating-come-together-to-decide-who-will-be-in-sas-top-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/for-the-good-of-food-experts-in-eating-come-together-to-decide-who-will-be-in-sas-top-500\/","title":{"rendered":"For the good of food: experts in eating come together to decide who will be in SA\u2019s top 500"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SA\u2019s most trusted restaurant guide, the annual Eat Out magazine, today announced the editorial panel for its Eat Out 500.  The panel comprises varied industry experts, food journalists and editors across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is truly a first, a coming together of industry experts and some of SA\u2019s most respected food journalists and food lovers to decide who will be named as part of Eat Out\u2019s top 500 restaurants in the country,\u201d says Anelde Greeff, editor-in-chief for Eat Out. <\/p>\n<p>The members of the panel are:<br \/>\nAletta Lintvelt\t (Food editor, Weg! and Go! Magazine)<br \/>\nAlida Ryder (Author, Simply Delicious) <br \/>\nAnelde Greeff (Editor-in-chief, Eat Out)<br \/>\nAnna Montali\t(Freelance food editor and writer)<br \/>\nBernadette le Roux (Editor, Cond\u00e9 Nast House and Garden Gourmet)<br \/>\nBianca Coleman\t(Freelance journalist)<br \/>\nBrent Meersman\t(Food columnist, Mail  Guardian)<br \/>\nBridget McCarney (Managing director, New Media Publishing)<br \/>\nCarianne Silwood (Vice-principal, Silwood Cookery School)<br \/>\nCathy Marston (Freelance writer and wine educator)<br \/>\nCharlotte Pregnolato\t(Freelance writer)<br \/>\nCoenie Visser (Freelance writer) <br \/>\nColette du Plessis (Freelance writer)<br \/>\nCorneil Muller (Operational director, Urban Hotels)<br \/>\nDiane de Beer (Journalist, Pretoria News)<br \/>\nErwin Schnitzler (Owner, Mont Rochelle)<br \/>\nGraham Howe (Wine and food editor, Habitat)<br \/>\nGreg Landman (Freelance writer)<br \/>\nGwynne Conlyn (Freelance food and travel writer)<br \/>\nHennie Fisher (Culinary arts lecturer, University of Pretoria)<br \/>\nHerman Lensing\t(Food editor, Sarie)<br \/>\nHorst Frehse (General manager, Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa) <br \/>\nIrna van Zyl (Founder and executive director, New Media Publishing)<br \/>\nIshay Govender (Freelance writer and recipe developer)<br \/>\nJacquie Myburgh\t(Freelance journalist and media consultant)<br \/>\nJane Broughton (Freelance writer)<br \/>\nJanine Walker (Freelance food critic and writer)<br \/>\nJeanne Callitz (Deputy editor, My Tyd) <br \/>\nJohn Psillos\t(Founder and executive director, New Media Publishing)<br \/>\nJosef Talotta\t(Freelance writer)<br \/>\nKate Wilson\t(Editor, Women\u2019s Health)<br \/>\nKate Ziervogel (Owner, South Coast Live)<br \/>\nKatharine Jacobs (Online editor, Eat Out)<br \/>\nKristia van Heerden  (Johannesburg correspondent, Eat Out)<br \/>\nLeila Saffarian (Freelance food editor and writer)<br \/>\nLinda Scarborough (Copy editor, Eat Out)<br \/>\nLisa van Aswegen (Freelance editor and writer)<br \/>\nMarie-Lais Emond (Freelance editor and writer)<br \/>\nMiguel Chan\t(Group sommelier, Tsogo Sun)<br \/>\nPaul Duncan  (Head of design for homeware, Woolworths)<br \/>\nPetro Lotz (Owner, Appetito Catering and Cooking School)<br \/>\nPriscilla Urquhart (PR and media manager, World Design Capital Cape Town 2014) <br \/>\nRaphaella Frame-Tolmie\t(Food editor and features writer, House and Leisure)<br \/>\nReinette Geldenhuys\t(Woolworths marketing: MasterChef project, hospitality, event and sponsorship manager and TASTE)<br \/>\nRichard Holmes\t(Freelance food and travel writer)<br \/>\nRupesh Kassen\t(Freelance writer)<br \/>\nSam Woulidge (Freelance writer and columnist for Woolworths TASTE)<br \/>\nSdu Gerasch (Freelance writer)<br \/>\nStefania Johnson (Creative strategist)<br \/>\nTracy Gielink\t(Freelance food and wine writer)<\/p>\n<p>The panellists recently completed the process of rating restaurants that they had visited over the last twelve months on a variety of criteria including food (menu composition, seasonality, presentation and wine), service and ambience. <\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Eat Out 500\u2019 is a power list of great restaurants across South Africa. The 500 restaurants with the highest aggregate scores will appear in the 16th annual issue of the Eat Out magazine. This revamped 2014 issue will be launched at the prestigious Eat Out DStv Food Network Restaurant Awards in Cape Town on 10 November. <\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit www.eatout.co.za or email info@eatout.co.za. For more updates, like Eat Out on Facebook www.facebook.com\/EatOutMag and follow @eat_out on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Info link:<\/strong>: <a class=\"thickbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eatout.co.za\">http:\/\/www.eatout.co.za<br \/><strong>Twitter<\/strong>: <br \/><strong>Facebook<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\"><br \/><strong>YouTube<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Author: <strong>Stefanie Elliott<\/strong> from <strong><a class=\"thickbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mango-omc.com\">MANGO-OMC<strong>. Originally distributed by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.MyPR.co.za\">MyPR.co.za.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SA\u2019s most trusted restaurant guide, the annual Eat Out magazine, today announced the editorial panel for its Eat Out 500. 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