NEKED Food Restaurant is back!

Multi-ward-winning vegan dining has returned to Clarens after a 18 month hiatus.

Join us for beautiful plant-based food, handcrafted drinks, mountain views, warm hospitality and the creative flair that made NEKED Food one of South Africa’s Top 100 Restaurants.

Now open at our new home with a lounge and restaurant with a fireplace or in our beautiful and sunny secret garden with mountain views in Clarens.

Book a table, explore our menu, purchase our best selling gourmet cookbook or discover our retreats and events.

Luxury for the soul. Deliciousness for everyone.

BOOK A TABLE

BUY THE COOKBOOK

BOOK A RETREAT

NEKED FOOD is Multi-Award Winning

Top 100 SA Restaurants 2023 & 2024

Proudly recognised by The Restaurant Ass of South Africa as one of

South Africa’s Top 100 Restaurants

for both years of our trading.

LUX LIFE Global Vegan Awards 2024

Most Innovative Vegan Restaurant 2024 – South Africa

Hidden Gem of the Year 2024

African Excellence Awards

Most Innovative Plant-Based Culinary Brand 2026

Restaurant Association of South Africa

CEO Award for Culinary Innovation 2026

Excellence never goes out of style

Meet

VANESSA JARVIS-FINDLAY

CO-FOUNDER, CO-OWNER OF NEKED FOOD & NEKED
MULTI - AWARD WINNING
VEGAN CHEF,RESTAURANTEUR, AUTHOR, PUBLISHER,
SAMA AWARD WINNING EXECUTIVE MUSIC PRODUCER

Vanessa Jarvis-Findlay is the co-founder and co-owner of NEKED Food, a multi-award winning celebrity vegan chef, Top 100 restauranteur, author, publisher, SAMA-winning executive music producer, cooking show host, entrepreneur, artist, cannabis activist, cancer survivor, wife, mom, culinary innovator & rebel.

Vanessa Jarvis-Findlay turned her spiritual awakening and love for animals into a five-star vegan movement. Her multi-award-winning Clarens restaurant, NEKED Food, was named one of South Africa’s Top 100 Restaurants by the Restaurant Association of South Africa (RASA) for both years of its trading, not in a vegan category, mind you, but against over 35,000 establishments. She was also the recipient of The CEO Award for Culinary Innovation 2026 by The Restaurant association of South Africa

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