Upskilling staff part of Creation’s lockdown innovations

Writer & Photographer: Tweet Gainsborough-Waring.

With the local wine industry suffering severe financial and job losses as a result of the government’s ban on alcohol sales, producers have had to think out of the box to keep staff and maintain an income, even if somewhat depleted. At Creation, co-owner and marketing manager Carolyn Martin has seized the ban on international travel as an opportunity to focus on the local market and on streamlining their operations.

Lay-offs have been inevitable and the restaurant at the tasting room, for example, has lost seven of its chefs. The significant drop in guest numbers, however, gave the three remaining chefs the time to develop an entirely new menu of local fare from quality seasonal produce, which they were ready to serve when local tourism started reopening. Another innovation for the chefs was the serving of delicious ‘street food’ at the Hermanus Country Market.

From left are Kirsten Myburg, JC Martin, Rosa Kruger and Glenn Martin.

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