Our events

We value our customers so much, that we have taken the time to hold tasting events both at our butchery and at local interesting venues. Click here to read what EatIn had to say about us.

Love and Hate on a Plate - 29 February 2012

So our first public event of the year is coming up on 29 February 2012 and our theme is "Love and Hate on a Plate".

The idea behind these events is to showcase farmers and/or their products. This event I want to highlight Mandy Simon our chicken farmer. She will attend and give a brief outline on her love of chickens (as well as how she farms). I will do a short bit on the collective hate of the mass chicken market. As our featured chef of the evening Allistair Lawrence (Executive Chef from award winning "roots" restaurant in Kromdraai) competes head to head with my partner in our retail shop - Nicky Gibbs (ex-Executive Chef Westcliff Hotel) - to produce the best 3 course chicken and egg themed dinner.

The starter for the evening is our educational bit - blind tasting of Mandy's chicken versus Chubby Chicken Free Range versus good ol' phosphate pumped rubbish. Here we do a simple roasting off of the birds on the bone and each person gets a bit of each type of chicken on a plate to score and discuss.

Then onto the food of the evening ....

Starters, Mains and Dessert - "love" versus "hate".

Its up to our two chefs to "wow" you - the guest - into voting for them. The stakes are high and the competition fierce!

The event will be held in Parkhurst. Meeting place is Braeside Meat Market (corner 4th Avenue and 10th Street) where we will then walk our guests to the mystery outdoor event.

Starting time - 19h00
Opening intro and brief overview of evening 19h10 - 19h20
"Love" Presentation Mandy 19h20 - 19h30
"Hate" Presentation Caroline 19h30 - 19h40
Blind tasting comes out for eating and discussion and rating - 19h40 - 20h00

First course out 20h00
Second course out 20h20
Intro and brief chat of love and hate from chefs - Allistair 21h00; Nicky 21h10
Dessert out 21h20

Evening ends 22h00

Available on site - still water for free, 2 glasses of wine or one beer for free and then purchase of additional wine at very reasonable price from a hand selected small organic and bio-diverse wine farm. However you are more than welcome to "bring your own".

Cost per person is R250 per head.

Finally - we will also offer for sale that evening ready to take home bits of the meal eg pate blocks, ready cooked dessert, etc.

Best of Blu Bird Market at Braeside

Every Saturday morning from 09h00 till 15h00 one of Blu bird Market's traders will be at Braeside Meat Market selling their products. Come and sample why the traders at Blu Bird Market are considered some of the finest producers of quality, authentic food products in Guateng. Some of the regular traders who will be here are Hannay Sauces and Green Goose Cheeses.

Braai Course

This popular event is back and be warned, if you don't book soon you will miss out! Our next evening is on the 26th January 2012 at 19h00 at Braeside Meat Market. On arrival you will sample some wonderful organic wines. You then make your own boerewors which we will cook and eat later. Next we move onto showing you how to make the perfect fire and to properly cook on it. We use the incredible braais from Weber, the leaders in braais (gas and charcoal) for all our braai events - after all, half the secret to a brilliant braai is using the best equipment! Finally you get to enjoy a wonderful meal comprising your perfectly cooked meat, salads and sides and finally a scrumptious dessert served with coffee. All of this costs only R200. Spaces are limited to 10 people and the first to book and pay will be able to attend. Braai course photo courtesy www.susangreig.co.za.

Meet the Farmer

Come along on Saturday the 28th January 2012 from 09h00 - 14h00 and meet our innovative and passionate free range chicken and egg farmer Mandy Simon. On display will be the full range of chicken products ready to take home and cook. Meet Mandy and see how she is revolutionising the approach to "local and sustainable farming" in the chicken industry. On special will be her free range chickens deboned and stuffed with our ever popular chicken porcini sausage stuffing.

Free Range Chicken and Eggs - What is so free about it?

29 September 2011 - 19h00 - Sandton

Details to follow.

Thanks for all who attended Grass Fed Beef blind tasting in August and thanks to all the people who came to Taste Of Joburg and Good Food and Wine Show to see what we are up to lately.

WHERE:
The Miele Showroom, Peter Place (East), just off William Nicol Road in Sandton, Johannesburg. ( for directions click here).

BOOKING:

1. Book now to reserve your place a.s.a.p. by emailing us at his address braeside@worldonline.co.za.  Your booking will be subject to acceptance by us on a first-come, first-serve basis; and will close midday on Wednesday the 17th of August.
2. Once your booking is confirmed by us, you will be asked to ensure your place by making the related deposit or bank transfer – and copying proof to us - before Friday the 19th of August.

Looking forward to seeing you for an evening of good food, fun, entertainment – and with some healthy education added to the menu.

There are numerous events that we are and will be holding.

“Meet the Meat” Events

There is the “Walk In” Event that takes place every Saturday at the butchery. Simply walk into our shop to try samples of our “Sausage of the Week” and to see our latest cuts. Of course you won’t be able to resist the delicious boerewors rolls we sell outside the shop every Saturday.

Also this is the ideal time to enquire about us supplying you with a spit braai or two at your next party held in and around Parkhurst, Parktown, Greenside, Craighall, Rosebank, Benmore, Parkmore, Sandton and surrounds.

“Meet the Meat” Events

Our “Meet the Meat” Events are designed to show the latest cuts and meat we supply. At these off site venues we will have various chefs show a couple of tricks in how to cook the meat on show at that event. Our next planned themes include “Blind Tasting Venison — Which Buck Rules”, “Grass Fed versus Grain Fed Meats”, “How awful is offal?” and “Free Range Chickens — What, How and How to Identify”. These events give you, our valued customer, the opportunity to taste our delicious and tender meat, ask questions of our suppliers and learn amazing tricks by some of the leading chefs in Johannesburg. We also get the chance to meet with you, talk and hear your opinions.

These events attract people of similar passion towards food who get to meet over a glass of wine and enjoy great food. You will be one of 30 food loving people who get to taste our incredible various meat cuts. These evenings are designed for you to share your opinion by blind tasting various meats or by completing meat voting forms.

On our menu:

• Venison
• Lamb
• Veal
• Beef

These events are not to be missed and bookings fill up quickly!

We also hold spit braais, for you and the family. The total cost R850 plus the meat.

Send us your email address, and we can keep you posted on future tasting events. Your Saturdays no longer have to be spent on the couch. Come and meet with us and taste wonderful, juicy and tender meat.

For a Johannesburg based cooking school for enthusiastic food lovers which offers courses / classes to learn new skills in a fun environment, visit Susan Greig

We are about friendly farming, healthy living and free range ways!!!!!!!!

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