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Fine dining · in your dining room

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Fine dining, in your own dining room.

A Private Table brings the detail and rhythm of a contemporary restaurant into your home. Chef Bonolo prepares a seasonal menu from your kitchen while dedicated service carries the evening from one course to the next, allowing you to remain at the table and experience dinner alongside your guests.

Created for five to ten guests, each table is deliberately intimate. The food, crockery and progression of the evening are considered as one experience, giving the precision of fine dining the privacy and ease of being at home.

An evening at your pace.

No two homes or tables are quite the same, so service is never forced into a rigid timetable. We arrive ahead of dinner to prepare the kitchen and dining room, then pace the menu around your guests once everyone is seated.

  1. 18:30 — ArrivalChef Bonolo and the team arrive and begin preparing the kitchen and table for service.
  2. 19:30 — The tableYour guests take their seats and the first dishes begin to arrive.
  3. 20:15 — The menuThe menu unfolds course by course, moving at an unhurried pace.
  4. 21:00 — Into the eveningThe final savoury courses give way to dessert and the close of the menu.

An example evening. Timings are adapted to each table.

Season 01 · Tideline

Tideline explores the point where land and water meet: marine flavours, bright acidity, deep savoury notes and the changing textures of the coast. The menu moves through a series of snacks and composed courses, with each dish forming part of a single progression across the evening.

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Menu for the evening · S1 · Tideline

Prepared for  

I · Starting snacks

Potato

Chicken skin, juniper, lime.

II

Cured fish

Betel leaf, chilli, kumquat.

III

Green leek

Potato, melon, thyme.

IV · Course 1

Salmon

Mussels, strawberry, chilli.

V · Course 2

Dry-aged line fish

Corn, clam, courgette.

VI · Course 3

Lamb

Potato, spring greens, baby onion, mint.

VII · Course 4

Plum

White chocolate, meringue.

VIII

Rice

Koji cream, coconut, naartjie.

Please tell us about any allergies before the evening

Simply put.

01

Choose your evening

Select your preferred date and tell us where the dinner will take place. A limited number of Private Tables are accepted each season, so advance booking is recommended.

02

Tell us about your table

Share your guest count, dietary requirements and anything we should know about the occasion. We use these details to prepare the experience around your table.

03

We take it from here

On the evening, Chef Bonolo and the team arrive ahead of your guests to prepare the kitchen and table for service. Once dinner begins, your only responsibility is to take your seat.

R1,950 per guest · 5–10 guests · Johannesburg

What’s included

A Private Table includes the seasonal menu, specialist crockery, a considered table setting, Chef Bonolo and dedicated service for the evening, including preparation, service and breakdown.

Host requirements

We ask that your home has a suitable dining table, seating for all guests and a functional kitchen. Standard cutlery, glassware and beverages are provided by the host unless otherwise arranged in advance.

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At the table.

Evenings from past private tables: the plates, the rooms and the people gathered around them.

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You are invited

to a table of your own.

Courses
Four, after snacks
Guests
5–10
Price
R1,950 per guest
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