African Meal w/ Chef Founder experience w/ Hotel Pickup & Photoshoot add-ons

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Summary
Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
Where to Meet
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Duration
2 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 10 guests
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Language
English
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Discover Cape Town beyond the tourist spots with an African meal led by a local chef. Includes hotel pickup and optional photoshoot for a memorable experience and personal transformation.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Get immersed in this experience hosted by a local changemaker! Enter the inspiring world underneath Cape Town's touristy surface.


A Side by Side experience is the perfect, hands-on way to escape the tourist trap, live like a local, and make an impact. A percentage of every booking goes directly back to the changemakers we've partnered with in the form of year-end gifts: equipment, bursaries, and cash grants.


To ensure your changemaker-hosted experience runs smoothly and guests' every last need is met, an SbS guide will be by your side throughout, from pick-up to drop-off (if you add the Hotel Pickup add-on). Your guide will provide you all the background info you need to know and settle the bill on your behalf.


Optionally add the Photoshoot add-on for HD pics/vids of you in action sent by Google Drive same day.


Learn, laugh, imagine, bond, and come away a changed person after sharing this experience with some seriously inspiring locals.

Sample Menu

STARTER
Peri Peri Livers
MAIN
Umleqwa (fresh free range chicken)
Served with seasonal veg & steamed bread
DESSERT
Malva Pudding
Served with custard

What You Get

Carbonated beverages
(Or bottled water or juice; 1 p.p.)
Short tour of the community facility in Langa we meet at
Lunch
(Or dinner depending on booking time)
Hotel Pickup add-on — to add private transport, select a tour option including it.
Photoshoot add-on — to get HD pics/vids of you in action, select a tour option including it.
Gratuities

Good To Know

  • There are plenty of fantastic and unique vegetarian options.
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Wheelchair accessible

What You’ll Experience

On the drive to Langa (if 'Hotel Pickup add-on' added), your guide will give you some key information about where you're headed, who the community partners are, what you'll experience, and general best practices to bear in mind. Upon arrival, you'll be greeted by the chef founder and your guide will help break the ice a bit. Enjoy conversation with the founder and your guide over an African Fusion meal & beverage of your choice (included). The most tender and zesty stories get shared over a meal. You’ll be floored by some of the stories our chef entrepreneurs have to tell. EXAMPLE HOST: The chef founder has built a strong family business providing high quality take-away food and catering with exceptional customer service and professionalism. Her daughter is the namesake of the business. She and her children cook from their home kitchen, but don’t underestimate this establishment: It’s some of the best and freshest food you’ll find in all of Cape Town. She is a wonderful and joyous human being with a storied history—chatting with her feels like chatting to a best friend.

Meeting & Pickup

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Pickup Details
If you'd added the Hotel Pickup option, but you're wanting to be collected from a location other than a hotel, please ensure the location you're waiting at has convenient and easy parking space or drop-and-go space.
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Meeting Point

Guga S'thebe, Washington Street, City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality Western Cape, South Africa, ZA, 7455

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Upon booking we'll send you detailed instructions with supporting Google Maps street view images to ensure you don't get lost.
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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from  $154.91 
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Please note that the time is in South Africa Standard Time.
Free cancellation (24 hours notice)
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Earliest available date: June 23, 2026
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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals
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