Visitors to Ghana often come for the castles, festivals, nightlife, and year-round events. Now there is a new experience to add to the list: learning how to cook Ghanaian food with a local chef.
Chefabbys School of Food (CASOF), founded by Ghanaian chef and TIME100 Most Influential Creator Chefabbys, now welcomes travellers who want a hands-on food experience. Instead of only eating jollof, waakye or banku in restaurants, visitors can step into a kitchen and cook those dishes themselves with a Ghanaian team.
CASOF offers private cooking sessions for solo travellers, couples, small groups, and even corporate teams. Guests choose from popular Ghanaian dishes such as jollof rice with grilled chicken, waakye with shito, banku with tilapia, kelewele, red red, and other home favourites. Each session includes a local drink, so visitors sit down to a full Ghanaian meal that they helped prepare.
The classes are relaxed and practical. You chop vegetables, stir pots, taste as you go, and ask questions about ingredients and techniques. It feels less like a formal school and more like being invited into a Ghanaian home for a long, unhurried meal.
Behind CASOF is Chefabbys, known for using food to tell African stories. She has presented African cuisine on global stages and built an audience by showing how everyday dishes carry history, memory, and identity.
That same spirit runs through the CASOF classes. While cooking, guests hear the background of each dish, why certain spices are used, and how these meals are eaten in Ghanaian homes. People leave with recipes and context. They do not just learn how to cook a dish, but also why it matters.
CASOF also connects with her wider work, including The Big Street Feast and projects linked to Zero Hunger advocacy. For travellers who care about impact and responsible tourism, this adds meaning to what could have been a standard cooking class.
A Different Way To Experience Ghana
A CASOF session fits easily into an Accra itinerary. It breaks up days of sightseeing with something slower and more personal. It is also ideal for content creators who want real, behind-the-scenes moments from their time in Ghana.
Most importantly, the experience follows you home. After the trip, visitors can recreate their favourite Ghanaian dishes in their own kitchens. “I cooked jollof in Ghana” is a story that tends to stay with people.
Booking a CASOF class is straightforward and handled directly on Chefabbys’ website under the CASOF section: https://chefabbys.com/casof/.
For tourists planning a visit to Ghana, especially to Accra, adding a CASOF masterclass is an easy way to deepen the trip. It turns a regular holiday into something more personal: time spent in a Ghanaian kitchen, learning, tasting, and talking over food.
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