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Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Cape Town’s Least Romantic Person Revealed

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Smile Breakfast is on the hunt for Cape Town’s least romantic person. With Valentine’s Day around the corner we’re hoping to help reignite the spark in someone’s relationship. After meeting our three finalists, this is how Cape Town voted:

Finalist 1 (WINNER) – Jan Pretorius – Officially Cape Town’s least romantic person

For their Valentine’s evening Jan and Karen are going the oldest wine farm in South Africa. Where you will find the most romantic setting that anyone has to offer, soaking up the views of the mountain and surrounds. The restaurant they’ll be dining at celebrates the richness of the Cape Winelands by transforming the freshest ingredients into memorable, delicious meals. Simon’s Restaurant at Groot Constantia – where memories are made.

If you missed Jan on Smile Breakfast, as well as our other finalists, you can catch up with them below.

Jan and Karen Pretorius have known each other for 41 years and throughout their relationship, Karen says Jan has never really subscribed to the conventions of romance:

Jan says he is more of a practical man:

Finalist 3 – Raymond Baron

Illze contacted us about Raymond. A man in the navy with a propesnity for forggeting birthdays and bad bad marriage proposals:

(he did eventually pop the question and she did say yes)

Finalist 2 – Carlton Adams

Carlton Adams is a candidate attorney who had the brave honesty of nominating himself as the least romantic person in Cape Town:

His wife Mandy (who had initially tainted Valentine’s Day for him), told the team about that infamous fight over burger, and how Carlton also managed to get their anniversary wrong for 8 years:

Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange is the producer of the Ryan O'Connor Breakfast show and has been with Smile 90.4FM since it's inception in 2013. Through his work on the breakfast show he has won two national radio awards. He has been in broadcasting for 15 years and has honed his talent at 6 different radio stations. Outside of radio he is also a podcast producer and award winning stand-up comedian.

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