243pp., b/w & colour illus., map, hardcover, d.w., Wolfgat, Paternoster, 2025

ISBN: 9781991202765

Forewords by Andreas Viestad and Errieda du Toit.

This deeply personal reflection by chef Kobus van der Merwe, owner of the internationally acclaimed restaurant, Wolfgat, in Paternoster on the Cape West Coast, includes many drawings and handwritten notes by the author, and photographs by Jac de Villiers.

The book follows the rhythm of a seasonal tasting menu, describing many of Wolfgat's unique dishes focused on foraged and local ingredients - the wild plants, seaweeds, and coastal ingredients of the Saldanha Strandveld, interspersed with notes on veldkos, tributes to the Wolfgat team members, musings on West Coast aesthetics, and more.

Kobus van der Merwe was born in the Kalahari in 1980 and grew up on the West Coast. He began his culinary journey in 2009 at his parents' farm shop, Oep ve Koep, in Paternoster, before opening Wolfgat in 2016. He was named S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna Chef of the Year in 2018, and Wolfgat won World's Best Restaurant at the 2019 World Restaurant Awards.

WOLFGAT, sketches of the Strandveld

: van der Merwe (K.) text & illus. & de Villiers (J.) photo.

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