Plenitude: Majeka House and chef Callan Austin open a new Winelands restaurant

Majeka House Boutique Hotel, now part of The Living Journey Collection, will open Plenitude — a neighbourhood-style Winelands restaurant led by chef and restaurateur Callan Austin — on 20 November 2025. The restaurant will serve breakfast, à la carte lunch (12:00–16:00) and an elevated dinner menu, and aims to re-establish Majeka House as a local dining destination for Stellenbosch and the Helderberg area.

Plenitude is the first culinary project at Majeka House since the property’s recent acquisition by The Living Journey Collection. Austin — co-owner and executive chef of the acclaimed fine-dining restaurant DUSK — joins Majeka House as Culinary Specialist, shaping Plenitude’s creative direction while Chef Orlando Reid (formerly of DUSK) will lead day-to-day kitchen operations. The Living Journey Collection’s founders, Friedrich and Lorraine Schaefer, are overseeing a careful refresh of the hotel’s interiors and the restaurant environment.

What Plenitude will offer

Plenitude’s launch menus balance relaxed, generous daytime dishes with a more refined evening offering built around seasonal produce and local wines. According to the announcement, the initial daytime à la carte menu (served 12:00–16:00) will feature dishes such as Summer Tomato Salad, Thai Seared Tuna, Chicken Prego and Lamb Rib Flatbread. The dinner menu will include dishes such as Gnocchi Mushroom, Prawn & Mussel Pomodoro and North African Spiced Cauliflower, with desserts including a Lemon & Raspberry Posset and a Cape Winelands cheese selection. Breakfast will also be served daily to guests and visitors.

The kitchen garden at Majeka House is being revitalised to supply herbs and vegetables for daily use; the launch materials emphasise a sustainability-driven approach and an intention to cook with the familiarity of family-style hospitality rather than formal fine-dining theatre.

Positioning, bookings and details

Majeka House and Plenitude are positioned in a quiet residential pocket between Stellenbosch and Somerset West — at 26–32 Houtkapper Street, Paradyskloof, Stellenbosch — with the restaurant explicitly marketed as “for locals first.” Plenitude opens 20 November 2025 and will accept bookings via Dineplan; the restaurant’s social account is listed as @Plenitude_MajekaHouse for updates. For accommodation enquiries, Majeka House is represented on The Living Journey Collection website.

Leadership quotes (as published)

In published release material Callan Austin said the restaurant’s name—Plenitude—reflects the spirit of abundance the team wants to bring to the property, aiming to create “a restaurant that just happens to be in a hotel — one that the neighbourhood will claim as their own.” Desmond O’Connor, Group General Manager of The Living Journey Collection, emphasised the group’s intent that local support will be central to the restaurant’s success. These remarks appear in the project announcement distributed to media