South Africa

Latest opening: Riverine Rabbit

23-Jan-2024 By Joe Lutrario

Ash and Erin Valenzuela-Heeger have launched an accessible-yet-ambitious Birmingham restaurant that takes many of its culinary cues from South Africa.

Ash and Erin Valenzuela-Heeger to launch Riverine Rabbit in Birmingham early next year

15-Dec-2023 By Joe Lutrario

Ash and Erin Valenzuela-Heeger will open an ambitious restaurant in Birmingham next month that will explore the former's South African roots.

Amy Corbin and Patrick Williams to head west with Chelsea cocktail bar

13-Mar-2023 By Joe Lutrario

The duo behind highly-rated Peckham restaurant Kudu will bring their bar concept Smokey Kudu to Chelsea next month.

Out of Africa: The chef that swapped the Western Cape for West Sussex

01-Nov-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Interlude chef Jean Delport on his hyper-local sourcing policies, letting his South African roots shine through and why the wallabies that roam the gardens at Leonardslee need to watch their backs.

Latest opening: Kudu Grill

13-Oct-2021 By James McAllister

Amy Corbin and Patrick Williams have added a fourth site to their growing, Peckham-based Kudu Collective.

Kudu Collective’s Amy Corbin and Patrick Williams have acquired the former Truman’s pub on Peckham’s Nunhead Lane for a 50-cover restaurant that will be focused on the braai - a South African grill using only wood and charcoal.

Cape crusaders: the Kudu pair on building a mini-empire in Peckham

11-Feb-2020 By Stefan Chomka

In 2018, Amy Corbin and Patrick Williams opened South African-inspired Kudu, in south London, to critical acclaim. Two years on and with a second venue just launched and another on its way, they discuss their newly formed Kudu Collective.