This is the breakdown: If you’re looking for something delicious and different to do with your friends, you’ll love a Loose Ruck with Mr Braai Guy. A relaxed gathering in a comfortable setting with tasty cuts of beautifully braai’d meat served superbly simple and straight off the fire. Plating & fancies are minimal but the vibe & variety is big! Expect pairings of wine, live music and great memories.
Audience: Predominantly men, 18+, English and Afrikaans.
Occasion: Alternative networking / manne / meisies aande, night out for friends, a different date night for parents when the kids are with a sitter.
Menu Style: Informal, superbly simple, starter and main
Atmosphere: Informal, social and vibey - paired with wine, music and laughter.
Price Points: R395 - R500
The name says it all; enjoy an informal and interactive time with Mr Braai Guy around the fires, learning from an expert open fire chef. No nonsense, no shortcuts, no egos - Mr Braai Guy’s BIY Courses are meant to help YOU learn new tips, tricks and techniques to take your own braai-game to the next level.
Audience: Intimate groups, families/friends, small corporate groups
Occasion: Celebrations & special occasions, parties, dinner clubs.
Menu Style: Humble, homestyle 3 or 4 courses
Atmosphere: Intimate, interactive and informal.
Price Points: R500 - R750
The brilliance of an open-fire braai experience, but with a formal flavour to the occasion. Here Mr Braai Guy serves guests with beautifully plated dishes in a relaxed, seated and jazzy atmosphere. It’s about taking your time and treating your taste buds as you’re guided through a 4 or 5 course menu by Mr Braai Guy.
Audience: Larger groups, corporates and companies.
Occasion: Special occasions, celebrations or corporate functions
Menu Style: Seated, plated, formal and full service.
Atmosphere: Jazzy, social, formal but friendly
Price Points: R600 - R850
The brilliance of an open-fire braai experience, but with a formal flavour to the occasion. Here Mr Braai Guy serves guests with beautifully plated dishes in a relaxed, seated and jazzy atmosphere. It’s about taking your time and treating your taste buds as you’re guided through a 4 or 5 course menu by Mr Braai Guy. What takes it up a notch? The setting is a bit special and the pairings a bit more premium.
Audience: Larger groups, corporates and companies.
Occasion: Special occasions, celebrations or corporate functions
Menu Style: Seated, plated, formal and full service.
Atmosphere: Jazzy, social, friendly - but levelled up by the location.
Price Points:
R850+
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Here are a number of menu items which I love to prepare on open fires. The
recipes as an option for your menu would depend on the venue and which type of braai and kitchen facilities we have available.
Thin layers of venison Carpaccio served with fresh herb dressing. Plated with fresh chicory leaves (when in season) and filled with gorgonzola. Also served on a garlic crostini or bruschetta.
Prawn with Sichuan chilli oil served on a generous serving of Butthe ka kees, with fresh coriander and roti.
Skewered tandoori chicken with Sichuan chilli oil served on a generous serving of Bhutte Ka Kees, with fresh coriander and roti.
Carpaccio served with burrata / mozzarella cheese topped with chargrilled grapes in a fennel basil vinaigrette.
Ras el Hanout spiced, roasted butternut soup. Served with fresh bread and sage.
Boerewors braai’d to perfection over a wood fire. Basted with a Mr Braai Guy spicy relish and served with fresh bread. We could also add Kai’ings to the relish mix for extra taste.
Dry aged lamb ribs, spiced with lemon pepper, rosemary and salt flakes. Slowly braai’d over a wood fire and basted with a lemon butter zest.
Braai’d chicken kebabs, spiced with pink peppercorns, served with tzatziki and zucchini fritters and onion marmalade.
Quail grilled to perfection, flavoured with herbs, lemon and salt flakes.
Mr Braai Guy’s famous butter chicken curry served with peach salsa and roti/naan.
Tandoori chicken skewers, slowly braai’d over a wood fire. Covered with butter curry ghee and fresh coriander leaves.
Ostrich satays marinated with fresh herbs and pink peppercorns served with fresh summer salad. It can also be served as a tapa with hummus and tzatziki.
Flat iron steak perfectly braai’d; layered with asparagus and burnt sage butter.
Tartare of fillet served on a garlic crostino or bruschetta.
Wagyu ground beef empanada served with chimichurri.
Lemon and Za’atar chicken skewers, with a delicious middle eastern Zhoug, drizzled over. Served with pita bread, hummus, tzatziki and fresh vegetables.
Lamb skewers with anchovy and herb chilli butter.
Lamb rump, perfectly braai on the open fire, topped with curried yoghurt, roasted almonds and pomegranate.
Beef Flatrib served platter style on a wooden board with mini pita bread and a hearty chimichurri sauce.
Strips of rump Salsa Verde and rump Chimichurri. Served from the centre of the table with roasted, crusted sweet potatoes, with a crispy green salad roasted butternut and almonds.
Pepper-crusted fillet served with garlic aioli, pear and gorgonzola salad with pear dressing.
Rump braai’d to perfection with Mr Braai Guy braai spices, topped with aged camembert cheese, chunky truffle flavoured wild mushrooms and drizzled with confiture de raisen.
Rump braai’d to perfection, flambéed with sage butter on the open fire, topped off with Mr Braai Guy’s very popular Mushroom Sauce. Cut into strips and served from the centre of the table with rainbow carrots and garlic baby potatoes.
Large, aged T-Bone baked and then reversed seared to perfection on an open wood fire. Covered with a Café Paris Butter, served on a gratin of potato, Durée Garde sweet potato and zucchini. Topped with spiced fresh rocket.
Pepper-crusted fillet served with a blue cheese sauce drizzled with red wine and cherry reduction, topped with cherry-infused caramelised onion. Truffle scented fries, fresh green salad with Italian cheese (veggies in winter).
Baharat-infused lamb shank served on a root vegetable puree with fresh butter beans.
Rack of lamb, slow roasted over a wood fire with Br Braai Guy spices. Drizzled with merlot reduction, served on herbed sweet potato
mash, crispy rainbow carrots and mint sauce.
Dry aged steak on the bone (Prime Rib, sirloin, fillet, or ribeye on the bone) braai’d to perfection, covered with herbed butter. Side
serving of crumbed pap-balls served on relish with pork kaiings. Fresh crispy veggies.
Crispy pork belly, woodfire, slow roasted pork belly with flavours of honey, soya and mustard. Served with crushed sweet potato and seasonal vegetables.
Pork belly perfectly braai’d on open fire served with apple spice chutney, beetroot purée accompanied by Baharat spiced pumpkin fritters.
Beef Picanha baked over a wood fire, reverse seared and flambéed with sage butter. Served with garlic and parsley fries.
Citrusy malva pudding, baked on open fire and served with fresh cream or ice cream.
Malva pudding with brandy glaze, served with fresh cream or ice cream
Crêpes Suzette, flambéed with Cointreau liquor, served with sweet whipped cream.
Upside Down Banana pudding served with fresh cream or ice cream.
Chargrilled peaches, flambéed with fresh cherries and served on cream with Sichuan peppers.
Banana cinnamon braai pie served with fresh cream and sweet glaze.
Banoffee braai pie served with fresh cream or ice cream.
Berry anglaise braai pie served with fresh cream.
Clafoutis prepared on open fire or baked in pizza oven, prepared in cast iron pot or individual potjies.
Chargrilled grapes, with candied pistachios served with fresh whipped cream.
“When dining with me, everything slows down. It’s about relaxing with loved ones and friends, with good wine and great food. It’s about the vibe created by fires, the smells and the smoke, and who I am as an open fire chef” – Jay, Mr Braai Guy
Mr Braai Guy creates unique open-fire dining experiences which invite people to slow down, share and enjoy culinary adventures through food, flavours and friendship.