It was all about giving something back to Mum on Saturday morning at Hirsch’s Ballito, with children from around the North Coast coming in to the shop to cook up a mini storm for their Mums. Said Hirsch PR Consultant, Glenda Thompson, “while the kids cooked – the Mums had time to  shop!”  Hirsch’s partnered with Fine Young Cooks for the day  and each child prepared, cooked and iced biscuits and then learnt how to make a delicious breakfast for Mum on Mothers Day! 

Esther and Elena Bishop, Dimishka Govender, Kubashni Nagapah and Sanusha Gounden

Glenda Thompson and Lewaine von Allemann help the kids start off their cooking session

Jerome and Debbie Rautenbach with Hirsch's Glenda Thompson. Debbie won a pedicure from Sorbet

Kieren Griffin, Ashton Dumea and Jerome Rautenbach

Hirsch Ballito held a very successful Domestic Workers training session in their showroom today with 15 ladies – including some from local B and B’s – attending the session. Hirsch’s PR Consultant, Glenda Thompson kicked off he morning by welcoming participants, and giving them a brief talk on Hirsch’s and a tour of the shop.   Patsy Peria, Unilever’s Senior Product Consultant, gave an excellent talk on how to clean and maintain a variety of appliances.  Her talk was peppered with handy tips and advice “Remove stains from fridges immediately;  don’t wash your whites with coloured clothes; use a powder that doesn’t foam; clean the washing machine dispenser with a tooth brush;  Use Geochem Grease Stripper from Hirsch’s to clean ovens. Etc.” Then it  was on to the Televisions with a lecture from Samsung’s Tashen Naidoo on how to clean flat screens.  AEG’s Nelendhree Pillay took over from Tashen and showed the group how to use a vacuum cleaner and gave a good demonstration with the Go Green vacuum.  The morning was rounded off with  a delicious sweet potato and butternut soup that was made in the AEG pressure cooker by Nelendhree. Certificates were handed out to all attendees and they left happy with the knowledge that Hirsch was the place to come to to learn all about appliances!

Patsy explaining the finer points of cleaning to Nonkululheko, Thabsile and Lilian.Patsy Peria from Unilever showing the Domestic workers how to clean a fridge

Samsung's Tashen Naidoo shows the domestic workers how best to clean a flat screen TVThe Morning ended with a dem in the AEG Pressure cooker with a sweet potato and butternut soup

Unilever's Patsy Peria pictured with the group of domestic workers that attended the course. Also in the pic, Hirsch's Rajen Anamatoo and Kubashni Nagapah

“On-your-marks, get-set ....... go!”  This was definitely the spirit of the Blue Angels team at Hirsch’s Fourways on Saturday.  Said Hirsch’s 4 Ways PRO Keindira Moodley “The purpose was more to encourage team-building and camaraderie but this team proved more than that. The team arrived at 07:00, put on their chef gear and took to their work stations.  The very talented team proved that they could stand the heat in the kitchen! On their menu were curries, soups  and a gourmet breakfast, all prepared with Elba and Kenwood appliances.

A well-deserved pat on the back for excellent teamwork – well done BLUE ANGELS!!!”   

The winner of the Radio Tygerberg sms competition that was held recently with LG and Hirsch’s was Strandfontein resident, David Fish. David popped into Hirsch’s Milnerton Branch recently to collect his prize, a FUJIFILM Finepix REAL 3D Digital Camera from LG Electronics. The prize was handed over to him by Hirsch Manager, Bonnie Den Otter, said David, “I’m thrilled to have won the prize and will be giving it to my daughter”.

Professional photographer and ex Rapport photo journalist, Gerhard de Bruin gave an excellent talk on how to take the  best seas scape pix at Hirsch Ballito’s monthly photographic workshop which was held in the showroom recently.Sound bits of advice from Gerhard? Play around with your speeds, try and use a tripod wherever possible, use a polarizing filter and makes sure you don’t have any bits of rubbish in the photo.   Hirsch’s Dhivian Moodley also gave a talk at the workshop, with focus on the wide range of camera’s and photographic equipment sold at Hirsch’s.  Guests were also very interested to hear about the fantastic reductions in price on televisions in the Huge LED TV sale and did some serious browsing and buying after the talk.

It was a fun filled weekend as Hirsch’s in Springfield Park celebrated their 14th Birthday. “There were lots of great interactive activities happening in the store, with cooking demo’s, coffee tasting, and loads of lovely prizes for lucky customers throughout the weekend. We also had a wide selection of music playing throughout the weekend to pump up the birthday vibe”, said Superstore’s PRO, Shevani Maharaj. Managing Director of Hirsch’s, Richard Hirsch was there to cut the birthday cake with branch manager Alvin Rajaram and assistant manager, Elvis Govender. Customers were also treated to a free bottle of coo-ee upon entrance and enjoyed the rest of their time shopping. Pictured: Alvin Rajaram, Richard Hirsch and Elvis Govender.