Sunday, March 10, 2019

The Afrikaans lifestyle reality show, JAN, on VIA and Showmax following the Michelin-star chef Jan-Hendrik van der Westhuizen in France, renewed for a second season starting in spring-2019.


The Afrikaans lifestyle reality show, JAN, on VIA (DStv 147) and Showmax has been renewed for a second season that will start later this year in spring-2019.

JAN, following the French and European adventures of the South African Michelin-star chef Jan-Hendrik van der Westhuizen who has a restaurant, JAN, in Nice, France, is produced by Carien Loubser of Brainwave Productions.

JAN won a Golden Horn trophy as Best variety show this past Saturday at the National Film and Video Foundation's 13th South African Film and Television Awards. Besides JAN, VIA also won another award for the agricultural show, Nisboere.

"We are proud to have helped share this top-quality Afrikaans content with the world," says Izelle Venter, VIA channel head.

"We are truly thankful to the production teams and the talent who made all four these Safta-nominated shows possible."

The second season of JAN is scheduled to start in the spring of 2019 later this year. In the second season of JAN viewers will get a more in-depth look into his restaurant in Nice, France.