Say ‘Winelands’ and Stellenbosch or Franschhoek spring to mind. Even Constantia, Hemel en Aarde and the Swartland. Paarl lies forgotten. But you’d be the poorer for overlooking this gem of a town.
It’s a city of contrasts - it gets almost unbearably hot in the summer and quite frigid in the winter; it is old and new but mostly pretty.
Old Paarl is in the centre of the town, and it is here that we start our morning.
DAY 1
9 am: First up, coffee and patisserie at MOM Café - that is Meals On Main, in case you were wondering. It is the public-facing aspect of the Hurst Campus of the Hurst Master Culinary School, founded, owned and run by Rebecca Hurst in 1997.
The 70-odd students get practical, hands-on training through baking and cooking,
