The Smokey Shed dining room, with the long oak table laid for dinner and the wood burner lit

Private dining & biltong experiences · JerseyPull up a chair
by the fire.

Private evenings for 12 to 16 guests inside our smokehouse. Learn to make biltong with Neil, sit down to three courses cooked over oak, or take over the whole Shed for your team.

One group a night. The table, the fire and the kitchen are all yours.

Guests12 to 16
OpenTuesday to Saturday
PricesInclude GST
I · Arrival

Past the log store,
through the door.

Tucked away in St John, The Smokey Shed is a working smokehouse. It’s where we cure our biltong, smoke our salmon and keep the oak for the fire stacked high.

For one evening, it’s yours. There’s a long oak table, the wood burner’s going, and the first drink is poured as you walk in.

The Smokey Shed sign above the door, with oak logs stacked outside
The Smokey Shed from outside
A pint being poured at the Smokey Shed bar
A drink as you walk in.
Neil holding up a piece of biltong as he talks guests through it
Neil, talking the group through it.
II · The Biltong Experience

Neil shows you how.
Then you make your own.

Three hours round the table, learning how biltong is really made, tasting as you go and leaving your own to dry in our drying room.

01

Learn from Neil

Neil takes you through the lot: where biltong comes from, the right cut of beef, the cure, the spice and the slow dry that gives it its bite. Ask as many questions as you like.

Guests round the table listening to Neil
02

Make your own

Then it’s your turn. Taste the different seasonings, pick your favourite and prepare your own piece of beef for the drying room.

Guests seasoning their own biltong
03

Eat well while you work

Out comes the ultimate charcuterie board, loaded with our own biltong and droëwors, with complimentary refreshments to go with it.

The ultimate charcuterie board beside a place setting
04

Into the drying room

Your biltong is labelled and hung up alongside ours, to dry slowly and properly.

Biltong hanging in the drying room
05

Sent to your door

About a week later, once it’s ready, we pack it up and send it to you.

Packs of finished Smokey Shed biltong
£125per person
Evening · 3 hours · 12 to 16 guests
  • Neil’s biltong masterclass
  • Make and season your own biltong
  • The ultimate charcuterie board
  • Complimentary refreshments
  • Your biltong sent to you about a week later
Check datesPrice includes GST
Flames in the oak fire grill with potatoes roasting
The fire kitchen and its oak grill
The oak fire, doing its thing.
III · Private Dining

Three courses, cooked over oak,
by your own chef.

Four hours, one long table and a chef cooking for your group alone, on an open oak fire.

01

The fire does the work

Everything comes off the oak fire in our kitchen, cooked with the best fresh produce we can get our hands on. You’ll smell it before you see it.

Tomatoes on the vine going onto the fire
Salmon cooking over the fire
02

No set menu

There’s no menu to choose from in advance. Your chef decides on the day of your booking, around the best fresh produce that’s come in, and cooks it over the fire in front of you.

Smoked salmon laid out on slate with lemon and dill
03

Round the table

Then it’s good food, good drink and your people round one long table, for as long as the evening lasts.

A group enjoying dinner round the long oak table
£155per person
Evening · 4 hours · 12 to 16 guests
  • Your own chef for the evening
  • Three courses cooked over oak
  • Smoked salmon blinis and biltong appetisers
  • Complimentary refreshments
  • A gift for every guest
Check datesPrice includes GST
The long table laid for dinner beside the wood burner
A place setting with rosemary tied into the napkin
Guests laughing at the table
IV · Make it yours

Your night,
your way.

The Shed isn’t only for dinners and masterclasses. Tell us what you’ve got in mind and we’ll build the day or evening around it.

Food cooking on the open fire as a guest looks on

The ultimate braai

Get your friends round the fire for a proper South African braai.

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The big screen above the table

Match night

The big screen, a full table and food coming off the fire all game long.

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A guest smiling at the table over dinner

A client evening

Swap the usual lunch for a night they’ll actually talk about.

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A team gathered round the table in front of the big screen

Work days

Planning days, away days and team days, with complimentary wifi, food and refreshments.

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The wood burner glowing against the brick wall
Smoked salmon on slate with lemon and dill
V · Christmas at the Shed

Christmas,
cooked on the fire.

From mid-November into January, bring the team for Christmas dinner cooked over oak, with our own smoked salmon on the table and a gift for everyone to take home.

WhenMid-November to January
Guests12 to 16
Book

Choose your evening.

Pick an experience, choose a date and tell us how many are coming. We only take one group a night, so the Shed is yours.

1 · Experience
2 · Date
Available Selected Booked Closed Sundays and Mondays
3 · Your details
Guests
12 to 16
Estimated total, incl. GST
This is a request, not a confirmed booking. We’ll email you to confirm your date.
Opening
Tuesday to Saturday.
Closed Sundays and Mondays.
Group size
12 to 16 guests.
One group a night.
Prices
Per person, and always include GST.
Your biltong
Sent to you about a week after your visit.
A table of guests enjoying the evening

Good food, a proper fire and your people round one table.