Our story

Every family has a kitchen that everyone gathers in. In ours, it's Mom's.

For as long as we can remember, she has cooked for a crowd. Birthdays, family celebrations, school fundraisers, a Sunday that somehow turned into lunch for twenty: there was always a pot of something on the stove and a tray of something in the oven, and nobody ever left hungry.

Her cooking carries two traditions. From the Cape comes the gentle, fragrant warmth of Cape Malay food, where sweet and savoury sit happily side by side. From India come the bold classics: the spice in a samoosa filling, the char on a skewer, the comfort of something fried golden and shared by hand. Mom never treated them as separate. She simply cooked what tasted right, and what tasted right was usually both.

Why Sweet Chilli

A chilli dipped in chocolate sounds like it shouldn't work, until you taste it. That's our food: a little sweet, a little heat, and better together. It's also us. Sweet Chilli Catering is run by the whole family. Mom creates the recipes and leads the kitchen, and the rest of us take the orders, pack the platters and make sure everything arrives the way she'd want it to.

How we cook

• Everything is made to order, never pre-packed and stored.
• Recipes are Mom's own, tested over years of family gatherings.
• Every order is reviewed by a real person in the family before we confirm it.
• Vegetarian options are available. Just ask when you order.

Bring us to your table

Office breakfasts, birthdays, baby showers, memorials, a long-overdue catch-up with friends: whatever the occasion, we'd love to feed your people. Plan your order online and we'll take it from there.