One kitchen. Three expressions.
ONCE is a dining project by Chef Bonolo, exploring what a restaurant can become beyond a single room. From intimate fine dining and generous shared feasts to a twelve-course Experience, each experience has its own rhythm, setting and purpose—connected by the same kitchen and approach to hospitality.
ONCE Experience
Twelve courses. One night. One table.
ONCE Experience is Chef Bonolo’s most ambitious expression of the kitchen: a twelve-course menu created for a single evening and a limited number of guests. Each edition is conceived as its own restaurant experience, bringing together a new menu, setting and progression for one night before giving way to whatever comes next.
A Private Table
Fine dining, in your own dining room.
A Private Table is Chef Bonolo’s intimate expression of contemporary fine dining, created for just five to ten guests. A seasonal menu is prepared in your home and served course by course at your table, with considered service throughout the evening. Private, precise and designed around the people you choose to bring together.
Supper Club
A table made for sharing.
Supper Club is the generous, communal side of ONCE. Chef Bonolo cooks a seasonal feast in your home, served across the table on large platters made for passing, sharing and returning to throughout the evening. It is relaxed, abundant and designed for good food, good people and nights that run a little later than planned.
Chef Bonolo
Chef Bonolo is the founder and chef behind ONCE and a graduate of Culinary Arts Academy Switzerland. His development has taken him through kitchens in South Africa and Europe, including Summerhill Guest Estate and a three-month internship at two-Michelin-starred Belcanto in Lisbon, where he further developed his approach to technique, precision and contemporary cooking.
Now based in Johannesburg, Bonolo is building ONCE across three distinct experiences: A Private Table, Supper Club and the upcoming ONCE Experience. His approach remains deliberately evolving, shaped by continued travel, new kitchens and an ongoing pursuit of learning from different food cultures around the world.
ONCE is where those experiences come together—a constantly developing expression of Bonolo’s cooking and approach to hospitality.