Create unforgettable fine-dining memories from the comfort of your home with I-Cook Channel, a unique culinary experience delivered to your door. Cook with a celebrity chef and impress your family and friends with your culinary prowess, all delivered, portioned, prepped with no mess, no fuss, and no waste.
Cape Town, South Africa – 26 May 2020: Do you miss the excitement of a fine-dining experience? The electrifying flavours, the exquisite cuisine and the fabulous company? No more. I-Cook Channel has heard your palate’s cry for help!
Tired of the same dreary lockdown meals with the same beautiful faces day in and day out? Enter I-Cook Channel – designed to give your weekdays a splash of excitement. Simply order your special meal box and let this magical experience turn you into the chef your family always dreamed of. Cook a fool proof signature culinary dish live with the guidance of South Africa’s finest chefs. What’s more is that ingredients are sourced locally, perfectly portioned and delivered right to your door. Packaged for your convenience: no mess, no fuss, no waste.
Goodbye Netflix, Hello I-Cook
Trade in your couch and Netflix remote for a magical evening of culinary delights on the I-Cook Channel. Bring your A-game, gather your loved ones, and trade in your PJ’s for an apron. Grab a glass of wine (thankfully now available) and let us entertain you! These cocky, quirky, opinionated chefs will be at your mercy throughout each episode’s live-stream, so be sure to hit them with your comments, put them through their paces and have yourself a blast.
The I-Cook Channel is here for the rebirth of your night out. Sanity returns – enjoy this fantastic evening with your book clubbers, family, friends, husband, lover, or even as a special treat to spoil yourself. I-Cook Channel will bring life back to your kitchen, your family, your soul. Be inspired by our chefs and their vivacious take on their signature dish.
A Fool-Proof Concept
On a more serious note, for those who are less than confident in the kitchen, the I-Cook Channel provides you with the perfect opportunity to hone your culinary skills with some of the best in the business. Each episode allows the audience to interact with celebrity chefs as they cook their signature dish. Now you too can be a top chef!
If you’re missing your favourite restaurant’s flavours, the blending of specialist ingredients, meals cooked to perfection, and the exquisite plating, then miss no more – I-Cook Channel is your restaurant fix. But more than that, we have seen the dire circumstances of the restaurant culinary industry at large and I-Cook Channel wants to make a difference by empowering chefs, allowing them to do what they do best: creating their favourite culinary masterpieces for those who appreciate it most – you.
Join the Launch Day Live Stream
I-Cook Channel will have its official launch on the 11th of June 2020, with the bubbly personality of Chef Pete Goffe-Wood presenting the first episode and entertaining viewers with his tasty anecdotes and witticisms. Joining him in the kitchen (via live stream, of course) is Chef extraordinaire Franck Dangereux of The Foodbarn Restaurant in Noordhoek. Chef Franck will take us through an easy-to-make recipe of his signature dish: Seared Ribeye Tagliata.
Book to cook on www.webtickets.co.za.
Stay tuned to our YouTube, Instagram, Facebook or Twitter platforms on @icookchannel and follow the hashtag #ICookChannel for updates. Visit our website on www.i-cookchannel.co.za for more details.
Visit www.webtickets.co.za to book your signature dish recipe meal box.
This press release was issued by SA Chef Media on behalf of I-Cook Channel. To subscribe and receive information about live cooking sessions, or to arrange interviews with the chefs, please contact:
hello@i-cookchannel.co.za / www.i-cookchannel.co.za
Barbara Elshove: 082 374 6927 / barbara@teamorange.co.za
Lance Gibbons: 082 822 8829 / lance@filmeventmedia.co.za
About I-Cook Channel
I-Cook Channel brings some of South Africa’s finest chefs to the small screen in a bid to support and stand in solidarity with the many who have, and continue to, experience hardship during the COVID-19 lockdown. I-Cook Channel is a live cook-along session hosted by top South African chefs, allowing viewers to cook together with a chef in real time. Participants will have the opportunity to order the raw ingredients pre-portioned in a meal box and delivered to their home prior to the live stream. I-Cook Channel is presented and produced by Team Orange Events in partnership with SA Chef Media and Daily Dish. For further information, please contact hello@i-cookchannel.co.za.
About Team Orange
Team Orange is a corporate event management company who produce freshly packaged conference, team building, function and incentive programmes. These are designed to inspire colleagues to connect in unique and meaningful ways in and around Cape Town. With their team’s endless enthusiasm, dedication and personalised attention to detail, any event – from small and intimate gatherings to flamboyant festivities – becomes an authentic celebration. Find out how they can bring your event to vivid life at www.teamorange.co.za.
About SA Chef Media
SA Chef Media is the official voice of the South African Chefs Association. With a digital and print network spanning 22 000+ chefs, restaurateurs, F&B and foodservice professionals, SA Chef Media serves up fresh, relevant and entertaining content from the local, African and international culinary world on a daily basis. Follow their gourmet journey on socials @SAChefMedia, or visit www.sachefmedia.co.za to subscribe and receive the next issue of SA Chef Magazine.
About Film & Event Media
Film & Event Media is a trade publishing house founded in 2003 to serve the burgeoning film and events industries on the continent. They have five industry titles under their banner – two annual coffee table magazines that market their industries to prospective internationals: the Event Planner’s Guide to Africa and the Filmmaker’s Guide to Africa. Film & Event Media is also home to the Callsheet Africa and the Event Africa, two bi-monthly magazines. These publications have a combined digital reach of 40 000+ across their platforms. To stay updated on the latest film or events industry news, visit www.thecallsheet.co.za or www.theevent.co.za.
