06/10/2021
Congratulations!
We are speechless to be included as #50 on the list and be named Best Restaurant in Africa.
"All our heroes - local and international chefs and restaurants that we admire and have been looking up to - are featured here, so it seems quite surreal and undeserved that we should be ranked amongst them. But we are honoured to be selected, and proud to represent South Africa, and Paternoster in particular, on the global stage.
Given the extremely challenging past year-and-a-half we've faced globally, especially in the hospitality industry, recognition of this kind comes as a welcome morale boost, as well as an incentive to keep doing what we do in our own small way - moreover since our slightly unconventional, West Coast approach to food and service does not necessarily fit the average idea of what constitutes "fine dining".
I am immensely proud of the passionate Wolfgat team: Rochelle Karolus, She-Earl Pietersen, Emily Williams, Emmerson Bester and Alicia Bester - who, with no formal hospitality training, are recognised for their hard work amongst the best in the industry, internationally. What a rewarding moment for the community of Paternoster, and a shining example for the next generation of young South Africans." -
#50