WEST COAST YOUR GOOD THING BRAAIDAY 2023
Shipwreck Bar & Restaurant, Pelican Harbour, Velddrif
What an awesomely delicious West Coast Jou Lekker Ding BraaiDag 2023 (#WeskusFees) we didn't have in November 2023 at Shipwreck Bar & Restaurant in Velddrif.
It was a fantastic Braai Day with great food, conversation and lots of fun and entertainment from all the artists that day.
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Potjiekos Competition continued...
1st Prize R2,500 sponsored by WJLD!
2nd Prize Weekend Getaway for 2 to a West Coast destination / resort! (No food or transport included)
3rd Prize a 'FlipBraai' sponsored by Piets Steelworks Braai Supplies
Participants so far in no particular order:
Seashell Stouters
Team members:
Henry Kruger
Ceale Kruger
Type of Pot: BILTONG POT
LanieBaan's Dangerous 4
Team members:
Maritha Wagner
Liz Retief
Melissa Hoffend
Lise Geldenhuys
Type of Pot: TBA
The Gravy's of Cape Town
Team members:
Hendrik Greyvenstein
Martli Greyvenstein
Johan van der Watt
Shareen van der Watt
Type of Potjie: "GOCHUJANG PORK"!
Crazy Crowd 101 from Cape Town
Team members:
Henry Ford
Hilda Ford
Michael Collison
Lene Collison
Type of Potjie: Lamb Rib and Tail Curry with rice!
Our PotjieKos Competition Judges
Our proud Head Judge for our PotjieKos Competition, Denzel "Denzy" Koenana , winner of HuisKok South Africa! On his & the other 2 judges' shoulders rest a lot of expectations to get the "WINNERS" of the 3 prizes right, but we have all faith in Denzel & his team, those of you who don't know Denzel Koenana, he is simply the West Coast Chef of all Chefs!
Our second or shall we say assistant judge is Analise Kleyn from Cape Town. She is a special woman with a taste palette of size. She loves the outdoors and loves braaiing and making potjiekos, anything that has to do with cooking on an open fire, that's where you will find Analise. We are privileged to have her caliber as an assistant judge for our West Coast Jou Lekker Ding BraaiDag Potjiekos Competition.
Our 3rd Judge is a Lamberts Bay native, and she also organises many community events such as potjiekos competitions and was a natural choice as one of our judges for the West Coast Jou Lekker Ding Potjiekos Competition. Alice Thomas (Petersen) is truly a beautiful person with a beautiful heart and very spontaneous and outgoing, and it is a privilege for us to have her and Denzy and Analise together as our potjiekos judging team.
Our PotjieKos Competition Rules can be found here. Click the link below
Just a little something for our Heavenly Father before we go any further! Amen!
We kick off the 2023 Weskus Jou Lekker Ding's annual Braai Day (or as we call it, the Weskus Fees) at exactly 09:00am at the River Market Restaurant & SHIPWRECK BAR in Velddrif.
Last year's West Coast Jou Lekker Ding BraaiDag was also held in Velddrif at the Knor Varkie open-air Restaurant and Bar, but this year promises to be even bigger and more delicious.
We will be holding a formal "Potjiekos Competition" that day, and those who are not participating in the potjiekos competition will have a nice braai together for their families, relatives and friends.
Although there is seating, we would like to suggest that if you own a camp chair, for safety reasons, you should bring it with you, as well as cutlery, your own meat, salads, spices, other side dishes and more, but no alcoholic refreshments, because these must be purchased at the bar that makes the 'Venue' available to us, that's the only bit of money they can make that day since we do not charge any entrance fees for participating in our BraaiDag.
The owners of River Market Restaurant & SHIPWRECK BAR promised to give us good prices on drinks and other refreshments, such as Milkshakes for the children and more.
Those of you who don't want to braai yourself that day can even order from the Restaurant's Menu, which includes Hamburgers, Fish & Chips, Pizzas and more.
Here are a few photos from the day at Shipwreck Bar
BRAIDAY PROGRAM
Program Item No. 1
08:30am
Scan Station opens to scan BraaiDag tickets & admit guests. Every registered Festival goer must get a BraaiDag stamp in the process. The BraaiDag stamp will not only identify you for the day as a BraaiDag Festival attendee, but also at the bar by showing the stamp, you will receive a discount on the drink prices as well as food from the restaurant.
Program Item No. 4
10:00am
Registration for the walkers of the 5Km Fun Walk & 10Km Fun Run begins at the starting location information kiosk
Program Item No. 7
13:30pm - Barbecue fires may be lit.
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Music by the Head Boy
Program Item No. 10
16:00pm - 16:30pm
Presentation of PotjieKos Competition Participants' food to the Judging Team's table!
Program Item No. 13
18:00pm - 19:00pm
The third and last Artists performance. Wouter van de Venter !
Program Item No. 2
09:00 a.m
BraaiDag proceedings officially open. Bar & Restaurant for those not going to barbecue, opens 10:00am
Program Item No. 5
11:00am
The walkers for the 5Km Fun Walk & the runners for the 10Km Fun Run set off on their respective journeys
Program Item No. 8
14:30pm - 16:00pm
Second Artist performance. Anton Oosthuizen
Program Item No. 11
16:30pm - 17:00pm
Judges time slot to identify the Winning pot, as well as the 2nd & 3rd place winners! In the time slot, the winners will also be announced. Die HoofSeun will make nice music in between.
Program Item No. 14
19:00pm - 20:00pm. Final time slot for the Head Boy's playlist, after which around 20:00pm the Bar owners take further control of the evening's proceedings!
Program Item No. 3
10:00 am
The Potjiekos Competition preparation begins
Program Item No. 6
12:00pm The Potjiekos Competition starts, fires may be lit for this.
12:00pm - 1:30pm
The first Artist's performance begins. Garner Nell . Other nice music will be made between performances by artists
Program Item No. 9
4:00 p.m
Potjiekos competition comes to an end
Program Item No. 12
17:00pm - 18:00pm
Furthermore, hang out around the Braaivleis fires with music provided by the Head Boy!
Program Item No. 15
20:00pm - 24:00am
Varenke and Jacques Le Grange continue proceedings until closing time.