Experience Africa like never before
Cooking Holidays & Retreats
Over the years, I have enjoyed bringing people together to share memorable experiences at cooking classes, immersive dining events and more. I have been blessed with the privilege to share African recipes and stories from my childhood and travels, far and wide, and especially through my award winning cookbook AFRICANA. Now, you too can enjoy these heartwarming experiences with me as we travel across Africa together, one destination at a time. We will visit incredible countries to celebrate their rich culture and food, while making new friends and memories. Join me for a holiday of a lifetime.
Who are our holidays for?
Although I call these cooking holidays, our holidays are retreats for food lovers, that combine relaxation, culture, and an abundance of organic, fresh and seasonal food while learning to cook both traditional and modern recipes that you can apply to your own home cooking, all at a pace that feels comfortable for you. The very first person who booked our first holiday absolutely hates cooking but she loves food. So, if you love food, you will love joining me on these wonderful holidays.
Looking after the people & the planet
To give back to the people who have looked after us and inspired this journey, I will be supporting community projects and organisations that work to empower the locals of our host countries, especially organisations that protect women and children, those who provide opportunities for good jobs, adequate healthcare and education for families. And to look after our planet, I have also combined my love of food, travel and sumptuous comfort, with regeneration and sustability, by working with partners who are eco-conscious and active. I am working with those who create spaces like our solar powered lodges in Ghana & Morocco and all our future locations, including farms, community gardens and organisations who provide organic produce for our feasts and cookery classes. These are the values that I care about and support and by joining my holidays you are supporting them too.
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Highlights of our holidays include
Organic & seasonal food
Immersive feasts & cooking classes by Lerato
Experience the thrill of vibrant African markets
Visit riveting cultural & historical sites
Visiting some of the best local restaurants
Multiple locations across the country
Luxury hotel stays
Sumptuous solar powered eco-lodges
UPCOMING HOLIDAYS
Morocco - from the Medina of Marrakesh to the Coast of Essaouira
Upcoming Date: October 2023 & 2024 (TBA)
Ghana - from Accra to the Cape Coast
Upcoming Date: March 14th - 20th 2023
7 days / 6 nights
All inclusive excl, flights & travel insurance
*Sold Out
New dates for 2024 coming soon
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"An Outstanding new book that will wake up your taste buds. Lerato is a genius with flavours."
Delicious magazine
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"No plantains will go to waste with this book nearby"
BBC Good Food
Heartwarming African hospitality awaits you in Ghana, the gold cost of Africa, where your holiday will commence in one of the best and most respected hotels in the city, before escaping, heading off the grid to our coastal eco-lodge nestled up and around the hills and overlooking the ocean.
Our social & economic impact
Through our travels we will endeavour to give back to our host country, by empowering local people from our tour guides, cooks, drivers to local producers such as chocolate makers, shea butter producers, organic growers and all who we work with to provide us an enriching experience. A percentage of profits will be donated to a chosen charity after each trip. And time permitting, we will endeavour to visit an impactful social enterprise that is making a difference in the community. Our chosen social enterprise for Ghana is Cocoa 360. A pioneering organisation that seeks to create sustainable living conditions for children to thrive; by providing farm land for families to earn, healthcare and non-fee paying schools.
Ready for your adventure?
Now, all you have to do is book your place on our holiday, book your flights, prepare to travel and leave the rest to me and our amazing team to create a most memorable experience for you.
To join the waiting list, please send an email telling us what holiday you will like to join, tell us more about yourself, and how many people will be joining your party. We will send you the holiday brochure and get back to you as soon as possible with availability.
*Prices are per person and based on double occupancy. Great for friends, family or couples*
*Flights, visas and insurance are not included.
To be the first on the list for our holidays or if you will like to organise a private holiday, please click ok the link below or send enquiries to cook@leratofoods.com You will be sent more information and notified of availability.
See what’s included below
Your holiday includes these and more...
7 days / 6 nights of unique culinary adventures in enchanting West Africa
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Stay in a luxury hotel in the city of Accra with swimming pool & gym
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Private ensuite room in our exclusive
hill-top luxury eco-lodge, with views across the ocean. 100% solar powered with constant electricity and air conditioning. 300m from the palm beach.
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25m long swimming pool at our eco-lodge and fully equipped gym on site
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Immersive cookery classes with Lerato, using organic local produce, local chocolate & African superfoods
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All meals provided with drinks including a meal
at one of the most celebrated local restaurants in Accra *
(Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
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Day trips to breathtaking historical and cultural sites
from the riveting Cape Coast Castle to the adventure filled Kakum National Park, a protected area with some of West Africa’s most flourishing flora and forna.
Visit Aburi Botanical Gardens & enjoy a birds eye view of Accra from the towering hill
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Visit one of the oldest cocoa farms in Accra
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Experience the thrill of visiting the largest market in Accra, a vibrant food market and the crafts market.
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Meet fishermen on the coast as we pick up the catch of the day ahead of our cookery classes
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Private Airport Transfers & Private Group Transfers Throughout Stay
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Down time to explore on your own
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Lerato Gourmet Travel Bag
with welcome treats, skincare such as local organic shea & cocoa butter
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Upon reserving your place, you will have a one on one virtual chat with Lerato
*Prices are per person and based on double occupancy
*Flights, visas and insurance are not included.
To be the first on the list for our holidays please click ok the link below or send enquiries to cook@leratofoods.com You will be sent more information and notified of availability.
Your Host
Lerato is a food writer, TV presenter and a leading voice in contemporary cuisine.
Her recipes and immersive feasts are an explosion of flavours from across the world, especially celebrating African flavours, and their importance in global cuisine. Her supperclubs and cookery classes are the go-to for heartwarming stories and feasts that transport food lovers on a delicious adventure. She works with some of the best in food and hospitality and a vast variety of organisations from universities to global and local charities.
Author of AFRICANA cookbook
The essential book on African Cookery
"Leaf through Africana and you’ll be sticking Post-it notes everywhere … There isn’t a dish I don’t want to cook."
Diana Henry, the Saturday Telegraph
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Lerato has appeared on Channel 4 Sunday Brunch, BBC features and news television. She has amassed fans from the public to celebrity figures many more who have feasted on her vibrant recipes. Her debut cookbook, Africana hit the bestseller list and has been featured in Best Books of 2022 by Diana Henry in the Telegraph, Waitrose Book of the week, BBC Good Food, Red Magazine and more. Also named in the
covetted ‘best of’ list in the Observer Food Monthly. Lerato teaches cookery and works with a wide range of organisations including social enterprises and even gardening charity, the RHS to promote vibrant cooking with fresh ingredients. She is a member of the panel of the acclaimed BBC Radio 4 show - The Kitchen Cabinet. Lerato’s writing and recipes have been featured in various publications such as
National Geographic, Delicious Magazine, Guardian and she can be seen cooking her vibrant recipes on television.
