Master meat: make your own salami at Soetmelksvlei

06 March 2025, 26 September 2025

Cure your curiosity! Join our head butchers as they make salami from scratch on the historical farmyard of Soetmelksvlei.

R 1500 per person.

Only 10 spaces available

Observe our master butcher in his element at this hands-on workshop. Come and make your own salami at Soetmelksvlei.

Following a short ride along the picturesque slopes of Simonsberg, we’ll descend towards the historical Soetmelksvlei farmyard, which represents a time when life was simpler, and craftsmanship was treasured.

Here, you’ll join master butcher Jaco Koegelenberg and master charcutier Shelvin Jacobs in the Meat Room for a butchery masterclass. The team will demonstrate how to take apart and debone select pork cuts to use for making salami. The class focuses on a nose-to-tail approach, and we use the large intestine as an all-natural casing. Did you know, the use of natural sausage casing is an age-old skill used to create sausages and salami? This is still the option we prefer as it consists mainly of naturally occurring collagen.

_A hearty lunch will be served at the Old Stables Restaurant before guests return to Babylonstoren. _