Experience the flavors of South Africa with a private cooking class in Wynberg, Cape Town. Learn traditional home-cooking techniques and enjoy a delicious meal with local chefs Richard and Gillian.
- Wynberg - Join your warm and friendly hosts Richard and Gillian in their kitchen for a fun cooking demonstration! During your cooking lesson that lasts about 1.5 hours, you will learn to make 2-3 authentic South African dishes. Learn the proper technique to braai (barbecue) delicious rump steak, stuff and braise chicken in a fresh tomato sauce or whip up a lemon meringue for dessert. Richard and Gillian are chefs and restaurant owners who believe in using high quality ingredients. Richard is a winemaker very knowledgeable about local wines. Food is the center of their home, with large indoor and outdoor dining tables, a kitchen, and braai. Like most South Africans, cooking on the braai is the couple’s favorite meal and social activity. Learn about the different foods traditional to South Africa’s diverse culture (Cape Malay, Afrikaans, English, and African). Your South African meal includes dishes from a variety of these culinary traditions, including foods such as bredie (stew), curry, braai roasts and salads. Your meal concludes with a traditional dessert such as malva tart (sweet pudding) or koeksisters (a syrup-coated twisted or braided doughnut).
- Local hosts
- Private cooking lesson
- Lunch or Dinner
- Gratuities
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Fresh salad with grilled prawns and nectarines
- Barbecued rump steak or stuffed and braised chicken in a tomato sauce
Join Richard and Gillian, chefs who run their own restaurants, for a private 3-hour cooking lesson and a meal with wine in their lovely home. They will introduce you to South African home-cooking, local wines and will share their infectious love of their home country with you. You may learn how to make prawn and nectarine salad and how to braai delicious rump steak or cook chicken breasts in tomato sauce with a spinach and feta stuffing and a lemon meringue. You can expect your cooking class to last for 1-2 hours. Food is at the center of this family and home, with large indoor and outdoor dining tables, a kitchen, and braai. Like most South Africans, cooking on the braai is the couple’s favorite meal and social activity. Braai is cooking on a fire/barbequing which is very popular and a significant part of the culture in South Africa. Gillian and Richard have a fantastic outdoor braai where they often host. Richard and Gillian have a pet dog.
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required; your hosts can accommodate other dietary restrictions as well.
- This is not a professional cooking class, rather an experience to visit an authentic, local home and meet a local family and share their culture and cuisine together.
If you cancel at least 2 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.
