Baia Seafood Restaurant, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town

It's pure seafood here, simple but very good, with some great fruits de mer (00 27 (0)21 4210935).

The Roundhouse, Camps Bay

Local ingredients with a modern twist to produce really clean flavours feature here; the foie gras ballotine with plums using local duck is fantastic. It's a former 18th-century guardhouse with great views across the bay (www.theroundhouserestaurant.com).

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Le Quartier Français, Franschhoek

An hour away from Cape Town in the vineyards, this restaurant has excellent wine. All the food is good: the menu includes Franschhoek salmon trout tartare, roasted wildebeest loin and gingerbread watermelon (www.lequartier.co.za).

Bread & Wine, Franschhoek

Neil, the chef, is from Southend-on-Sea and cures his own meat using South African produce - the best in the world. It is like finding an angel. You will find him on Môreson, a farm ten minutes from the sister property Le Quartier Français (www.moreson.co.za).

The Old Biscuit Mill, Woodstock, Cape Town

A great place for breakfast. You meet the guys who make honey, buffalo ridge ricotta cheese and cured meats. It's where we found Origins, the company we get our local coffee beans from www.theold biscuitmill.co.za.

And to buy ...

Olive oil - Willow Creek is best. It has a distinctive peppery, watercressy flavour.

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