Awards

Executive chef/patron/author Shane Sauvage began his career as a bus boy in a local restaraunt kitchen some 25 years ago. After qualifing Shane worked in a number of top Gauteng restaraunts in various executive chef positions until he opened his own restaraunt "la Pentola". In 1997 Shane won the international culinary organisation the Chaines des Rotiseurs 'YOUNG CHEF OF THE YEAR". From this point Sauvage's career mushroomed, he began to work on television and stage, with local and international personalities. La Pentola recieved countless awards and recognition for quality and excellence, including the much sort after "BLAZON" from the Chaine des Rotiseurs, the highest award a chef can recieve in his life time for culinary brilliance. Sauvage has published two books: "The Edge of Fusion" & "Infusion". These books showcase his individual cooking style that is truely original with an exciting south african twist.

Other awards:
The Diners Club Diamond Award 2009
American Express Platinum Fine Dining Award 2006-2010
Excellence Award from Dinners Club 2006 (top 20 wine list in SA)
Voted Eat Out Top 15 Restaurants in SA 2005
Wine magazine Top 100 Restaurants 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Wine magazine - Best wine list created with food in mind 2005
American Express Platinum Fine Dining Award 2005
Chaine Des Rotisseurs - Blazon Awarded 2005
Diner’s Club Gold Winelist of the Year 2005
Tendermints Top Restaurant 2004
National finalist in Relaxed Dining Mushroom festival 2004
Top 10 Johnny Walker Eat out Restaurant 2003
National finalist in the Chef de Cuisine - Mushroom festival 2001 and 2002
Induction into the Chaine Des Rotisseurs as Maitre'd Grilledin - 2003
Voted Top African Ethnic Restaurant in the Gourmet Festival 2002 - 2003
Voted Top South African Restaurant inthe Gourmet Festival 2001
Superior Choices Top 100 - 1999-2004
Diner’s Club Platinum Wine List Merit Award 2002
Diner’s Club Wine List Merit Award 2001
Diner’s Club Wine List Merit Award 2000
Chaine Des Rotisseurs Regional Junior Chef of the year 1997