If you want to learn about wine tasting but don’t know where to start, watch our beginner’s guide with Jorald Julie, sommelier at Constance Hotels Experience.
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Video: Wine tasting – a beginner’s guide
If you want to learn about wine tasting but don’t know where to start, watch our beginner’s guide with Jorald Julie, sommelier at Constance Hotels Experience.
A foodie’s Christmas wish list – Staub cookware
If you’re looking for the perfect present for the foodie in your life, look out for top quality, quirky Staub cookware.
Staub cocotte
Bruno Le Gac, our Corporate Executive Chef, gives us the lowdown on the pick of the crop from their latest range.
Cast iron cocottes from brand Staub are great and absolutely beautiful. They exist in plenty of cool colours and can be used for anything you want.
- Mini cocottes to serve individual garnishes or sauces, soufflés or desserts. Gorgeous!
- Large cocottes to cook your traditional family stew or basically anything you want. Get it in white for a modern twist or in titanium grey for a ‘techno’ look!
Pumpkin cocotte from Staub cookware
- The cow cocotte. Braised beef brisket with sweet chili, capsicum and rosemary. Served with polenta.
- The heart cocotte. For a special romantic dinner. The good thing with cast iron is that you just slide the cocotte in a gentle oven and food cooks by itself.
- The pumpkin cocotte. Ideal for a ginger-flavoured pumpkin soup with garlic croutons.
- The rooster cocotte. Great to serve a whole chicken basted with herbs with an onion jus.
Looking for inspiration?
If you’re in the mood for cooking, check out our Constance recipes - we post a delicious recipe from the heart of the kitchens every Friday. And don’t miss our video showing you how to make puri bread.
A foodie's Christmas wish list – Staub cookware
If you’re looking for the perfect present for the foodie in your life, look out for top quality, quirky Staub cookware.
Staub cocotte
Bruno Le Gac, our Corporate Executive Chef, gives us the lowdown on the pick of the crop from their latest range.
Cast iron cocottes from brand Staub are great and absolutely beautiful. They exist in plenty of cool colours and can be used for anything you want.
- Mini cocottes to serve individual garnishes or sauces, soufflés or desserts. Gorgeous!
- Large cocottes to cook your traditional family stew or basically anything you want. Get it in white for a modern twist or in titanium grey for a ‘techno’ look!
Pumpkin cocotte from Staub cookware
- The cow cocotte. Braised beef brisket with sweet chili, capsicum and rosemary. Served with polenta.
- The heart cocotte. For a special romantic dinner. The good thing with cast iron is that you just slide the cocotte in a gentle oven and food cooks by itself.
- The pumpkin cocotte. Ideal for a ginger-flavoured pumpkin soup with garlic croutons.
- The rooster cocotte. Great to serve a whole chicken basted with herbs with an onion jus.
Looking for inspiration?
If you’re in the mood for cooking, check out our Constance recipes - we post a delicious recipe from the heart of the kitchens every Friday. And don’t miss our video showing you how to make puri bread.
Competition winner announced – 3 words to describe Constance Hotels Experience
We received so many fantastic entries to our latest competition – choose 3 words that best describe Constance Hotels Experience. Thank you to everyone who entered.
To celebrate your inspiration, and your delight with the Constance Hotels experience, we’ve made a lovely tag cloud to illustrate the words you chose.
The words you chose to describe Constance Hotels Experience
And now, the winner of the competition is…
… Patricia Edwards for your entry – Chic, unique, fantastique.
Congratulations Patricia, please get in touch with us via email (community@constancehotels.com) Twitter or Facebook with your contact details.
Watch this space for more competitions coming soon.
Winner announced for our name the sea creature competition
We recently ran a Name that sea creature competition and have received fantastic entries. Thank you to everyone who has entered. We have read through every entry and after much deliberation we selected 3 winners. See below to see if you have won and we will be announcing a new competition soon.
Clark's anemone fish
Our winning name is Mal-diva by Sam. Congratulations Sam, please get in contact with us (see below) to claim you Serge Lutens Fragrance.
Spotted unicorn fish
Our winner is Le pinocciodes mers by Joy. Congratulations Joy, please get in contact with us (see below) to claim bottle of Art De Vignes wine.
Porcupine fish
And the winner of our Facebook porcupine fish competition is Seamore by Ella Laing.
Congratulations Ella, please get in contact with us (see below) to claim your magnum of Art De Vignes wine.
Congratulations to all our winners please get in contact with us via email (community@constancehotels.com) Twitter or Facebook with your contact details.