A Brief History
David Grier is an inspirational speaker, celebrity chef and extreme adventurer, having just completed the first ever joint continuous run of the Great Wall of China, some 4000km in 98 days. David was born on the 16th of January 1960 into a Cape wine farming family in South Africa, and with this base he never lost his roots for the love of the outdoors. With food, wine and adventure close to his heart, David set out to take all of his passions to the extreme, and explore the limits of the human mind and body. After he studied management at hotel school, David set out into the industry and became one of the countries youngest hotel managers at the age of 21.Two years later David started his first in a of successful restaurants, and has an international television cooking series on the way. David is always pushing his adventure side as well. Summiting Mt Kilimanjaro, running the Comrades Marathon, the 2 Oceans Marathon, the Puffer Ultra Marathon, and the Le Grand Raid - the worlds hardest single stage mountain race, 128km. David's book, Courage and Rice, a photographic journal of his adventure along the Great Wall of China, is now available to buy on this website
Adventure Accolades
· Great Wall Challenge, 2006· Kilomanjaro, 1994
· Two Oceans, 1996, 1997, 1998
· Comrades, 1996
· Argus Cycle Tour, 1995, 1996, 1998
· Grand Raid, Reunion, 1998, 1999, 2002. A 125 km off-road mountain run
· Puffer Challenge, 1999 (as above) 80 km
· Men s Health Adventure Racing Team, 250 km & 500km races
· Out There Magazine 2007 Adventurer of the Year
Diners Club award for best wine list in the country
· 1997 - Merit Award· 1998 - Platinum Award
· 1999 - Platinum Award
· 2000 - Platinum Award
· 2001 - Diamond Award
· 2002 - Diamond Award
· 2003 - Diamond Award
· 2004 - Diamond Award
· 2005 - Diamond Award
Magazine Articles
Wine Magazine, S.A. Caterer, Rooi Rose, Huisgenoot, You Magazine, Food & Home, GQ, Sawubona - SAA Inflight Magazine, Wynboer, Sunday Times, Cape Times, Die Burger, S.A Restauranteur, Cape Argus, Sizzle & Bake, Caterer & Housekeeper, Flying Springbok, Mens Health , MaverickMmagazine, Runners World, Weg Magazine, Out There Magazine, Sarie.
TV Appearances
· kwella - kyknet· top billing - sabc3
· carte blance - mnet
· oor die koole - supersport











