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FOR SUNSHINE ON YOUR PLATE

I'm Lerato. Plantains and my dog Tuppence are my absolute favourites.

You may know me from my award-winning, best-selling cookbook Africana, from a masterclass, from the telly or from the radio. However you found your way here, I invite you to cook and travel with me, and to share a journey that lasts a lifetime.

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Africana Journeys

Where cultures unite & hearts ignite

Africana began with the journeys of my childhood, growing up between Lagos and London, and with how food always carried me home, wherever that may be. Now I invite you to travel with me: small, slow journeys through Africa's kitchens, and private escapes made just for you.

Not a holiday you will forget by Christmas, but the experience of a lifetime, the kind that stays with you long after you unpack. Come for the food. Leave with friends for life, flavours you will carry home, and a story you will be telling for years.

Africana Journeys

Retreats and private escapes across Africa for lovers of food, culture and adventure

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Africana Retreats

Morocco 2027/28

From the Medina to the High Atlas Mountains, the Desert to the Coast of Essaouira

EXPERIENCE MOROCCO

Africana Retreats

Kenya 2027/28-Sun, Sea & Safari

Nairobi, to the Maasai Mara and the Indian Ocean. 

EXPERIENCE KENYA

Africana Private Escapes

A journey made for you

Kenya, Morocco and beyond. The Africana blueprint, made for you, with room for your own special touches. For two, for friends, for family.

PLAN YOUR ESCAPE

“It is a glorious book: an education and an invitation. There is such life in its pages, and such food! Lerato has a particular gift for getting to the heart of each recipe, both in terms of where it comes from, how it’s travelled, and how it can find a place in your own kitchen, your own life.”

NIGELLA LAWSON

THE BOOK

Find Africana at bookstores worldwide

Signed copies are always available here, and you will also find Africana in bookshops and online stores around the world.

FIND AFRICANA NEAR YOU

Best cookbook of 2022

Diana Henry, The Telegraph

‘Leaf through Africana and you’ll be sticking Post-it notes everywhere … There isn’t a dish I don’t want to cook.

BEST COOKBOOK OF 2022

Delicious Magazine

‘Outstanding new book that will wake up your taste buds.’

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Teams and brands who have cooked with Lerato

Imperial College London · Meta · SailPoint · Waitrose · Riverford Organic · Teenage Cancer Trust · Tilda · GSK · Aviva

Kind words from our community

Do give Lerato’s Supper club a try. She does get sold out pretty quickly so have a look at her website for regular updates. I really enjoyed the experience of trying new food with interesting people in new surroundings.

Celebrity Chef - Lorraine Pascale

We had an absolutely fantastic experience with Lerato, she is an excellent teacher. The food served was out of this world! She breathed life into what would have been a rather corporate affair and we now have wonderful memories of the day.

Imperial College London - AGE Department

It was a pleasure to meet you, and everyone is still commenting on how great our cookery class and dinner was.

Lynsey from Lerato corporate masterclass

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Recipes, stories & first notice of new journeys