The 2022 La Liste selection of the world’s best 1000 restaurants has been announced in Paris on 29 November 2021 and a local South African restaurant has has been named one of the Restaurants worth going an extra mile for. Restaurant Klein JAN, owned South Africa’s very first Michelin-starred chef, Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen, is one of the seven international establishmehts to win the World Hidden Gem award. According to Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen, the restaurant was inspired by a love of South Africa, heritage, and the concept of ‘home’. The menu at the restaurant is defined by local ingredients, culinary tradiations and sustainability and designed to tell the stories of the Northern Cape, past and present.
Restaurant Klein JAN was launched in 2021 is situated in South Africa’s largest private game reserve, Tswalu Kalahari Private Game Reserve. It is open to day visitors for a lunch service on select dates each month. Guests staying at the Game Reserve's Motse camp and Tarkuni homestead are invited to experience one meal at Restaurant Klein JAN during their stay.
Each year, La Liste provides a ranking of the 1,000 best restaurants in the world. Its method is based on an algorithm integrating and weighting more than 970 sources, including opinions from the international, national and regional press, ratings and rankings from recognized guidebooks as well as customer satisfaction from review websites. The La Liste Awards recognise chefs, restaurants and regions that are making waves in the industry through excellent cuisine, innovation, sustainability and authenticity.
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