Design meets dining: where culinary moments are delivered and dished to perfection
Come and feast your senses from 5 to 8 June at the Cape Town International Convention Centre and from 24 to 27 July at the Sandton Convention Centre. Here's what’s in store at the place where design meets delicious.
24/05/2025
Interactive cooking demos, curated tastings, cool cafés and bars, trendsetting kitchens and more - the foodie experience at Decorex Cape Town and Joburg, organised by RX is hotter than ever. From beautifully curated homeware to fast, fresh flavour delivered straight to the stage, this year’s culinary lineup is all about style, substance and serious appetite appeal.
Come and feast your senses from 5 to 8 June at the Cape Town International Convention Centre and from 24 to 27 July at the Sandton Convention Centre. Here's what’s in store at the place where design meets delicious.
@home Cooking Studio
This year’s interactive Cooking Studio is proudly supported by leading homeware retailer @home. Powered by @home’s premium cookware and stylish serveware, this dynamic kitchen space is brought to life by Food Jams and built by Cami Space + Design.
Mr D, South Africa’s most loved on-demand delivery App, will be delivering groceries that have been chosen from the Pick n Pay selection on the App, to the studio for the chefs to include in their recipes. Food prep is taken care of thanks to @home and the latest kitchen tech and appliances from Samsung, making every plate a celebration of innovation and taste.
The schedule of live cook-ups gives you a front-row seat to the future of food. The full lineup of demos is available on the free-to-download Decorex Africa app for Apple and Android. Seating is unreserved and the cook-ups are included in the price of the entry ticket.
Rialheim Café
Exclusively at Decorex Cape Town, the Rialheim Café is one of this year’s standout features. Expect walls and counters adorned with exquisite handmade tiles, sculptural ceramics woven through the interiors and tableware that turns every bite into a design moment. Between sips of your smooth brew, sink into a full sensory experience that celebrates texture, craftsmanship and local creativity.
The Line Avenue Bar
Krineshen Reddy, founder
and director of Shalom Interiors, is the
creative force behind The Line Avenue Bar, this
year's spectacular reimagining of the annual
Decorex bubbly bar. The Line Avenue Bar takes
conceptual design to the next level, starting
with its most dramatic design element: a golden
seam that splits the space down the middle, with
a different design concept on either side.
On one side, rich, textural black-on-black
finishes envelop you in what Reddy calls ‘the
velvet calm of midnight’, while charred timber,
matte metals and obsidian panels create a space
of shadow and sophistication punctuated by the
lilt of atmospheric jazz. Cross the golden
threshold and suddenly you’re bathed in an
eruption of vibrant colour, high-gloss surfaces,
brushed brass and custom Ndebele-inspired
graphics, where the lighting shifts subtly
throughout the day, mimicking a sunrise-to-noon
transition, and upbeat Afro house and neo-soul
music set a completely different emotional tone.
What truly sets The Line Avenue Bar
apart from conventional exhibition refreshment
spots is how it invites participation. Visitors
are encouraged to touch, sit and move between
the two worlds – to experience design not as
passive observers but as active participants.
This interactivity extends to the installation's
sustainability credentials, with over half of
the structure made out of repurposed wood,
salvaged from older hotel and restaurant
projects. ‘It's a subtle way to say our future
is built on the shoulders of our past,’ Reddy
explains.
Kings of the kitchen
Earlier this year, Decorex Africa and Blum South
Africa collaborated on a call-out to designers
across the country, inviting them to dream up
beautiful living spaces using Blum’s
cutting-edge fittings. From a vast array of
entries, the panel of judges chose three
winners: Unique Kitchens, RF Designs and MCE
Cupboards.
These standout talents will
each create a one-of-a-kind Living with Blum
showcase for Decorex Cape Town, using Blum
products to realise their vision. Their show
displays are also made possible by Uni-Panel,
Franke, Caesarstone, EeziQuartz, Infinity and
Lutum. Ultimately, the Living with Blum feature
is a gorgeous guide to using Blum products to
achieve beautiful and functional living spaces.
In addition, there is a host of
incredible kitchen designers and manufacturers
exhibiting at both shows, making the Cape Town
and Joburg events one-stop shops for anyone
dreaming up a new face for the heart of the
home.
Hungry yet? Book your ticket now. For ticketing and more information visit decorex.co.za.
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