730am this morning (Nov 15),  20 Fairview staff members are collected from Fairview.  The destination is Savage Wilderness Safari  – 1.5 hr north of Nairobi on the Athi River (http://www.whitewaterkenya.com/aboutus.html).  After some tea at Savages’ HQ, a bit of training, we get on the water.  Before we know it, we are hitting class 4 rapids.  Laughter and excitement is in the air, and the Fairview staff are loving it!   3 hrs later, a nyama choma lunch is prepared and stories are flying around the table about Mercy and the monitor lizard, Moses and Kimani and their swim, Hannah and her shoe, the guide and his pretend joke about going the wrong way down the rapids. 

What a great day!

Fairview Hotel Staff Enjoys the Athi River

Tory McPhail

Whenever the Fairview Executive Chef, Eamon Mullan, visits foreign lands, his mind and his taste buds are open to new cuisine. On a recent trip to the United States Eamon met celebrity chef Tory McPhail, Executive Chef at the world-famous Commander’s Palace in New Orleans. It was a meeting of like minds and of two chefs who aspire to culinary perfection. Never one to miss an opportunity, Eamon invited Tory McPhail to visit Africa, specifically to recreate his unique New Orleans style in the kitchens of the Fairview’s Pango Brasserie.

For a whole week (during lunch and dinner) Tory and his team will be serving the best and freshest of Kenyan fish, meat and other produce, prepared in his distinctive New Orleans style and complemented by his own secret blend of Cajun herbs and spices. Crab, shrimp, oysters, snapper, trout, turkey and quail are just some of the delicacies that will be on the menu. Join us at the Pango Brasserie for a completely new experience in fine dining.

From 28 September to 3 October enjoy the taste of New Orleans by Tory McPhail, Thomas Robey & Christine Nelson exclusively at the Pango Brasserie.
For reservations call: 020-2881330 e-mail pango@fairviewkenya.com or through the operator on: 0722-204 429, 0733-636 563

Tory McPhail is Executive Chef at the award winning Commander’s Palace in New Orleans. He also has his own TV cookery show – Off the Menu – and has co-authored a cookery book, ‘Commander’s Wild Side’, detailing his own recipes using freshly caught fish, birds and game meat. He grew up hunting and fishing on the northwest Pacific coast of the United States and is an ardent lover of the great outdoors. The guest of Eamon Mullan and the Fairview Hotel, Tory will inspire and be inspired, and two great chefs will learn from each other. It’s not to be missed.

We will be renovating the balance of our first class rooms as well as a host of other bedrooms and our main kitchen. During the period of our main kitchen renovation, we will offer a limited version of our Current Pwani Pool Menu. We will also source new conferencing and banqueting chairs and tables and we will install a new Property Management & Accounting System (this will make our reservations replies more efficient and allow us to hopefully offer online reservations). Also, Country Lodge, a hotel company owned by the Fairview, will design another Country Lodge for another location in Nairobi which will open in 2009.

Fairview Hotel Staff Hike Ngong Hills- From North to South!

One of the most stunning views in Nairbi is the view of the Great Rift Valley.  Well on this cloudy day, the views were non existent as the Fairview Staff embarked on a trip from north to south.  Not many smiles until the clouds lifted.  At the end of the hike, a bbq awaited the hungry hikers!  Vistas of the rift were fabulous accompanied with some great Nyama Choma!

Fairview Hotel Golden Jubilee

The MD has been at the helm of the Fairview since 1955.  A surprise dinner organized by Mrs. Abbema and Susan Muriu brought the MD’s closest friends,work colleagues and  family for a surprise party to commemorate the event!

Fairview’s First Class rooms have been designed to compete with those in the five star market. To complete the experience, Fairview has launched an exclusive lounge for its First Class guests. The lounge is located above the breakfast area and is open between 6:15 a.m and 11:00 p.m. In the Lounge, First Class guests enjoy complimentary access to 2 PCs, a range of papers and magazines, coffee and tea all day long and various other benefits!

Fairview’s guests have always enjoyed Fairview’s various dining alternatives but for the special occasions, Fairview guests have gone elsewhere. Now there is a fine dining option right on your door-step! Aiming to be the classiest lunch and dinner venue, the Pango Brasserie comes complete with its own underground wine cellar for pre-dinner drinks.

• Read Brussels Airlines features Eamon Mullan in inflight-magazine. (645Kb) March 2008
• Country Lodge TN Article (665 Kb) November 2006
• Download the Travel News advertorial here! (973 Kb)