Introduction
The project
Ember & Salt is a fictional fire-led fine-dining restaurant — a cinematic portfolio concept. The site is built around three acts of fire: the flame, the craft and the finish, told through chapters, an open kitchen and a short, deliberate menu.
Design intention
Why it exists
Fire-led cooking, seasonal ingredients, an evening shaped by the elements. The website needed to feel like the room: low light, warm embers, and a story that builds toward the plate.
Visual direction
How it looks,
and why
Low-key, atmospheric photography — torchlight on stone, coals glowing in darkness, dishes emerging from smoke — with a burnt-orange accent against deep charcoal and ivory serif headlines.
Selected work
From the build
Implemented features
What’s inside
Three acts of fire
The Flame, The Craft and The Finish — a chaptered narrative that structures the entire visit.
The plate emerges
A signature dish presented as the climax of the story, photographed in a single dramatic frame.
Three courses, one fire
A short menu — The First Spark, Smoke & Earth, The Last Ember — with prices as illustrative concept values.
Everything happens at the pass
The open kitchen as theatre: the counter where the meal is finished and handed over.
Reservations
A reservation flow that keeps the tone of the room — unhurried, personal, a little theatrical.
Decisions
Design & development
See it for yourself
The live site is the best case study — visit it, scroll through it, and judge the work first-hand.