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Spit Braai Packages & Prices

R180 per person, all in - one rate for lamb, pork or chicken, and the same rate for halaal. That covers the chef, the equipment, the cook, the carving and the clear-up, not just the meat. Fifty guests is R9 000 and a hundred is R18 000. Work yours out below, then send it through in one tap.

What a spit braai costs in Cape Town

R180 per person, all in. One rate — lamb, pork or chicken, halaal or not. It includes the chef, the equipment, the cook, the carving and the pack-down, not just the meat.

What the braai package covers

Other Cape Town caterers quote braai packages in tiers — bronze, silver, gold, or a per-head figure that turns out to be meat only. There is one Spit Braai Pro package and this is everything in it:

• The chef — on site for the full five to seven hour cook, not dropped off with the equipment
• The meat — whole lamb, whole pork or chicken, sourced, prepped and marinated the day before
• The spit, the coals, gas where it is needed, and every bit of cooking equipment
• Two sides and fresh rolls, chosen by you — the full list is on the spit braai menu
• Carving and serving to order at the station
• Pack-down and removal of everything the same night

No call-out fee, no separate chef fee, no charge to quote, and no surcharge for halaal or for a public holiday. If a braai package you are comparing us against is cheaper per head, the useful question is which of those six lines it leaves out.

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What moves the price

Factor	Effect
The meat	Does not move it. Whole lamb, pork or chicken all sit at R180 — pick on taste, not price.
Halaal	Does not move it. No surcharge, same R180.
Headcount	Does not move the per-head rate. It sets the minimum: below about 25 guests a spit stops making sense.
Extra sides	Two sides and rolls are included. A full salad table or a third and fourth side is quoted on top.
Travel	Included across greater Cape Town. Beyond about 60km from the city a travel charge applies.

Roughly what that means

At a flat R180 a head the arithmetic is the arithmetic. These are the numbers people ask for most often:

Guests	Total	What it looks like
25	R4 500	Our practical minimum — one spit, one chef
30	R5 400	A garden birthday or a small function
50	R9 000	One whole lamb, two sides, rolls
100	R18 000	Typical wedding or year-end headcount
150	R27 000	Two spits and two chefs from about here
200	R36 000	Two spits, two chefs, staggered carving

Every one of those is a starting point, not a quote. Send us the date, the number and the place and we will give you a fixed figure in writing.

What is not included

Crockery, cutlery, glassware, tables and staff to serve are not part of the R180 — most venues and marquee hires supply those, and we would rather not charge you twice for them. Alcohol and a bar service are not ours either. Everything to do with the fire, the meat and the carving is. If you only want the equipment, see spit braai hire.

Spit braai for R100 per person — is that a thing?

Short answer: not for chef-run catering in Cape Town. The cheapest advertised rate in the city for the meat on its own is around R145 a head, so R100 all in does not reach. We have set out the market rates, the arithmetic and what an under-R100 quote is usually leaving out on spit braai for R100 per person.