Taste of Africa
A Safari full of Flavour
Baobab Kitchen
The new
exciting, interactive experience of Africa
Come and cook in our African outdoor kitchen!
Meet the warmth of Africa in the spices, the colours, in the pulse of the music, and in the friendliness of your hosts!
Get your family or friends together!
Celebrate somebody’s birthday or bring your work colleagues to this heart-warming and relaxing experience, where you will learn to cook and bake over a fire in African cast-iron pots (potjies).
Design your own menu!
Let us know how many you are and we’ll give you plenty of tasty meal suggestions. Minimum group size is 10 and maximum is 20. Pre-bookings are essential! The price per person varies depending on the choices you make. Feel free to ask for something special!
Relax and enjoy!
We make and prepare everything before you come!
What can we cook?
A group of 10 can easily manage to make three different potjies - one “main dish potjie”, one “rice potjie”, and one “bread potjie” or a “dessert potjie”. If you are many more (15-20) you can manage to cook two different main dishes, or why not a soup or a starter?!
When can we come?
Baobab kitchen will open in spring 2007. Our plan is to
stay open from May to August. We accept groups of
minimum 10 and maximum 20 people.
Pre-bookings are essential!
Open days
There will be "open" days when anybody can sign up to join the cooking in a larger group. The result will be a whole lot of new friends! We will advertise here
What do we wear?
Wear clothes that are comfortable, that tolerate a bit
of smoke on them, and are relatively warm.
Baobab Kitchen is entirely an outdoor experience. We
have warm blankets to snug in on clear starry nights.
Rent a potjie for your party
Rent one if you want to cook over a fire, or use it to
serve an exotic meal! The rental (24 h) is 150 kr for
the first pot (rent + delivery within Gävle-Hedesunda),
and 50 kr per pot for your second, and third pot etc.
We require a deposit of 200 kr per potjie, which is
re-funded in full when returning the potjie to us!
Click here to send us an email
or call 0291-610 25,
070-264 2109
Stories under the African Baobab tree
Many Africans believe that there is no such thing as a young Baobab. These trees can be enormous and up to 3000 years old. They are probably the oldest life forms in Africa. In the hot dry savannas, a Baobab forms a natural meeting point for the village, a landmark, and a source of raw material. The fibrous bark from the fat trunkis used to make baskets, ropes and hand-platted floor mats. Only a portion of the trunk is used each time and the injury heals rapidly. This makes the harvesting of the bark ecologically sustainable.
The name 'Baobab' is KiSwahili but all countries where the Baobab grows have their own names for this beautiful gigant. In South Africa, a Baobab is called Kremetartboom by Afrikaans people, umShimulu, isiMuhu and isiMuku by the Zulu.
There are many legends and myths about the Baobab. Because the tree looses its leaves in the dry season, it is said that God planted the tree upside-down, with its roots in the air. If you pick the flower of a Baobab, you risk to be attacked by a lion, because the flowers of Baobabs contain lots of spirits. There are also those who believe that if a man drinks an infusion of the bark, he will be protected from crocodiles and become very strong.
We choose the name 'Baobab Kitchen' because of the intimate way Africans live with their Baobab. It is a place in the shade where people meet, eat, and talk to each other - a social tree for social people.
Knowledge is like a Baobab tree -
one person's arms are not enough to encompass it.
"- an old African proverb-"