Top 20 South African Food Influencers on Instagram (Sep 2026)

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We found 71 food Influencers in South Africa
These influencers mention 'food' in their Instagram bio and have audiences primarily in South Africa. Here are the top 20. To run a custom search, check out Modash's influencer discovery features (free to try).
09/07/2026
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1. Sabelo elkah hadebe

South Africa

Marketing Grad/honors. Lifestyle /home/food Social Media Personality of the year 𝙏𝙤𝙥 11 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙮𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙜𝙪𝙮 @gqsouthafrica Email: elkahhadebe@gmail.com

@sabelo_the_kreator
@@sabelothekreator258
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Followers
194.7k
Fake followers
17.32%
Engagement rate
2.31%
Average Reel plays
57.6k
Audience gender
female
53.19%
male
46.81%
Top performing Reels
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
South Africa
86.52%
United States
1.77%
Botswana
1.47%
Nigeria
1.29%
Zimbabwe
1%
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2. Sinethemba Masinga

South Africa

Durban📍 Family | Food | Farming | Business iDie hard @sinesthembiso_produce naomi2699@icloud.com | 🇿🇦

@ufarm_julia
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Followers
125k
Fake followers
22.72%
Engagement rate
4.87%
Average Reel plays
58.2k
Audience gender
female
42.25%
male
57.75%
Top performing Reels
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
South Africa
86.13%
United States
2.47%
eSwatini
1.26%
Namibia
1.16%
Nigeria
0.95%
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3. Alyn Machethe

South Africa

Jer 29 vs 11 Food | Lifestyle | Health YouTube Channel: Alyn & Gerald 📩 Get in touch: alyn@innov47ions.co.za

@alyndale.machethe
@Alyn.Gerald
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Followers
113.2k
Fake followers
18.39%
Engagement rate
2.17%
Average Reel plays
329.7k
Audience gender
female
87.22%
male
12.78%
Top performing Reels
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
South Africa
89.81%
Namibia
1.55%
Zimbabwe
1.06%
United States
1.03%
Botswana
0.9%
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4. Cordelia Fonseca

South Africa

Mama 💙🌸. Lover 💍 @bycocoandj

@cocodafonseca
@cordeliacocofonseca
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Followers
96k
Fake followers
20.69%
Engagement rate
2.03%
Average Reel plays
46k
Audience gender
female
87.7%
male
12.3%
Top performing Reels
  1. I ncaa you bra @jsomethingmusic ♥️
    992.1k
  2. 3 days till your #birthday @cocodafonseca … love celebrating your life! #BirthdayDance #birthdaydancechallenge #Dance
    690.7k
  3. We back with another #ForYouMyLove episode y’aaaaaall and we making one of our favorite things on planet earth … CHICKEN WINGS! The dipping sauce is where the magic is at ... TRUST! What we used: 1kg chicken wings, cut into winglets Chipotle seasoning Salt Pepper 1⁄2 cup Mayonnaise 1⁄2 cup Sour cream 2 tbs Fresh chives, chopped 1 cup of @knorrflavour Creamy Blue cheese dressing What we did: Season the chicken wings with salt, pepper and chipotle seasoning, set them aside to marinade. Meanwhile make the dipping sauce, to a bowl add the mayonnaise, sour cream, fresh chives and the Knorr Creamy Blue cheese dressing Place the chicken wings on the grill and cook until golden and cooked through. Serve on a large platter with the dipping sauce on the side. Love and Light Coco and J Follow @foryoumyloveig … we got some surprises coming your way!
    553.5k
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
South Africa
89.25%
Botswana
1.5%
Namibia
1.1%
United States
1.02%
Zimbabwe
0.93%
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5. Nontokozo Mbali Skosana

South Africa

👩🏻‍🍳Self-taught cook 🎀Food | Lifestyle | Content creator ⬇️Collaborations and campaigns 📧 mbaligololo1@gmail.com

@__mbaly
@mbaliskhosanagp
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Followers
92.8k
Fake followers
12.12%
Engagement rate
2.01%
Average Reel plays
109.4k
Audience gender
female
42.49%
male
57.51%
Top performing Reels
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
South Africa
92.1%
Nigeria
1.11%
United States
0.91%
Zimbabwe
0.71%
Botswana
0.61%
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6. Denzhe Makungo

South Africa

Modern Venda Man🇿🇦 Food • Style • Wellness Recipes | Tailored fits | Intentional living 📍JHB |📧 blckvendaman@gmail.com

@black.venda.man
@makungodenzhetheclown5551
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Followers
80.3k
Fake followers
12.62%
Engagement rate
6.44%
Average Reel plays
116.2k
Audience gender
female
60.4%
male
39.6%
Top performing Reels
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
South Africa
93.62%
Nigeria
0.94%
eSwatini
0.56%
Namibia
0.56%
United Kingdom
0.56%
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7. Precious Kgodu

South Africa

Food & Lifestyle Content Creator Coffee lover ☕️ & Certified Yapper 🗣️ 356K followers on TikTok 📧: preciouschauke08@gmail.com

@chefmakoti
@chefmakoti
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Followers
78.3k
Fake followers
16.49%
Engagement rate
2.46%
Average Reel plays
46.7k
Audience gender
female
31.3%
male
68.7%
Top performing Reels
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
South Africa
85.17%
United States
4.94%
Nigeria
2.62%
United Kingdom
1.02%
Kenya
0.73%
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8. Mr Bailey

South Africa

🇿🇦 laughter is the best medicine… ⚜️PORSCHE⚜️ My car page is @piston_bailey

@michaill_bailey
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Followers
76.2k
Fake followers
18.94%
Engagement rate
2.74%
Average Reel plays
29.3k
Audience gender
female
27.4%
male
72.6%
Top performing Reels
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
South Africa
86.94%
United States
3.52%
Namibia
2.57%
Australia
0.66%
United Kingdom
0.56%
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9. Lerato Simelane

South Africa

Johannesburg digital creator ✨ Motherhood | Skincare | Food Entrepreneur. Masters degree🎓 #MomCEO Email: Leratosimelane4@gmail.com

@lerato__s
@LeratoSimelane
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Followers
72.7k
Fake followers
21.85%
Engagement rate
3.01%
Average Reel plays
3.9k
Audience gender
female
77.66%
male
22.34%
Top performing Reels
  1. https://www.instagram.com/p/DBG6CPBIQ-7/
    11.3k
  2. I have alot of titles but by far one of the most important is MAMMA🥰. My kids have taught me so many lessons and changed me in so many amazing ways. I learned to go with the flow because plans with kids never work out, I’ve learned to let things go, and learn what matters. I put up boundaries and guarded my time, and learnt to live more in the moment because i blink and a year goes by🙆‍♀️ They humanize you in the most gracious of ways and also make you reflect on who you are as a person every waking moment, they make you put down your phone, look at what’s in front of you, test your patience and also have alot of “is this really happening?!” moments🤣 I teach them about life, morals, whats right and wrong, patience , kindness, grace, and more. But in reality they have been shaping me all along to be the best version of myself. Happy Mothers Day!!💕 . . . . #mothersday #momoftwo #girlmom #boymom #sunday #breastfeeding #blessed #motherhood #mom
    2.5k
  3. Happy Friday guys 💚💚
    2.1k
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
South Africa
89.05%
United States
1.64%
India
0.92%
United Kingdom
0.89%
Zimbabwe
0.85%
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10. Shantel Modiba Madibana

South Africa

Momfluencer| Fashion| Food| Lifestyle VUT alumni 🧑🏽‍🎓 Founder @shantels_kitchen_ @carney___chloe 's mommy ♥️ Husband @king_wiz_the_stylist ♥️

@shantel_modiba_
@Shantelmadibana
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Followers
72.5k
Fake followers
23.5%
Engagement rate
3.47%
Average Reel plays
8.3k
Audience gender
female
45.02%
male
54.98%
Top performing Reels
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
South Africa
72.72%
Kenya
5.6%
Namibia
3.29%
Nigeria
3.16%
United States
2.5%

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11. Kholiwe Jiyane

South Africa

@zenzelej better half ❤️ 📺 Catch us on Bossing Up ch129 Work: ErabyDJZinhle Mom: 👨‍👧‍👦

@kholi_jiyane
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Followers
69.7k
Fake followers
21.1%
Engagement rate
3.15%
Average Reel plays
142.3k
Audience gender
female
54.36%
male
45.64%
Top performing Reels
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
South Africa
87.06%
United States
2.59%
Nigeria
1.13%
United Kingdom
0.97%
Ukraine
0.65%
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12. Ritshidze Rachel Sibadali

South Africa

📍JHB🇿🇦 Food content creator. Traditional Food Business Owner: @cookingwith_ritshidze_foods PR/Collab: ritshidze.sibadali@cookingwithritshidze.co.za

@cookingwith_ritshidze
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Followers
48.1k
Fake followers
22.14%
Engagement rate
39.03%
Average Reel plays
10.2k
Audience gender
female
83.87%
male
16.13%
Top performing Reels
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
South Africa
90.66%
Botswana
1.07%
Nigeria
1.07%
United States
1.07%
United Kingdom
0.77%
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13. Sizwe_Makhunga

South Africa

💫 : Romanticizing the ordinary 🫧 : Lifestyle | Food | Home 📧 : sizwepenuel@gmail.com 📍 Johannesburg, South Africa 🇿🇦

@sizwep
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Followers
46.8k
Fake followers
22.02%
Engagement rate
2.73%
Average Reel plays
12.4k
Audience gender
female
45.89%
male
54.11%
Top performing Reels
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
South Africa
83.22%
United States
3.24%
Botswana
1.67%
Nigeria
1.19%
Tanzania
1.08%
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14. Andile Ngobeni

South Africa

📍 Pretoria, South Africa 🇿🇦 👨🏾‍🍳 Chef | Pedagogical Practitioner 🎥 Food • Lifestyle • Travel • Real Life 📧 andile.angobeni@gmail.com

@andile_ngobeni97
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Followers
40.7k
Fake followers
19.98%
Engagement rate
11.02%
Average Reel plays
5.6k
Audience gender
female
26.17%
male
73.83%
Top performing Reels
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
South Africa
93.43%
eSwatini
1.16%
United States
1.16%
India
0.39%
Zambia
0.39%
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15. Kabelo Legodi

South Africa

Lifestyle. Male Grooming. Food. Fashion. Self-Love King 60K on TikTok 📧 legodikabelo@gmail.com 📍Johannesburg

@kabelo.legodi
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Followers
34.8k
Fake followers
16.11%
Engagement rate
2.3%
Average Reel plays
5k
Audience gender
female
47.44%
male
52.56%
Top performing Reels
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
South Africa
88.39%
United States
2.08%
Nigeria
1.22%
United Kingdom
1.17%
Namibia
0.59%
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16. Caro Jesse

South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa Multi-disciplinary artist Sensory food experiences, salt & sugar sculpture, photography, graphic & fine art, film Muse: NATURE

@carojesse_sensoryartist
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Followers
31k
Fake followers
16.33%
Engagement rate
19.13%
Average Reel plays
808
Audience gender
female
73.07%
male
26.93%
Top performing Reels
  1. BREATHE - ‘Tilansia Bergeri’ - a most spectacular air plant. I mean, can you believe that they do not grow in the earth, but in the air, nakedly draped all over the places they like best. The flowers are magnificently pink but here is a beauty that my sister gave me from her garden today and will flower when she feels like it. Pretty cosmic really… 🌞 #breathe #airplant #air #element #nature #grow #flowers #pink #cosmic #trip @airfrenchband
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  2. FLOWER of ‘Monstera Deliciosa’. You can eat them. Who would have thought that there is such a naughty and enormous flower in the world? (Scale: If I cup it underneath in both hands, I am just able to hold it steady and straight). It grows beneath the huge shiny green leaves of the busty plant… we’ve all seen it before, The Delicious Monster. They don’t often flower if grown in the home, but they clean the air and detoxify your indoor environment. The flower is so heavy and called an ‘inflorescence’… how absolutely beautiful? The fleshy spike or ‘spadix’ is surrounded by a boat-shaped ‘spathe’… I love these words. The fruit, which one can eat are the ‘spadix’, but they are poisonous before they ripen, so do your homework on that. I have never eaten one but apparently they are so delicious it’s monstrous! In a kind of banana-mango-ey way - they are also nicknamed, the ‘Swiss cheese plant’. My brother-in-law is ripening a whole lot as they have about 30 in their garden. They can take up to 8 months to ripen… my goodness, I can’t wait to try it. #artprint #series #flower #delicious #monster #nature #grow #edibleflower #naughty #edibleplant #ripe #eat #capetown #artist #photography
    597
  3. Ride the light… #colour #spectrum #goldenhour
    490
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
South Africa
80.75%
United States
3.29%
United Kingdom
2.57%
Italy
1.8%
France
1.41%
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17. Tiišetšo Sebola

South Africa

I just be cooking ! 👨🏽‍🍳 @solo_sandton @wishboneza 😮‍💨🐔 I also Create Content . JHB | SA 🇿🇦 📧 : tiisetsosebola15@gmail.com

@tiisetsosebola
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Followers
27.8k
Fake followers
19.2%
Engagement rate
3.51%
Average Reel plays
11.5k
Audience gender
female
70.22%
male
29.78%
Top performing Reels
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
South Africa
90.74%
United States
1.99%
Botswana
1.15%
United Kingdom
0.61%
United Arab Emirates
0.46%
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18. Audrey Kozwana Skhosana

South Africa

Be YOU, it’s inspiring. 📧 audreykozwana00@icloud.com 📍 JHB, South Africa

@audreykozwana
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Followers
26.2k
Fake followers
22.51%
Engagement rate
3.01%
Average Reel plays
8.8k
Audience gender
female
46.7%
male
53.3%
Top performing Reels
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
South Africa
83.76%
Nigeria
4.84%
United States
3.1%
Ghana
1.22%
Kenya
0.8%
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19. Yewon Choi | 최예원

your fave Korean foodie in SA 🇰🇷🇿🇦 sharing soul food & Seoul flavours By @yewonzie

@thatfoodieyewonzie
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Followers
20.2k
Fake followers
12.23%
Engagement rate
3.44%
Average Reel plays
10.9k
Audience gender
female
76.39%
male
23.61%
Top performing Reels
  1. all of this for R100?! let’s go to @nudefoods.za 🫚🌶️ 🚨This experience was not sponsored or gifted. I visited as a regular paying customer and all opinions are my own. #whatyewonnaeat #capetownfoodie #capetowncreator #capetownsouthafrica🇿🇦 #spices
    10.8k
  2. The way I want to GATEKEEP this place 😭 Thank you Debbie for this amazing recommendation🥹 🍜 Ramen lovers, this one’s for you. At Izakaya Kúkai in Hout Bay, Chef Arata ( from Japan 🇯🇵) serves up steaming bowls that feel like comfort in a bite. Big portions, fresh flavours, and that true izakaya spirit 🥢 (Not halal) 📍 150 Empire Ave, Hout Bay, Cape Town, 7806 #whatyewonnaeat #CapeTown #sushi #capetownfoodie #asianfood
    7.6k
  3. come with me for another Asian grocery run cause my brother and I were COOKING 😂 Let’s go to 📍Mun Fong Chinese Supermarket, 7460, 4 Monte Vista Blvd, Monte Vista, Cape Town #whatyewonnaeat #capetown #asiangrocery capetownasianmarket asianmarket
    4.9k
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
South Africa
86.57%
United States
1.75%
United Kingdom
1.06%
South Korea
0.99%
Germany
0.61%
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20. Charnelle Lakey

South Africa

Fashion • Lifestyle • Beauty • Food Cape Town | South Africa 💌 its.ladielle@gmail.com

@charnelle.lakey
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Followers
19.4k
Fake followers
20.62%
Engagement rate
5.64%
Average Reel plays
5.2k
Audience gender
female
82.2%
male
17.8%
Top performing Reels
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
South Africa
86.24%
United States
3.82%
Namibia
1.5%
United Kingdom
0.63%
Botswana
0.54%

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