Berkies Kosher
Everything and anything you need to make that meal and function that much more delicious.
In Store Deli
Come visit us at Checkers in Seapoint, home to a wide selection and variety of Kosher food items and choices.
Catering and Functions
Platters, Harvest tables, formal sitdown catering and everything in between. If you can think of it, we can make it.
Wholesale Production
Our factory produces an array of Kosher products available at a select number of retailers.
ESTABLISHED 2009
About Berkies –
Kosher Deli & Catering
Berkies is a family owned and operated Kosher catering business, operating out of Cape Town in South Africa. The business was started by Barry Berkowitz in June 2009 after he saw a small gap in the market to focus fully on and supply Kosher food items to retailers and clientele around Cape Town. Starting in a small kitchen in Sea Point with 1 staff member, Barry started producing teiglach, schmaltz, chrain, chiffon cakes and other Kosher delicacies, and over the years evolved the business into what it is today.
In July of 2017, Barry’s elder son, Steven, left the corporate world and joined Barry, where he runs and manages the Kosher@Checkers deli in Sea Point, providing a Kosher deli service to the community. Beverley (Barry’s wife) assists Steven in running the deli, and you will always see her friendly smile greeting you when you pop into the deli. The Kosher deli is operated out of Checkers in Sea Point and offers its clientele a full range of fresh and frozen meat and chicken, as well as a fully stocked counter of ready to go cooked meals and food options, a kosher bakery and fish section, as well as other grocery items.
In 2019, a larger production factory was opened in Paarden Eiland, ensuring the business was able to keep up with supply, as well as produce a fully Kosher l’Pesach menu that ships goods around South Africa and to other parts of the world as far as Australia and England.
In Store Deli
Pop in and visit our deli, under the supervision of the Beth Din, at Checkers in Sea Point. From ready-to-go meals and sandwiches to fresh and frozen butchery meats and chicken, and everything you need for that braai or Shabbos meal. Checkers also has a bakery with fresh chiffon cakes, rusks and any kind of sweet treat, a separate fish shop and all your grocery items.
Our deli also produces menus and caters for all High Holy days, including but not limited to Rosh Hashana, Pesach and many others. Separate menu options are assembled and advertised on our social media pages.
Catering and Functions
We cater to any kind of function or event you need done. We’re able to assemble a variety of Harvest tables, different platter options, as well as a more formal “sit-down” option to suit any kind of budget or function. We also supply airlines, tour groups and anyone needing any event catered, from births, bris’s, barmis and batti’s, weddings and everything in between.
Wholesale Production
Our factory, under the supervision of the Beth Din, produces an array of products that are supplied to the Shoprite / Checkers Group, a select number of Spar and Pick n Pay stores as well as other retailers in around the country. For a price list of our items, and more information about our list of retailers and goods available to the public, please send a request via our website or social media pages.
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We are able to customise a menu, whether it be platters, a harvest table, or a sit down service, to your exact requirements. We look forward to hearing from you.
PLATTERS
Click here to view a selection of some of the Kosher platters we can put together for your next event.
HARVEST TABLES
We pride ourselves on our fresh and delicious harvest tables which are a huge success at any function.
SEATED OPTIONS
We are able to create a special menu for your event, to include starters, mains and desserts.
Who We Are
Our Family Team
After finishing school, Barry went on to study and complete his diploma from the Technicon Hotel School in Braamfontein. It was here where Barry and Bev met in class and started dating, before both completing their diplomas together in 1977 and going on to marry a year later. Both Barry and Bev have spent their entire careers working together in the food and catering industry, with focuses on small and large scale function coordination and catering, restaurant and event management as well as delicatessen conceptualization and implementation.
Steven matriculated from Herzlia in 2000 and went on to complete his Business Science Degree in Information Systems as well as a further PGDM in Accounting in 2009 . Steven had a successful career as a Forensic Auditor, however has always had a love and passion for cooking and baking. When the Kosher deli at Checkers became available, it was at the perfect time in Steven’s career and life where he wanted to focus on his passions, and it was then that he joined the family business and assisted in developing it into what it is today.
Years in the Business
Providing Kosher catering and deli services.
Of Happy Clients
Meals eaten and smiles given.
Location
The Point Mall
Cnr Regent and St Andrews Rd
Sea Point, 8005, Cape Town
South Africa