What’s on at The Plant Powered Show?
The Show Marketplace
Offering the best and latest plant powered food, drink and conscious living products available in South Africa right now. From superfoods to beverages, vegan beauty and skincare products, kitchen appliances and home décor, health, fitness and wellness supplements, eco-friendly personal accessories and apparel, it’ll all be there, and show-goers will be spoilt for choice.
The Plant Kitchen
The Checkers Plant Kitchen powered by Simple Truth will feature professional chefs and celebrity cooks in action as they demo the best and easiest ways to create exciting vegan and plant-based dishes. Our chefs will be using some of the most popular plant-based products to encourage home cooks to experiment and find out just how versatile, delicious, nutritious and easy-to-make plant-based meals can be.
Expert Talks
Diverse and compelling health and wellness talks and panel discussions.
Interactive Masterclasses
Fabulous masterclass experiences for premium ticket holders. Some of the country’s top chefs, plant-based experts and mixologists will demonstrate how to create delicious dishes, drinks, dips, desserts and much, much more. Select your hands-on Masterclass of choice – programme coming soon.
Vegan & Meet
Meet your favourite chefs and get books signed.
Living on the Veg
Toast a great day out and tuck into a delicious lunch from one of the pop-up eateries serving delicious plant-based and vegan food and relax and soak up the vibey atmosphere in the Living on the Veg seating area.
Mindful drinking, vegan & organic wine lane
Vegan-friendly and organic wines, low alcohol and no-alcohol products and conscious cocktails for the mindful drinker.
Celebrity guests & Experts
Watch your household favourites and many more at the 2023 Shows.
Our Sustainable Journey
We are committed to making a difference and delivering a more sustainable show. Take a look at what we are doing to make a difference with our events.
Meet some of the chefs and experts from our last show
Zola Nene | The Plant Kitchen
TOPIC: Ujeqe Cowpea curry bunny chow
WHEN: May 2022
Claire Sharryn Roberto | The Plant Kitchen
TOPIC: Cordycep polenta with sautéed mushrooms
WHEN: May 2022
Mokgadi Itsweng | Masterclass
TOPIC: ClemenGold cheese pots & Grilled aubergine, red onion & ClemenGold salad
WHEN: May – CTICC & Online
Rudi Liebenberg | The Plant Kitchen
TOPIC: Vegan chocolate avocado mousse verrine & ClemenGold and coconut verrine
WHEN: May 2022
Tamsin Snyman | The Plant Kitchen
TOPIC: Apple and date flapjacks & Cinnamon-roasted pumpkin
WHEN: May 2022
Jenny Morris | The Plant Kitchen
TOPIC: Grilled aubergine steaks topped with avo and pulled flamed tender fillets
WHEN: May 2022
Simon Toohey | The Plant Kitchen
TOPIC: South East Asian Laab
WHEN: May 2022
Arabella Parkinson | The Plant Kitchen
TOPIC: Tomato tartare with mushroom consommé, coriander, sout slaai & saffron mayo
WHEN: May 2022
Jane Nshuti | The Plant Kitchen
TOPIC: Vegan amaranth panna cotta
WHEN: May 2002
Brett Thompson | Plant Power Talks
TOPIC: Capitalism in the Plant-Based Movement
WHEN: May 2022
Jessica Kotlowitz | Plant Power Talks
TOPIC: Plant-Based Foods for Babies and Pregnancy
WHEN: May 2022
Donovan Will | Plant Power Talks
TOPIC: The 5 Pro’s of Plant-Based Diets
WHEN: May 2002
Mira Weiner | The Plant Kitchen
TOPIC: Savoury brown rice porridge with tofu and tempeh steaks with winter veggies
WHEN: May 2022
Tarryn de Kock | The Plant Kitchen
TOPIC: Croquette made with mushroom duxelle and Chick*n fillets
WHEN: May 2022
Andriëtte de la Harpe | Masterclass
TOPIC: Beloved South African Malva Pudding
WHEN: May 2022
Misha Teasdale | Plant Power Talks
TOPIC: Getting Our Hands Dirty For Our Planet
WHEN: May 2022
Dr. Nanine Wyma | Plant Power Talks
TOPIC: The Future of Protein
WHEN: May 2022
Justin Smith | Plant Power Talks
TOPIC: Food Systems and the Impact on Climate and Biodiversity
WHEN: May 2022
Loubie Rusch | Masterclass
TOPIC: Discovering 4 Cape Indigenous Ingredients
WHEN: May 2022
Kurt Schlechter | Masterclass
TOPIC: “Inspired by fynbos” cocktail masterclass
WHEN: May 2022
Peter Daniel | Masterclass
TOPIC: Plant medicinal hot drinks
WHEN: May 2022
Mary-Ann Shearer | Plant Power Talks
TOPIC: Natural Hormone Health
WHEN: May 2022
Nadia Mulder | Plant Power Talks
TOPIC: Plant-Based 101
WHEN: May 2022
Nicole Vernon | Plant Power Talks
TOPIC: NGOs in the Plant-Based Space
WHEN: May 2022
Phil Mansbergh | Masterclass
TOPIC: Kelp ravioli
WHEN: 26-28 May – CTICC & Online
Jay Miller | Masterclass
TOPIC: Oat meal recipe
WHEN: 26-28 May – CTICC & Online
Owen O'Reilly | Masterclass
TOPIC: Cape Spice Soga Grapefruit & Raspberry Fiz
WHEN: May 2022
Toni Brockhoven | Plant Power Talks
TOPIC: Beauty Is More Than Skin Deep
WHEN: May 2022
Shannon Elizabeth | Plant Power Talks
TOPIC: How Plant-Based Diets Protect Our Wildlife
WHEN: May 2022
Carla Gontier | Plant Power Talks
TOPIC: Female Forward: The Importance of Female-Owned and Staffed Plant-Based Businesses
WHEN: May 2022