Throughout December, Veuve Clicquot’s Emotions of the Sun Exhibition at Youngblood Gallery, created in collaboration with the iconic Magnum Photos agency, invites visitors to experience the spirit of the Sun through both sight and sensation. Having travelled from Milan to New York before arriving in Cape Town, the exhibition finds its perfect culinary counterpart in the Sun on Your Plate Café, where its radiant energy is transformed into flavour. Crafted by Cape Town creative Seth Shezi, Sun on Your Plate Café Brings Veuve Clicquot’s Emotions of the Sun to the Table the menu brings the same attention to light, colour, and texture to the plate as the photographers bring to each frame.
The exhibition showcases 40 photographs by eight celebrated Magnum photographers, each exploring the Sun not as an object but as an emotion – an expression that echoes the Maison’s iconic solaire culture. At the Sun on Your Plate Café, Shezi translates this philosophy into a menu that mirrors the exhibition’s optimism and warmth. Seasonal ingredients, luminous colours and playful textures take centre stage. “Veuve Clicquot’s world is built on imagination and boldness,” says Shezi
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“Designing this menu meant capturing that emotional temperature – warm, golden and surprising. Familiar enough to comfort, layered enough to intrigue.”
For Veuve Clicquot, the partnership is a natural extension of the Maison’s longstanding affinity for joyful, elevated dining. “Veuve Clicquot has become synonymous with unforgettable brunches around the world,” says Brune Failliot, Global Communication & Digital Director of Veuve Clicquot.
“The Sun on Your Plate Café allows guests to experience a signature brunch by Veuve Clicquot. Our approach to food is rooted in the same values that define our champagne: generosity, creativity and a celebration of life’s bright moments.”
Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label threads through the experience as the ideal pairing. Its lively citrus, white fruit notes and subtle brioche character complement the menu’s fresh, sunlit flavours. “Yellow Label has a beautiful minerality that works across a wide range of dishes,” Shezi notes.
Signature dishes include truffle skinny fries with saffron aioli, goat’s cheese on yellow beetroot crisps with wild honey, and salmon sashimi on a turmeric blini. “Each dish captures sunlight on a plate,” Shezi adds. “Bright, celebratory, and unmistakably joyful – just like the exhibition itself.”
Tickets to the Emotions of the Sun exhibition are priced at R200 via howler.co.za, which includes a glass of Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label as well as access to the immersive exhibition, Sun on Your Plate Café and gifting boutique. Sun on Your Plate Café Brings Veuve Clicquot’s Emotions of the Sun to the Table
Location: Youngblood Gallery, 70 Bree Street, Cape Town.
