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Garden Route top travel guide | Top Travel S4 Episode 11

Join Craig and Beau as they take you on an extraordinary journey down The Salt Road.

From a unique salt tasting featuring Craig's unparalleled collection to an immersive exploration of cooking techniques that place salt front and centre, this segment is a must-watch! Craig demonstrates his expertise with a show-stopping lamb dish entirely encased in salt, while Beau delves into a 14th-century recipe for salt-cured trout.

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Chef preparing mise en place in a professional kitchen in South Africa

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Origins of Salt: Where It All Began

Long before salt lined modern kitchen shelves, it carved out trade routes, built cities, and fuelled empires. Its story starts deep within ancient seas and prehistoric lakes, where evaporated waters left behind glittering veins of mineral-rich treasure.

Making Waves, One Grain at a Time

Food media heavyweight Eat Out has just featured The Salt Road, celebrating not only the restaurant’s 21-year journey but also the launch of its bold new chapter in Doha, Qatar.

This recognition honours the vision of chefs Craig Cormack and Beau du Toit, whose dedication to salt as an ingredient, a preservative, and a storyteller has reshaped how we experience flavour.