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BUSINESS DAY | 01-May-2010

"He inherited his aesthetic sense from his father, a surgeon who expressed himself creatively through "beautiful carpentry and a magnificent bonsai collection." But it was his mother who nurtured his talent, sending him to art lessons and encouraging his artistic interests in things like music and ballroom dancing."


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HOUSE & LEISURE | 01-Apr-2010

"Turn your festive Easter table into a work of art with an array of beautiful things - Production by Otto de Jager."


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FOOD & HOME ENTERTAINING | 01-Jul-2009

"After the ceremony, guests made their way to a penthouse apartment in inner-city Johannesburg, which Otto dressed for the theme with baroque silk cushions, antique books, teak, silver and bone."


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FOOD & HOME ENTERTAINING | 01-Jun-2008

"For a moment, guests thought they were in a night market far away, Most impressive of all was that it took renowned events coordinator, Otto de Jager just three weeks to replicate this "other world", a mammoth task that would normally have taken three months."


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THE CITIZEN | 24-Jun-2006

"The lighting was ingeniously handled by Otto de Jager, whose parties are always beautifully thought out..."


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FOOD & HOME ENTERTAINING | 01-Apr-2005

""My jaw dropped", says Kim. It surpassed all my expectations" Inside was a 49 metre-long banquet table decorated with bowls of roses (7 000 garden roses in different stages of bloom were used for the whole wedding) among which were interspersed candelsbra, handmade crystal pieces, bunches of rosemary, lavender and olive vine, and lemons and bunches of grapes."


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FOOD & HOME ENTERTAINING | 01-Nov-2004

"Otto was one of the contributors to the original Pasella Kook, creator of the romantic chapter, with high tea as the theme, "I used my grandmother's scone recipe, and worked with wonderful desserty things like pear soufflés and watermelon sorbet, " he says."


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