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Salt & Ledger

Hospitality  ·  Culinary  ·  Education

A Cape Town culinary house. Private chefs for villas, charters, and private homes. Events worth photographing. And training for the chefs who come next.

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The name

The salt is the craft.
The ledger is the discipline.

Great hospitality lives in two places at once. In the kitchen, where seasoning, timing, and instinct turn good ingredients into something worth remembering. And in the books, where suppliers are paid on time, licenses are kept current, and stock is counted honestly.

Founded in Cape Town by Chef Darnell de Beer, Salt & Ledger exists at that meeting point. We bring chef-level craft to the table and operator-level rigour to everything behind it, whether we're cooking aboard a charter, staging an event, or training the next generation of professional chefs.

Seafood paella platter with crab and prawns
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Private Chef

Bespoke dining cooked in your space. Villas, charters, and private homes, from long brunches to multi-course dinners.

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Styled long grazing table against a green tile wall
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Events & Catering

Styled tables, grazing spreads, and passed canapés for launches, celebrations, and corporate occasions.

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Croquembouche profiterole tower
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Education & Showpiece

Highfield qualifications (Highfield is a UK-based awarding body), on-site and in-service training.

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