Discover Kenyan cuisine through a guided market visit, a home cooking session, and street-food tasting in Nairobi. Meet a local host, explore fresh ingredients, and enjoy conversations about the dishes and traditions that shape everyday meals.
Your experience begins with pickup from your hotel or agreed location in Karen, Westlands, or Parklands. Meet your host and head to a local food market for an approximately one-hour visit.
Walk among stalls selling vegetables, grains, fruits, and other ingredients as your host explains how they are used in Kenyan cooking. Help select ingredients for your meal while enjoying the lively atmosphere and learning about local shopping habits.
Next, travel to your host’s home for an approximately three-hour cooking and dining experience. Settle into the kitchen and help with selected preparation tasks under your host’s guidance. Learn cooking techniques, ask questions, and hear stories about family recipes and food traditions as the meal comes together.
Depending on the day’s menu and available ingredients, dishes may include ugali, pilau, mukimo, chapati, githeri, matoke, fish, or seasonal vegetables. Discover how familiar ingredients become satisfying dishes, then sit down together to enjoy the meal you helped prepare.
Continue with an approximately one-hour street-food experience, exploring another side of Nairobi’s food culture. Your host will introduce the snacks available along the route and explain their place in local daily life.
After your culinary experience, return to your hotel or original pickup location in Karen, Westlands, or Parklands, taking home new flavours, cooking ideas, and memories of a meal shared with your host.