Session 78

The first ever World Restaurant Awards has awarded its top prize to a small South African beachside restaurant. Catherine and Neil discuss the story and teach you the vocabulary you need to talk about it.

Sessions in this unit

Session 78 score

0 / 3

  • 0 / 3
    Activity 1

Activity 1

News Review

Small South African beachside restaurant wins World Restaurant Awards

The first ever World Restaurant Awards has awarded its top prize to a small South African beachside restaurant.

Language challenge

Which slang word means 'award'?

a) gong
b) kong
c) zong

Watch the video and complete the activity

__________________________________________________________________________________

NEWS REVIEW PODCAST NOW AVAILABLE - SUBSCRIBE HERE

______________________________________________________________________________________

Did you like that? Why not try these? 

  int_u15_s3_le0055_rc.jpg white_elephant_resilience_13_YT.jpg

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

The story

A small beachside South African restaurant specialising in local seafood has won the top prize at the inaugural World Restaurant Awards in Paris. Wolfgat, whose six staff have no formal training, opened two years ago in a cottage and cave on the remote beach at Paternoster. Its sixty-dollar tasting menu is a fraction of what prestigious Parisian restaurants charge.

Key words and phrases

crowned
given an award

  • France were crowned champions at the 2018 World Cup.
  • Chloe came second last year but hopes to be crowned at the comedy awards tonight.

eatery
restaurant

  • This reviewer says the new Vietnamese eatery deserves five stars.
  • If you want fine dining, San Sebastian in Spain is famous for its eateries.

inaugural
first (event) in a series

  • The inaugural modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896.
  • The school's inaugural public speaking competition was covered in the local press.

To do

Try our quiz to see how well you've learned today's language.

News Review quiz

3 Questions

Now you've watched the video, try to answer these questions about the language in the news.

Congratulations you completed the Quiz
Excellent! Great job! Bad luck! You scored:
x / y

Downloads

You can download the audio and PDF document for this episode.

Language challenge answer

a) gong

More

We hope you enjoyed News Review. You can find more episodes here.