What to enjoy at The Marine this October

Writer: Hedda Mittner.

The Marine Hotel, which reopened a month ago, is slowly coming back to life as domestic tourists, especially from Cape Town, come to enjoy not only this iconic establishment’s gracious hospitality, but also the wide open spaces and healthy champagne air of Hermanus.

Chef Tronette Dippenaar with The Marine’s Friday Special of fish ‘n chips. In the circle is the Sunday Roast, with all the trimmings.

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The Marine, along with its sister hotels, The Plettenberg and Cellars-Hohenort, is also well-known for its excellent cuisine. Heading up the kitchen is Tronette Dippenaar, a charming and down-toearth boeremeisie, albeit one with a sophisticated palate, who has been working for The Collection since 2008, when she was appointed as Chef de Partie at The Marine. After three years, Tronette transferred to The Plettenberg, where she became head chef before moving on to the Lord Milner Hotel in Matjiesfontein. She returned to The Marine in 2017 to take over as executive head chef.

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