Cape Town Trip Overview
Enjoy a private and authentic cooking class in a local home with your host Lorette. This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food. Your cooking class will take place in a local home kitchen where Lorette will teach you 2-3 traditional South African food with a Cape Malay influenced dishes from her family recipes. After cooking, you will enjoy your meal together.
• Cooking lesson in a local home
• Introduction to Cape Malay and South African cuisine
• 100% private activity
• South African hospitality in a residential Cape Town neighborhood
• Vegetarian and and halal options available
Additional Info
Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Cape Town, South Africa
Trip Category: Food, Wine & Nightlife >> Cooking Classes
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What to Expect When Visiting Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Enjoy a private and authentic cooking class in a local home with your host Lorette. This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food. Your cooking class will take place in a local home kitchen where Lorette will teach you 2-3 traditional South African food with a Cape Malay influenced dishes from her family recipes. After cooking, you will enjoy your meal together.
• Cooking lesson in a local home
• Introduction to Cape Malay and South African cuisine
• 100% private activity
• South African hospitality in a residential Cape Town neighborhood
• Vegetarian and and halal options available
This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. be welcomed into Lorette and Desmond’s beautiful home, built by Lorette’s dad 44 years ago. Lorette bought the home from her parents when she and Desmond married and they redesigned and renovated their home themselves. After a welcome drink, join Lorette in her spacious, modern kitchen for your South African Cape Malay cooking class. Lorette is also a keen gardener and loves using fresh herbs from her garden to cook her meals. You can expect to learn how to make 2-3 of the dishes which might include mini roti’s with chicken curry (the Cape Malay roti is a delicious unleavened flatbread served with chicken curry), bobotie (a South African dish of curried minced meat baked with a savory custard served with aromatic yellow rice and roasted vegetables) and malva pudding. The cooking class portion of the experience will last between 1-2 hours before you share the meal you helped prepare over conversation with Lorette and Desmond. Lorette’s mom and dad (Rachel and Kenneth) also live on the property and they might pop in to say hello from time to time.
Sample Menu
• Mini Cape Malay rotis served with chicken curry
• Bobotie served with aromatic yellow rice and roasted vegetables – A South African dish of curried minced meat baked with a savory custard
• Malva pudding (a South African pudding) served with custard or cream
