FORCES OF NATURE
“WE WANTED TO SHOWCASE THE INGREDIENTS; THAT’S WHAT THE CONCEPT IS BUILT ON, BEING INSPIRED BY NATURE” – ARNO JANSE VAN RENSBURG
CAPE TOWN’S KLOOF STREET is a favourite haunt for the young and the restless but, until now, perhaps not somewhere you’d expect to find a darkly stylish fine-dining restaurant in a space formerly occupied by the Ocean Basket. But stroll past the hipster hangouts and you’ll come upon an understated entrance presided over by a smiling yet no-nonsense doorman. This is Janse & Co., award-winning chef Arno Janse van Rensburg’s new venture. Quite a change from the bucolic vista of The Kitchen at Maison in Franschhoek, where he was executive chef for six years.
“I learnt a lot at Maison, but it was time to move on and run my own restaurant. We looked at over 30 sites in town – Loop Street, Bree Street, Woodstock,
