MasterChef South Africa winner, Roxi Wardman will be in Ballito on Wednesday, July 29, to judge at the Fire Up Your Stoke, a night of food and wine, held in conjunction with The Ballito Pro, at Willard Beach.

She will be joined by Ultimate Braai Master competitors, Eldry Liebrandt and Louis Pillay, of Team Shisa Mfethu.

The trio brings with them a wealth of culinary knowledge with Roxi currently running the popular Spoonful Eatery in trendy Helen Joseph Road, Glenwood, while ‘the hot brothers’ are currently embroiled in the fourth season of South Africa’s toughest outdoor cooking competition.

The food and wine festival will feature fashion and amateur cooking competitions for all ages, ranging from three years old all the way up to grandma and grand-pa.

Mini Cooks is for the three to six-year-olds to showcase their passion and talent, creating their own sweet treats, giving street cred to the school of thought that you can have dessert before mains.

The Ultimate Grill-off Ballito Style competition will pit teams of two against each other to create their signature dishes on Weber gas braais for the title of Ballito grill champs 2016.

Battle of the Ballito Burger sees local restaurants entice food lovers with their signature burger and sides, battling it out against each other to gain support from the public.

Lovers of surf films will thoroughly enjoy the screening of Matt Bromley’s new surf film, Risky Business which showcases Bromley charging the biggest, gnarliest waves in Tahiti, Hawaii, Ireland and back home in South Africa.

For the young designers looking to showcase their talents, there will be an exciting competition whereby competitors have to create garments using recycled materials.

Entry to Fire Up Your Stoke is free but there is a R30 fee to participate in the wine, craft beer and whisky tasting with a complimentary wine glass included.

The fun starts at 5.30pm until 10pm.

To enter the competitions or for more info contact lewaine on fireupyourstoke@gmail.com.

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