Le Grand Domaine Enoteca Update

The past two and a half years of Le Grand Domaine Enoteca have been marked by growth and shifts that have allowed it to explore multiple avenues of culinary and viticultural excellence.

As this season progresses, it welcomes the changes brought forth and anticipates the success of the new management style, menu, and cocktail options.

Chef Jean-Theo Newman has been leading the Le Grand Domaine Enoteca kitchen for a year until he recently stepped up as the Chef Operator, instigating a shift into the hands-on management style that is gaining popularity. This format is beneficial for smaller restaurants as it provides a clear directive for the running of both front of house and back of house, working to clear the divide between the stations and ensure the efficient flow of service.

By minimising the divide between the sides of the wine bistro, the whole team is able to work seamlessly together and mutually bolster the honourable qualities achieved in all facets of Le Grand Domaine Enoteca. Chef Jean-Theo explains, “My wish for this move regarding the Enoteca is that we can incorporate the constant striving for perfection in the kitchen with the hospitability of the wine ambassadors to create a personalised and welcoming experience for the clients.”

Chef Jean-Theo Newman

Further changes include the introduction of the new menu design, which portrays the seasonal dishes in sections such as sea, bush, farm, and hive. As a format that is currently trending in Europe, it allows guests to view the expansive culinary range available whilst aiding in pinpointing potentially desired cuisines. The new menu acutely represents the duality of Le Grand Domaine Enoteca as a wine bistro, with its wine offered by cultivar and its food organised according to origin.

Beyond the new layout, there are intentions to develop the French inspirations of the cuisine served at the Enoteca with a Wine Spotlight menu. Taking matriarchal style food from various regions in France and tastefully elaborating upon them to intricately pair with select wines sold in house, this constantly evolving menu intends to highlight select red or white wines in rotation. Le Grand Domaine Enoteca is devoted to the creation of elegant food that complements its vast selection of wines by making use of the culinary to portray the wines’ prestige.

A much-anticipated addition to the variety hosted at Le Grand Domaine Enoteca is the Bubbly Hour, a period from 4PM to 6PM on Tuesdays to Saturdays and available the whole Sunday wherein exclusive MCC-based cocktails will be served. Either the Grand Vin de Stellenbosch MCC Brut 2021 or Kruger Family Reserve Marguerite MCC Brut 2019, will form the foundation for each beverage.

The menu includes classics like a Mimosa or French 75—for the citrus inclined— or the Poinsettia and Kir Royale are on offer if one is feeling more berry orientated. Chef Jean-Theo’s passion for mythology, sentiment, and creation stories inspired the unique selection of cocktails on offer. This includes options like the Moonwalk, which was coined after Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, prompted its creation as their first cocktail back on Earth, and the Hemingway MCC, an exotic combination of absinthe and MCC birthed from the glorious mind of Nobel Prize winner, Ernest Hemingway.

The elevated and elegant appeal of these cocktails befits the variety of tastes and patrons in Stellenbosch. Chef Jean-Theo elaborates, “It is a way of drawing people in after work or class to unwind and enjoy something a little less serious with their favourite colleagues or classmates, while keeping it elegant, which is the style that the Enoteca is known for.”

It is precisely that accessible elegance that Le Grand Domaine Enoteca hopes to continue striving for in this season ahead, using these changes as opportunities to flourish as a wine bistro of note in the heart of Stellenbosch.

Le Grand Domaine Enoteca
Shop 1 Oude Bank
7 Church Street
Stellenbosch
7600

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Email: enoteca@granddomaine.co.za

Tel: +27 21 300 3279

Website: https://legranddomaine.co.za

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