Allan Clingham

Allan comes from a family of hoteliers and restaurateurs dating as far back as the early 1930's. He started in the restaurant business at the age of 16; he says that he always had “passion for good food and wine”.

He completed his in-service training with the Southern Sun Group, which included a three-year Diploma course in Hotel Management. He then started working for Southern Suns as junior manager. After 20 years of service, of which 10 as a General Manager, He left to form a consulting company, A&S Hospitality Services. His passion for good food and wine continues with our Hospitality Group, The Pinotage.

“We hope to welcome you soon to introduce you to our exceptional range of wines and superb a la carte menu!”

Les Murray

Les’ career highlights read like a travel novel! He trained and worked in the UK - in Brighton and London before moving to South Africa in 1984.

He worked for Southern Suns Group for 10 years, after which he worked at the Wits Hotel School as a lecturer. Les has also had a successful stint at the world-famous Blue Train implementing new menus in and conducting on-the-job training. He moved to Cape Town to work for the Holiday Inn Group after which he trained staff and management at a number of Garden Courts around the country. During that time he also consulted on the opening of the Maputo Holiday Inn and Dar-es-Salaam Holiday Inn.

Les was appointed Executive Chef of the Airport Holiday Inn in 2004 before joining The Pinotage in 2005.