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Spit Braai Prices, Packages & Menu in Cape Town

Spit braai prices here start at R116 per person for chicken, R129 for pork and R150 for a whole lamb, from 25 guests, with halaal at the same rates. That covers the chef, the equipment, the cook, the carving and the clean-up, not just the meat. Fifty guests on lamb is R7 500 and a hundred is R15 000. Work yours out below, then send it through in one tap.

Spit braai prices in Cape Town

Whole lamb R150 per person. Pork R129, chicken R116, mixed meat R204, beef R245, and R272 for the premium wedding package, from a minimum of 25 guests. Halaal is the same rate. Each is what a spit braai costs with the chef, the equipment, the cook, the carving and the clean-up included, not just the meat.

Menu	Per person
Whole lamb spit	R150
Pork spit	R129
Chicken spit	R116
Mixed meat (lamb with pork or chicken)	R204
Beef	R245
Premium wedding package	R272

Lamb has no volume discount — R150 a head at 25 guests is R150 a head at 250.

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. Every Spit Braai Pro menu carries the same inclusions, and this is everything in them:

• The chef on site for the full five to seven hour cook, not dropped off with the equipment
• The meat — A-grade, sourced, prepped and marinated the day before
• The spit, the gas, and every bit of cooking equipment
• Roast potatoes in garlic and fresh bread rolls
• The buffet — a gazebo, serving utensils and chafing trays to hold the food hot
• Carving and serving to order at the station
• Set-up and clean-up — brought out, set up, and everything removed the same night

No separate chef fee, no charge to quote, and no surcharge for halaal or for a public holiday. What sits outside the rate is listed here with its price, so nothing arrives on the invoice that was not on the quote:

Extra	Price
Classic salads — green, potato, coleslaw, beetroot, carrot	R15 a head
Premium Greek salad	R20 a head
Pap and gravy	R15 a head
Cupcakes	R20 each
Ice cream	R20 a serving
Fruit salad	R30 a serving
Extra service staff	R850 each, per event
Cutlery and crockery	R15–R25 a head

Distance from our Durbanville base	Travel
Within 30km	No travel fee
30–50km	R500–R800
50–100km	R1 000–R1 500
Over 100km	Quoted

If a braai package you are comparing us against is cheaper per head, the useful question is whether the chef, the set-up and the clean-up are in the number or under it.

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What the rate covers, and why a chef rather than a drop-off is the whole proposition, is set out on spit braai catering in Cape Town.

What moves the price

Factor	Effect
The meat	Sets the rate: chicken R116, pork R129, lamb R150, mixed R204, beef R245.
Halaal	Does not move it. No surcharge, same rate as the meat you choose.
Headcount	Does not move the per-head rate. It sets the minimum: 25 guests.
Salads and desserts	Potatoes and rolls are included. Salads from R15 a head, desserts from R20.
Staff	The chef is included. Extra service staff are R850 each.
Travel	Free within 30km of Durbanville, R500–R1 500 out to 100km, quoted beyond.

Roughly what that means

On lamb at R150 a head the arithmetic is the arithmetic. These are the numbers people ask for most often, before salads, extra staff or travel:

Guests	Lamb total	What it looks like
25	R3 750	Our minimum — one spit, one chef
30	R4 500	A garden birthday or a small function
50	R7 500	One whole lamb, potatoes, rolls
100	R15 000	Typical wedding or year-end headcount
150	R22 500	Two spits and two chefs from about here
200	R30 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 on the spit braai menu

Most Cape Town spit braai menus arrive in three tiers, where the cheap one quietly drops the chef and the expensive one adds a starter nobody asked for. Ours is priced by the meat instead: chicken R116, pork R129, lamb R150 a head, each carved to order with garlic roast potatoes, fresh rolls and the sauce that belongs with whatever you picked. Everything beyond that is an add-on with a number attached before you agree to it.

Choose the meat

Meat	Feeds	On the spit	Reads as
Whole lamb	About 45 adults per lamb	5–7 hours	The classic. What people picture when they say spit braai
Whole pork	50–60 adults	5–7 hours	Crackling, and the most guests fed per animal
Chicken	About two adults per bird	2–3 hours	The short cook and the easy one for a mixed guest list

Lamb R150, pork R129, chicken R116 a head; lamb with pork or chicken on two spits is the mixed menu at R204, and beef is R245. Detail on each is on whole lamb, pork and chicken on the spit. Halaal lamb and chicken carry no surcharge — see halaal-friendly spit braai catering.

The sides

Roast potatoes in garlic come with every booking. Most people add something cold and sharp to cut through the fat; a green salad at R15 a head is where most land.

Add-ons, priced before you agree

Add-on	How it works
Salads	R15 a head each for the classics, R20 for a Greek salad
A second meat	The mixed menu: lamb with pork or chicken on two spits, R204 a head
Dessert	Cupcakes R20 each, ice cream R20 a serving, fruit salad R30 a serving
Extra service staff	R850 each, per event

Sample menus by event

Event	What usually works
Wedding, 100 guests	Whole lamb, roast potatoes, green salad, rolls. Carving station rather than plated — it feeds faster and it photographs better
Year-end function, 60 staff	Pork for the crackling, potato bake, coleslaw. Add a chicken spit if the dietary list is mixed
Birthday, 30 guests	Chicken. Shorter cook, no dawn start, and nobody has to carve a whole lamb for thirty people
Braai Day spit braai, 40 guests	Lamb, both sides, rolls. It is the one day of the year where the meat is the entire point

What is not included

Salads, desserts, extra service staff, cutlery and crockery, and travel past 30km are priced separately, at the figures above. Glassware, alcohol and a bar service are not part of the rate either. Wine glasses and high balls we can bring at R5 each if your venue does not stock them; the bar itself is not ours. Everything to do with the fire, the meat and the carving is included, along with the gazebo, the serving utensils and the chafing trays that keep the food hot.

If you would rather hire the spit and cook it yourself

Equipment on its own is the other thing we do, and it is priced per hire rather than per head: R1 200–R1 500 for 24 hours, plus a refundable R1 000–R1 500 deposit. Delivery and collection are from R450, or fetch the spit yourself for free; you supply the meat, the coals and the cook.

What you are paying for	Rate
Chef-run catering — meat, potatoes, rolls, cooking, carving, clear-up	From R116 per person (lamb R150)
Spit braai machine, equipment only, 24 hours	R1 200–R1 500
Delivery and collection	From R450, or collect free
Refundable deposit on the equipment	R1 000–R1 500

What comes with the frame, and how delivery works, is on spit braai hire.

Quotes around R100 a head

A quote around R100 a head is usually the meat line, not the event: beef, a piglet or a lamb on the spit, from 35 guests, with the salads, the staff and the delivery billed on top. What those quotes leave out, line by line, is on spit braai for R100 per person.