Links from the Foodiesphere for Monday, August 22nd 2005

Fairview's Fifteen exchange back home - Enoch Zaleni (24) of Fairview Wine and Cheese Estate outside Paarl spent the last month working and gaining valuable experience in Jamie Oliver (The Naked Chef's) restaurant Fifteen in London.

Bill Granger grilled - Bill Granger comes across as a domestic god.

Restaurant Magazine's Top 50 - The annual list is based on the magazine's canvassing of the 600 most influential restaurateurs, cooks (um, chefs), critics, and industry experts.

What's the problem with a £300 meal? - Observer restaurant critic Jay Rayner can't understand the media outrage over the cost of dining at London's top restaurants.

March, Melrose Arch Hotel, Johannesburg - With a wood-fired oven that wouldn't and a scathing Sunday Times review, March in Protea Hotel's zany, five-star boutique hotel didn't get off to a good start when it opened in April 2003.

Plus-size problems - Newsweek has an interesting article on one man's struggle with being overweight.

Posted by Ant @ Monday, August 22, 2005 | Permalink