Hirsch Umhlanga recently hosted a cooking demo free to the public to show off some knife skills and the art of easy cooking for two.
Guests were treated to prawns cooked in the Phillips Air fryer, using 80% less fat than you would normally use.
Warren Pearce PRO cooked up some of the recipe’s found in Richard Hirsch’s cook book, called his and Hirsch’s.
Prawns to be wild and some Simons date balls.
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Women’s Entrepreneur Breakfast with Margaret Hirsch
Margaret Hirsch, Hirsch’s Chief Operations Executive, was the key note speaker at the Woman’s Entrepreneur Breakfast held at the Berea Church in Phoenix.
Margaret Hirsch delivered a powerful message of overcoming obstacles, focusing on success and the importance of goal setting. Margaret has always been very hands on in her business having done selling, invoicing, demonstrating, delivery person on the trucks, installing and demonstrating in customers’ homes and generally taking care of everything at Hirsch’s for the past 34 years. “We have built Hirsch’s from a tiny store to a billion rand company and I hope that I will be an inspiration to others to know that they can live their dreams as well.” she said.
The Sony Centre in The Gateway Mall runs monthly photography talks, each month being a different topic which gives value to the general public.
This month the Sony Centre had Dave Nisbet who is a Motosport photographer.
Dave Nisbet told us, “Taking control of your shutter speed is critical when shooting motorsport photography, try using Tv (Shutter Priority) mode, so you can set your shutter speed while your camera takes care of the aperture. I generally want a shutter speed of 1/250-1/500 sec to freeze the action in my motorsport photography, unless I’m panning for motion blur.”
We had arranged to have a small POP up Hirsch Shop outside displaying all the items we used when cooking as well as a few smalls, we ran with our OPT INN forms and managed to get just over 200 today.
Richard and Simone Hirsch cooked up a storm at the Kitchen, including dishes such as, prawns to be wild, Beer Bread, and Simones Famous Date Balls. The crowd loved it and customers bought the book after the demo getting it personally signed by Ricahrd and Simone.
Later I cooked up a storm making a Beef and Chicken Wellington that came out amazing while promoting our amazing products, pans and SMEG appliances.
HIRSCH’S HOSTS SOCIAL MEDIA TRAINING.
Hirsch’s Umhlanga recently hosting a social media training specifically for the B&B’s in the Durban area, this was done to uplift the community and give them knowledge to best promote our city and their B&B.
Shaun Reed, marketing manager for the Hirsch Group explained, “Social media is slowly creeping into all areas of the web. Even websites and services that have no social features usually use Facebook or Google+, to help spread the word of their existence. Even so, it’s quite difficult to explain to someone new to the Internet, or social aspects of the web, exactly what this social media revolution is. And just as importantly, what the difference between social media services are.
The breakdown is if something like Twitter differs from Facebook or LinkedIn. Twitter is for telling people what you are doing at any given moment (like I am eating a donut), Facebook is more for sharing what you like in general (I like donuts), and LinkedIn is for sharing what you’re good at (skilled with donuts). Yet all rely on the sharing of information in different ways to remain relevant and keep people using them.
The lack of skills and development is one of the social ills faced by many South Africans. As township populations flounder with little education and dwindling prospects, new learning opportunities are becoming increasingly essential to the upward mobility of South Africa’s poor. The community cooking class aims to take unemployed members of the Umlazi community and teach them the necessary skills to start their own businesses.
Students get taught how to create invoices, Cook, Bake and clean.
Like many rural areas, Umlazi is marred by a lack of unemployment. Mary Ann Vundla affectionately known as Mama Mary Ann and the Hirsch Community Kitchen are doing their bit to uplift Umlazi’s community through cooking and baking as well as offering Domestic Workers Courses and Business Networking Meetings.
Mary Ann as a mother to her students she welcomes men and woman of different ages to join her cooking classes or any of the other classes she hosts. With her ability to ladle entrepreneurship into her charges, Mama Mary Ann is bringing a new wave of hope to the Umlazi community.
Food is about enjoyment, says Mary Ann, she enriches her students with the ability to give others a taste of indulgence while allowing them to build a livelihood, at the end of her course each student is awarded a certificate that they can use to show that they can cook, bake and clean for them to be able to get a job.
Big thank you to the amazing sponsors to the Hirsch Community Kitchen that make this dream a reality, Miele (appliances), Samsung (microwaves), Tile Africa (Tiles),Ashkraft (kitchen cupboards), Port Natal Paints (Paint), Unilever, Knorrox and Knorr (product), Blinds Décor (blinds).
The morning was full of excitement and joy for the students, pastor’s and the sponsors that attended the Grand Opening.
For more information on the Hirsch Community Kitchen, please go to http://www.hirschcommunitykitchen.co.za
Pictured: Richard Hirsch, Diana Lindsay, Cheryl Woollaat, Mary Ann Vundla, Babongile Lalinga, Lindwe Zulu & Margaret Hirsch
Top Billing recently visited the Samsung Brand Store to shoot a spot that will air on the 10th of July.
Pictured, Warren Pearce, Logen Pillay, Tumi Voster (top billing presenter), Quinton Meyer, Alshe Du Plessis, Greg Meyer
Saving the Earth, was the topic discussed at the Hirsch Networking Breakfast presented by Kerry Dell, director for Your Earth Solutions.
Carbon dioxide is one of the major contributors to climate change (global warming).Carbon Footprint is a measurement of greenhouse gases caused by an individual or a company. Every human being and every business on this planet leaves a carbon footprint. We have to take action for our own carbon footprint and minimize our impact on earth, said Kerry Dell.
Hirsch’s Umhlanga runs their networking breakfast on the last Wednesday of every month, next speaker will be Shaun Reed, Social Media Marketer who will be discussing Social Media in detail and how it can affect your business.
To book your seat, contact Warren on 0845130911 or warren@hirschs.co.za
The Sony Centre Gateway in collaboration with the Durban North Fever hosted their private screening of 22 Jump Street at the Gateway Theatre of Shopping. Attendee’s had to submit a ‘selfie’ at their best night out in order to win ticket’s, with over 180 pax all dressed up in their ‘Togas’ as if they were going to a frat party they were ready to win the amazing Sony Action Camera valued at R4500. With a full house and an amazing vibe attendees were super excited to get the competitions started, Lazlo Venter who was the best dressed was the winner of the one and only Sony Action Camera. It was truly a night to remember and everyone absolutely loved the movie and only had compliments at the end of the night.
Pictured Warren Pearce and Lazlo Venter
The Hirsch family have been prolific in the creation of recipe books over the years, and this year it was Allan’s turn to bring out his culinary skills and put together his own recipe book in conjunction with culinary whizz and family friend, Vanessa de Beer.
The book – a Taste of Hirsch’s is beautifully illustrated by professional photographer, Samantha Maber and contains a wonderful mix of recipes from Allan’s youth, his travels around the world, and family meals. “We try to spend as much time together as a family and our Sunday lunches are something very special.” Comments Allan. Some favourites: For breakfast, the hugely healthy home-made fibre-rich granola; a delightful, spicey midday meal – Smokey Brinjal and Cashew nut curry or the vibrant Mediterranean Salmon tray bake. Then there’s the family’s favourite chocolate mousse meringue to round things off – or Allan’s baked blackberry (or mulberry) cheesecake and a lot more, all with careful thought put towards the ingredients and the health giving aspects of the dishes as a whole. “The most obvious thing is to know which foods are right for you, taking advantage of what the food offers. This can keep you energized all day long.” Says Allan.
Vanessa thoroughly enjoyed collaborating with Allan in this culinary journey “Food builds strong friendships and creates love and happiness. The best of camaraderie and community is formed around food and lifestyle and it is for this reason that I have loved working on this cookery book for Allan. He is an amazing friend and family man!”
In picture: Allan & Richard Hirsch
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