Unable to pinpoint an exact feeling or culinary experience, like the ‘Chef-Owner’, SPLAT restaurant in Glenashely is an expression of all
fabulous experiences in one. SPLAT!

A tribute to the amazing and well-travelled.

Having grown up in Durban, the melting pot of South Africa, in general, is quite difficult to identify one defining flavour or theme…
that’s when SPLAT was born.

Having travelled around the world, and indulging in cooking courses in many countries, qualified Chef-Owner Neha Valjee, always
dreamed about owning a personal space where she could shine on a platform to express her colourful cooking experiences.

It wasn’t long after leaving school that she explored her first culinary adventure and opened a pure vegetarian; home based food
company called The Hunnie Pot. Here she was able to experiment with flavour profiles, spice combinations and customer enjoyment.

During The Hunnie Pot era, one of the things she was renowned for was her veggie burger patty made from the most unlikely
suspects…. black beans, oats and quinoa. This was the first time she was exposed to customer experience and commercial food
success. Customers kept coming back for more.

After completing a few degrees and an extreme career change, she decided to convert her side hustle into a formal qualification.
After completing and international cooking certification she was ready to finally explore the food-tastic world of restaurants.

The SPLAT era!
After the 2-year long covid-full the world experienced, Neha found herself home cooking and chopping veggies which turned out to
be quite therapeutic during a long and boring pandemic. That when she actively started looking at sites for her new potential restaurant.

It wasn’t long after covid that she finally found a piece of prime real estate in Glenashely and renovations started immediately.

Here’s to the SPLAT era!