Women’s Month Sunday Lunch Series celebrates Cape Town’s Women in Food and Wine
This Women’s Month, Upper Union and Reverie Social Table will come together for an intimate Sunday lunch collaboration celebrating women at the table, in the kitchen and in the cellar. Hosted by Upper Union’s chef Amori Burger and Reverie Social Table’s chef Julia Hattingh, the lunch series will take place over four Sundays in August, with each lunch featuring a three-course menu (with a few surprise extras) and a female winemaker pouring wines selected for the occasion.
Bringing together two Cape Town restaurants with distinct yet complementary approaches to hospitality, the series is designed as a convivial Women’s Month celebration of food, wine and conversation. With just 16 seats available at each lunch, guests can expect a generous, close-up dining experience shaped by seasonal cooking. The three-course menu includes signature-style dishes from each kitchen alongside collaborative plates created especially for the occasion, with freshly baked bread and a friandise offered as generous additional touches, and every lunch accompanied by wines poured and introduced by a featured female winemaker.
The lunches will take place on:
- 2 August: Reverie Social Table with Olifantsberg Wines
- 9 August: Reverie Social Table with Kasteelberg Wines & RAAR
- 23 August: Upper Union with McFarlane Wines
- 30 August: Upper Union with Atlas Swift
The women behind the menus
Located at 3 Upper Union Street in Cape Town, Upper Union is known for bold, globally inspired dishes designed to be shared, with a dining style that encourages guests to gather around the table, connect and enjoy plentiful plates layered with vibrant flavours, seasonal produce and carefully considered South African wines; executive chef Amori Burger’s cooking is rooted in the warmth of hosting Sunday lunch at home, inspired by the women in her family and driven by a pursuit of the “perfect bite”, resulting in food that is generous, textured and flavour-forward, often balancing spice, acidity and bold combinations in a way that feels both polished and deeply personal.
Reverie Social Table, based in Observatory, is one of Cape Town’s most distinctive dining experiences: a communal table built around five courses, local wine and the joy of conversation. Chef-owner Julia Hattingh’s menus focus on sustainable, hyper-seasonal produce and are composed to complement wines from local producers, bringing the tasting room into the city in an intimate dinner-party setting; having opened Reverie in 2015, Hattingh has built the restaurant around connection between guests, growers, winemakers and the seasons, and for this collaboration brings Reverie’s social-table spirit to Sunday lunch, pairing refined yet soulful cooking with a sense of generosity and shared discovery.
Featured winemakers & wines
Each Sunday lunch will spotlight one female winemaker, with wines selected to complement the five-course menu and to showcase the diversity of South African wine.
The featured producers include Atlas Swift with Welma Smith, Olifantsberg with Elizma Visser, McFarlane Wines with Alexandra McFarlane, and Kasteelberg & RAAR with Sheree Nothnagel.
Bookings are essential, with seating limited to just 16 guests per lunch. The experience is priced at R1 500 per person, including wine.
Bookings for the lunches at Reverie Social Table can be made directly with the restaurant on info@reverie.capetown or +27 79 060 697. For Upper Union, bookings can be done via Dineplan.
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