Cape Town Shore Excursion| South African Cooking & Port Transfers

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4 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 6 guests
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Discover Cape Town with chefs Gillian and Richard. Enjoy a South African cooking demo, learn to prepare two dishes, and dine at a local home. Includes port transfers. Vegetarian option.

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

Experience Details

Both Gillian and Richard are chefs. Gillian is City and Guilds trained and Richard by experience - designing, building and running their own restaurants. Gillian and Richard are extremely knowledgeable not only about the local cuisine, but also about global cuisine and the local region.


- Discover Cape Town with our shore excursions, from the port to a local home

- South African cooking demonstration in Cape Town in a local home

- Gillian and Richard will teach you to cook two dishes from scratch

- Ultimate in-home dinning experience in the heart of Cape Town

- Share a traditional South African meal with locals in their home, served with wine and dessert

- Your Cape Town shore excursion includes port pick-up and drop off

- A vegetarian meal is available, on request

Sample Menu

STARTER
Prawn and nectarine salad
MAIN
Braai or chicken breasts in tomato sauce with a spinach and feta stuffing
MAIN
Bredie (stew)
DESSERT
Any 1
Malva tart (sweet pudding) or lemon meringue or koeksisters (a syrup-coated twisted or braided doughnut).

What You Get

Cape Town port pick-up and drop off
Alcoholic beverages
Alcoholic Beverages
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Good To Know

  • Your Cape Town Shore Excursion includes a private, cooking demonstration, a glass of local alcohol and port pick-up and drop off.
  • If any travelers in your party have any allergies, dietary restrictions or cooking preferences please advise at time of booking
  • Richard and Gillian have a little daschund so guests must be aware that there is a pet in the house.
  • Vegetarian is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby

What You’ll Experience

Travel inland from the port in Cape Town and discover the culture through food, in this South African cooking demonstration in a local home, in Wynberg. We recommend this Cape Town Shore Excursion to cruise travelers, for a true and authentic taste of local cuisine. Join Richard and Gillian in their kitchen for a Cape Town cooking demonstration and learn how to make two of the dishes you will be eating later. Richard and Gillian would love to know your preference before they set the menu and would be happy to teach you dishes you are keen on learning. You will watch as your hosts prepare a prawn and nectarine salad or teach you 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 demonstartion to last for 1 hour. Your meal may include traditional bredie (stew), braai (bbq), salad, and will end with traditional desserts such as malva tart (sweet pudding) or lemon meringue or koeksisters (a syrup-coated twisted or braided doughnut).

Meeting & Pickup

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Upon debarkation, walk through the customs hall and proceed to the terminal information area/terminal reception located a few steps from the exit of the Cape Town Cruise Terminal. The local representatives, Richard and Gillian, will be holding a sign with the lead guest's last name. You will then be escorted to a vehicle for an approximate 30 to 60-minute drive to their home in Wynberg for the cooking experience. All guests will be dropped off at the port at the conclusion of the tour. If our local representatives, Richard and Gillian, are not allowed inside the terminal, they will be right outside the entrance when you exit the terminal reception. All operators usually wait in the same spot for their guests, just in front of the terminal, outside the building. We kindly request that you plan to be at the meeting point at least 5 to 10 minutes prior to your scheduled tour time.

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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What People Are Saying
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Great chef Great experience
November 04, 2024
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Unfortunately I missed this event due to emergency surgery. The rest of our group attended and report a fabulous time with wonderful hosts. Food, beverage and commeradery were all excellent.

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Dinner in a Capetown, South Africa Home
July 08, 2019
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If you are interested in a South African food experience this was a great meal. The award however goes to Richard and Gillian who hosted us in their home. Their daughter, Georgia, joined us and the...read more

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Making Memories over Dinner
May 23, 2019
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Jo, Richard and their daughter treated our family to a warm, intimate evening filled with great food, wonderful South African wines pulled from the cellar beneath the kitchen floor and loads of sto...read more

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