Press & media
Press kit.
Working on a Col’Cacchio story? Brand assets, fact sheet, recent press, and the contact we'd like you to email first.
At a glance
The brand, briefly.
Founded
Cape Town, 1992
Kinga Baranowska and Michael Terespolsky open the first Col’Cacchio in Cape Town with a wood-fired oven and an Italian-inspired menu blended with South African charm.
Brands
Three formats
Col’Cacchio Pizzeria (sit-down) and Col’Cacchio GO / GO+ (delivery-first wood-fired, launched April 2025).
Footprint
SA, plus international
Locations across Western Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Cape, plus Grove Mall Windhoek and Tribeca Mall, Mauritius (opened February 2026).
Press & media contact
For interviews, quotes and image use.
First point of contact for journalists, broadcast and trade press. We aim to respond same-day for time-sensitive enquiries; otherwise within two working days.
Press desk
Jen Hole
Chief Marketing Officer
Mon–Fri 09:00–17:00 SAST · same-day on urgent enquiries
Brand assets
Logos, photography, fact sheet.
Use of the Col’Cacchio name and marks is permitted for editorial coverage. Commercial use requires written approval — please email Jen first.
Logo pack
Marks & wordmark.
SVG + PNG. Col’Cacchio wordmark, CC monogram and GO lockup. On-light and on-dark variants.
View the wordmarkPhotography
Food, interiors, founders.
Hero pizzas, interiors, founder and exec portraits, plus opening photography from recent GO launches. Web-resolution + print-resolution available.
Request bundleFact sheet
Numbers, dates, names.
One-page PDF: founders, founding year, store count, brand formats, key milestones. Updated quarterly.
Request fact sheetRecent coverage
What's been written.
A small selection. Email press@ for a fuller mention archive.
April 2026 · In the Dough
"One Year of Flavour on the GO."
First-birthday retrospective on the Col’Cacchio GO rollout — from Westlake in April 2025 to eight new stores in twelve months, with quotes from Group CEO Etienne Pieterse and Co-founder Kinga Baranowska.
Read →February 2026 · In the Dough
"Col’Cacchio GO Lands in Tribeca Mall, Mauritius."
Announcement of the fifth Col’Cacchio GO — the first international GO store — opening in Quatre Bornes, Mauritius alongside a full-service Col’Cacchio Pizzeria.
Read →September 2025 · In the Dough
"Col’Cacchio GO Lands in Hillcrest."
Coverage of the Upper Highway opening — the brand's first taste of KwaZulu-Natal in the GO format, with operator commentary on the suburban / family-led positioning.
Read →Spokespeople
Available for interviews.
Founders and exec team available for in-person interviews in Cape Town, and remotely elsewhere. Email Jen to coordinate.
Co-founder · MD & CPO
Kinga Baranowska
Available for brand origin, hospitality culture, women in restaurant ownership, three-decade arc and product development.
Group CEO
Etienne Pieterse
Available for expansion strategy, the GO format launch, the international footprint and the franchising programme.
Co-founder
Michael Terespolsky
Available for the 1992 founding story, the wood-fired oven philosophy, and the long view across South African hospitality.