Support the Local Markets of Hermanus by joining us this weekend and sampling our fine fair. Overnight at the Marine Hotel and enjoy our very own special Whalewatchers Cocktail on the house.

The following Markets will be open in and around Hermanus on Saturday 5th June and Sunday 6th June 2010;

• Hermanus Country Market - unique outdoor Deli experience. Situated at The Montessori School in Hermanus. Open every Saturday morning.
• Stanford Country Market - Unique pork and fidget pies. Situated in Stanford. First Saturday of the month in the morning.
• Fisherman’s Village Craft Market - Unique art and crafts. Situated at Gearings point. Open from 08h00 till 15h00 Saturday and Sunday.
• Hermanuspietersfontein Food and Wine Market - Unique food and wine tasting. Situated at The Hemel en Aarde Village. Open on Saturdays 09h00 till 14h00.
• Hemel-en-Aarde Boot Sale - Unique and interesting goods for sale. Situated at Hemel en Aarde village. Open every Saturday 09h00 till 13h00.
• St Peters Church Coffee Morning - Fresh tea and scones and scintilating conversation. Situated in the the Church Garden. Open 09h00 till 12h30.

For directions to the above markets, feel free to call the Marine Hotel on 028 313 1000. As to the question of the weather, it’s looking like it will be warm and sunny all weekend.

The Collection Blog has undergone one of the famous Mrs. M makeovers and today we are delighted to announce its relaunch. We are proud to say that The Collection Blog is definitely here to stay!

Those of you who already follow this blog will know that this post isn’t our first. In fact, as you may or may not be aware, we’ve been trying to get a successful and consistent blog up and running since early May 2009. Our blogging journey this far has been a long, and sometimes difficult, process but we have persevered. Mostly because we know that blogging and social media are areas that have the potential to add immense value and depth to our brand.

We’ve relooked at our approach, tweaked it to make it more effective and sustainable. We can now say that you will find us here, three times a week, posting blogs about a variety of topics! We have also come to understand that every individual consumes their online content differently, so please feel free to follow and interact with us through your preferred means be it email, feed reader, Facebook or Twitter.

We hope that The Collection Blog will be an online space you frequent. A place where you feel comfortable enough to share your own thoughts regarding the topics we post about.

Welcome to The Collection Blog, we look forward to getting to know you!

Dear All,

I have just received great news for The Collection, I have now been given a sponsorship from Grant Scientific Cuisine & Sous Vide Cooking for our hotels.

They are sponsoring us with Grant sous vide baths for The Greenhouse, The Pavilion and Sand. It is an awesome sponsorship, as Grant is a UK based company and do not usually sponsor chefs- but Tanya at SOUS VIDE COOKING CC really pulled some strings and managed get this amazing sponsorship, for a year to start with.

Grant sous vide baths are endorsed by Heston Blumenthal of the Fat Duck, Gordon Ramsey Restaurants, Claude Bosi from Hibiscus, Tom Aikens and Marcus Wareing, some of the leading chefs in UK and the world.