Welcome to Lava Salt

Salt, Skill, Studio & More — We offer expert solutions to help culinary
practices and practitioners find their success.

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Artisan Salts

Select from our range of smoked artisan salts to take your dishes to next level

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Consulting

Showcasing full-scale solutions delivered through Lava Salt Consulting from concept to completion.

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Events

Browse my completed projects and events.

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Workshops

Unite your team around the table: interactive cooking workshops that blend collaboration, creativity, and connection.

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Studio

A complete kitchen studio for testing, styling, and video production

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By far, this has been my story…

Cooking has been part of my DNA since 1996, shaped by a culture where food is heart, soul, and story. Over the years, I’ve grown from early kitchen roles to Executive Chef and culinary trainer and industry assessor  at Melbourne’s top culinary schools, mentoring the next generation and collaborating with industry leaders across Australasia. Highlights include being named Victoria’s Executive Chef of the Year in 2013 and representing Australia as a chef ambassador at AIBX 2020.

My culinary philosophy is rooted in creativity, precision, and a no-compromise approach to quality. Through my platform, Lava Salt, I share decades of experience with home cooks and professionals—offering recipes, workshops, and bespoke dining experiences that push creative boundaries in Australia and beyond.

Your Perfect Dish Needs
A Perfect Salt

Consulting Services

Lava Salt Consulting partners with hospitality businesses, cafes, and restaurants, offering hands-on, personalized service that gives owner-chefs a strong voice. Our approach combines deep knowledge of industry trends with a tailored analysis of each client’s unique market and operations.

Projects & Culinary Events

A catalogue of Real projects, real impact: completed solutions crafted through Lava Salt Consulting.

LavaSalt Studio

An ideal studio setup designed specifically for your professional
culinary videos and recipe tryouts.

Workshops

Unite your team around the table: interactive cooking workshops that blend collaboration, creativity, and connection.

Seb’s Specialty Recipes

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We love Lava salt. One thing we love the most is there’s so much flavour in each in each of his salts that you sometimes don’t need to add anything else. From seasoning on meat to veggies it makes anyone feel like a pro at home! We love how passionate Seb is about what he does and we love even some of the extra samples we get to try. They are great for gifts and beautifully packaged. I also love the descriptions and helpful hints on what to use them for to. They used to be an occasional use but now has become something we use in most of our cooking. We have nearly the whole collection but my current favourite would be smoked hickory BBQ!
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Anne-Maree Ross
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These Salts are next level! They both complement and elevate the flavours of your dish. We used these salts for a wine luncheon and the guests were raving about the flavours. We used the Smoked Tassie Mountain Pepper Salt on our Steaks and Smoked Black Truffle Salt on our truffle fries (yes, they were to die for!!) Highly recommend!
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Stephanie Schmidt
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Lava salt is amazing! I have all the flavours and use them all the time. They’re versatile, delicious, and add incredible flavour to any dish. It makes everything taste better, and now my whole family uses it too. A must-have in the kitchen!
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Sarah Abraham
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I absolutely LOVE Lavasalt! I use almost every one of them in my cooking on a daily basis. My favourites are the Lemon chilli and the Love Dust – they just elevate any dish and always leave people asking me what I’ve used. Such a fantastic product created by a truly talented chef, Sebastian Simon. Highly recommended!
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Kelvin Li
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LAVASALT products are one of the best things I’ve had for the restaurant kitchens. The high quality salt meets the unique and precise techniques, different flavours brings the perfect experiences to our valued guests. Can’t love it more!
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Mairead Quinn
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Good morning Sebastian I just wanted to say a huge thank you for our salt collection we ordered and received in the beautifully, sustainable packaging. The offer I purchased gave us the opportunity to experiment with all our cooking from bbqs to slow cooking and replaced our current salt option. The aroma of each is incredible alot of love dedicated to developing these flavours. Love, love the lemon, chilli lavasalt, my favourite flavours combined. Very grateful to support a business who cares about produces such quality. Anyone reading this please do checkout his YouTube channel 🍽 Thank you very much. Kindly 🌶🫶🍋 Mairead Quinn
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Munyaradzi Mufambisi
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These salts are such an easy way to add flavour to food. I love the Smoked Shiraz and this goes well with salads and meat. The packaging is excellent. Keen to try more flavours and future products.
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Ash Hutson
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Seb and Team did a fantastic job hosting our Christmas Party, we really enjoyed the night and the food was amazing! Thanks again Lavasalt!
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Rebekah
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Just tried the Hickory BBQ salt for the first time this week - used it on a steak with simply garlic infused olive oil - and oh my word it was one of the best steaks I’ve had in a looong time! Tried the Truffle salt for the first time - mixed it in simple homemade beef burger patties with parsley and a little grated veg - and the kids asked for seconds and thirds! I’ll be making both of these again!
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Su Ann Khoo
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I like how the salt is smoked with different ingredients and add a very personal finish touch to it. Thanks for the custom made Birds Eye chilli salt. The whole range of salt available is good as a nice gift for family and friends too!

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