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Alex Windebank

Alex Windebank

South African chef and co-owner (with wife Eloise) of Farro, a modern European restaurant in Gardens, Cape Town.

Jun 3, 2026

What’s the Difference? A Woolies Food Podcast

What’s the Difference? A Woolies Food Podcast

Set menus, anxiety and secret snacks: Alex and Eloise Windebank reveal life behind Farro restaurant

Jun 3 · 30m

Sibongile Mafu
Sibongile MafuHOST
5:11
I
Alex Windebank
Alex WindebankGUEST
5:11
think what you just said there is what makes us happy.
Alex Windebank
Alex WindebankGUEST
5:15
Hospitality is huge to us.
Alex Windebank
Alex WindebankGUEST
5:16
And as a restaurant, I think that...
Alex Windebank
Alex WindebankGUEST
5:19
You do lose that at a point.
Alex Windebank
Alex WindebankGUEST
5:20
As a young chef, you say, I don't care about the customer.
Alex Windebank
Alex WindebankGUEST
5:23
It's me.
Steve Steinfeld
Steve SteinfeldHOST
7:18
Yeah, exactly.

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