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Host: Marc

Cape Town, South Africa

USD
$59-$69 per person

Cape Town Cooking Class & Wine Pairing with Award-Winning Chef

Host offerings
  • House
  • Professional cook
  • Pets
  • Vegetarian
  • Alcohol
  • Transportation
  • Cooking class
  • Market visit
  • Food tour

Meet Marc

Marc is an award-winning French chef and sommelier from Alsace, with over 40 years of culinary experience spanning 15 countries. Now based in Cape Town, he welcomes guests into his home for an immersive food and wine experience that celebrates his French roots, Mediterranean lifestyle, and many years in South Africa. He is passionate about fresh ingredients, beautiful flavors, healthy nutrition, fine wine, homemade bread and desserts, and long dinners shared with good company. Join Marc in his Cape Town home to share food, wine, stories, and meaningful conversation.

What to expect

Please note menu might vary. If there are particular dishes you are interested in trying, please include your request in the booking form.

In-home meal: (2-4 guests) Join Marc and his wife, Verena, in their Cape Town home for an authentic in-home dining experience that combines French, Mediterranean, and South African flavors. Upon arrival, enjoy a welcome drink while Marc introduces the seasonal menu, thoughtfully crafted using fresh local ingredients and simple techniques that highlight natural flavors. Enjoy a home-style three-course meal, with each course paired with a carefully selected South African wine. The experience concludes with tea or coffee and homemade bredele, traditional Alsatian cookies.

More than just a meal, this Cape Town food experience offers warm hospitality, meaningful conversation, and the opportunity to dine in the home of an award-winning French chef, creating memories that last long after the last course is served.

Cooking experience: (2-4 guests) This hands-on cooking class in Cape Town feels like being invited into the home of a passionate chef friend to cook together. During your 2-hour hands-on cooking class, learn to cook a traditional Alsatian fleischschnacka with a South African bobotie-style filling (a classic Alsatian meat roulade reimagined with warm Cape Malay-inspired bobotie flavors), alongside homemade rooibos ice cream with caramelized apples (a South African-inspired dessert featuring creamy rooibos-infused ice cream). Marc will guide you through each recipe, sharing techniques, tips, and stories that blend his French-Alsatian heritage with the flavors and influences of South Africa. After cooking, sit down together to enjoy the meal you helped prepare, paired with South African wine, tea or coffee, and homemade Alsatian cookies.

This authentic Cape Town cooking class offers a unique opportunity to learn new culinary skills, discover the flavors of South African cuisine, and enjoy warm hospitality in a local home.

Notes: Marc can accommodate a vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free or lactose-free diet if informed in advance.

Languages spoken: English, French, and German

Sample menu

This is just a sample menu to give you an idea of the types of dishes the host cooks. Your menu will vary according to seasonal availability.
  • Meal only (Menu 1): Welcome drink, Butternut and rooibos soup, Rolled pork neck with dried fruit stuffing, Brut de noir, South African wine pairing & Tea or coffee served with homemade cookies
  • Meal only (Menu 2): Welcome drink, Sweet potato salad with toasted nuts, Pan-fried fish, Amarula soufflé glacé, South African wine pairing & Tea or coffee served with homemade cookies
  • Meal only (Menu 3): Welcome drink, Smoked snoek pâté, Pan-fried fish, Cape Malay bobotie, Traditional milk tart, South African wine pairing & Tea or coffee served with homemade cookies
  • Meal only (Plant based option): Welcome drink, Sweet potato salad with toasted nuts, Pumpkin and tempeh bobotie, Phyllo pastry apple tatin with chai spices, South African wine pairing & Tea or coffee served with homemade cookies
  • Cooking class menu: Welcome drink, Traditional Alsatian fleischschnacka with a South African bobotie-style filling served with a seasonal green salad, Rooibos ice cream with caramelized apples, South African wine pairing & Tea or coffee served with homemade cookies

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Marc

$59-$69 USD

per person
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  • Private experience
Pricing (per person)*
1 person 2-4 ppl 5+ people
In-Home Meal
 Not offered $59 Not offered
Cooking Experience + Meal
 Not offered $69 Not offered
Alcohol
 $0 per person
*Does not include 4% payment processing fee applied at checkout.
1 person 2-4 ppl 5+ people
In-Home Meal
 Not offered $59 Not offered
Cooking Experience + Meal
 Not offered $69 Not offered
Alcohol
 $0 per person
*Does not include 4% payment processing fee applied at checkout.
Experience Timings
 Lunch Dinner
In-Home Meal
 12:00pm-2:00pm 6:00pm-8:00pm
Cooking Experience+ Meal
 11:00am-2:00pm 5:00pm-8:00pm

Meet Marc

Marc is an award-winning French chef and sommelier from Alsace, with over 40 years of culinary experience spanning 15 countries. Now based in Cape Town, he welcomes guests into his home for an immersive food and wine experience that celebrates his French roots, Mediterranean lifestyle, and many years in South Africa. He is passionate about fresh ingredients, beautiful flavors, healthy nutrition, fine wine, homemade bread and desserts, and long dinners shared with good company. Join Marc in his Cape Town home to share food, wine, stories, and meaningful conversation.

What to expect

Please note menu might vary. If there are particular dishes you are interested in trying, please include your request in the booking form.

In-home meal: (2-4 guests) Join Marc and his wife, Verena, in their Cape Town home for an authentic in-home dining experience that combines French, Mediterranean, and South African flavors. Upon arrival, enjoy a welcome drink while Marc introduces the seasonal menu, thoughtfully crafted using fresh local ingredients and simple techniques that highlight natural flavors. Enjoy a home-style three-course meal, with each course paired with a carefully selected South African wine. The experience concludes with tea or coffee and homemade bredele, traditional Alsatian cookies.

More than just a meal, this Cape Town food experience offers warm hospitality, meaningful conversation, and the opportunity to dine in the home of an award-winning French chef, creating memories that last long after the last course is served.

Cooking experience: (2-4 guests) This hands-on cooking class in Cape Town feels like being invited into the home of a passionate chef friend to cook together. During your 2-hour hands-on cooking class, learn to cook a traditional Alsatian fleischschnacka with a South African bobotie-style filling (a classic Alsatian meat roulade reimagined with warm Cape Malay-inspired bobotie flavors), alongside homemade rooibos ice cream with caramelized apples (a South African-inspired dessert featuring creamy rooibos-infused ice cream). Marc will guide you through each recipe, sharing techniques, tips, and stories that blend his French-Alsatian heritage with the flavors and influences of South Africa. After cooking, sit down together to enjoy the meal you helped prepare, paired with South African wine, tea or coffee, and homemade Alsatian cookies.

This authentic Cape Town cooking class offers a unique opportunity to learn new culinary skills, discover the flavors of South African cuisine, and enjoy warm hospitality in a local home.

Notes: Marc can accommodate a vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free or lactose-free diet if informed in advance.

Languages spoken: English, French, and German

Sample menu

This is just a sample menu to give you an idea of the types of dishes the host cooks. Your menu will vary according to seasonal availability.
  • Meal only (Menu 1): Welcome drink, Butternut and rooibos soup, Rolled pork neck with dried fruit stuffing, Brut de noir, South African wine pairing & Tea or coffee served with homemade cookies
  • Meal only (Menu 2): Welcome drink, Sweet potato salad with toasted nuts, Pan-fried fish, Amarula soufflé glacé, South African wine pairing & Tea or coffee served with homemade cookies
  • Meal only (Menu 3): Welcome drink, Smoked snoek pâté, Pan-fried fish, Cape Malay bobotie, Traditional milk tart, South African wine pairing & Tea or coffee served with homemade cookies
  • Meal only (Plant based option): Welcome drink, Sweet potato salad with toasted nuts, Pumpkin and tempeh bobotie, Phyllo pastry apple tatin with chai spices, South African wine pairing & Tea or coffee served with homemade cookies
  • Cooking class menu: Welcome drink, Traditional Alsatian fleischschnacka with a South African bobotie-style filling served with a seasonal green salad, Rooibos ice cream with caramelized apples, South African wine pairing & Tea or coffee served with homemade cookies

Traveler reviews

This is a new host who does not yet have any reviews. You can see reviews of our other Cape Town Traveling Spoon experiences on TripAdvisor:
Pricing (per person)*
1 person 2-4 ppl 5+ people
In-Home Meal
 Not offered $59 Not offered
Cooking Experience + Meal
 Not offered $69 Not offered
Alcohol
 $0 per person
*Does not include 4% payment processing fee applied at checkout.
1 person 2-4 ppl 5+ people
In-Home Meal
 Not offered $59 Not offered
Cooking Experience + Meal
 Not offered $69 Not offered
Alcohol
 $0 per person
*Does not include 4% payment processing fee applied at checkout.
Experience Timings
 Lunch Dinner
In-Home Meal
 12:00pm-2:00pm 6:00pm-8:00pm
Cooking Experience+ Meal
 11:00am-2:00pm 5:00pm-8:00pm
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