Top Cooking Influencers in South Africa | Lit

Ranked by each creator's single best-performing platform, counting only creators with at least one rate card item tagged "Cooking". Refreshed regularly from live follower and engagement data.

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Influencer

Followers

Engagement

Avg. views

Last checked

Tuma

Entertainment Lifestyle Travel & Adventure

953.7K

5.8%

13.7K

5 Aug 2026

Nikiwe Mabunda

North West Entertainment Lifestyle Personality

736K

13.8%

17.3K

5 Aug 2026

Alyndale Machethe

Gauteng DIY & Crafts Food & Beverage Home & Interior Design

247K

5.9%

98.1K

9 Mar 2026

Monosi Eats

Gauteng Food & Beverage Home & Interior Design Lifestyle

192.6K

8.0%

13.4K

28 May 2026

Puseletso

Gauteng Family Food & Beverage Family Vlogs

174.8K

11.6%

15.3K

12 Mar 2026

Greteli de Swardt

Western Cape Family Food & Beverage Lifestyle

134.8K

-tbc-

2.8K

6 Mar 2026

Kerri Metlitzky

Western Cape Food & Beverage Cooking & Recipes Restaurant Reviews

129.3K

11.4%

24.7K

16 Feb 2026

Penelope shongwe

Mpumalanga Business & Entrepreneurship Family Food & Beverage

123.2K

3.9%

76.5K

5 Aug 2026

Terry

Family Food & Beverage Lifestyle

115.4K

9.5%

16.2K

29 May 2026

Ole

Free State Business & Entrepreneurship DIY & Crafts Education

114K

9.9%

84.6K

17 Mar 2026

themulaudzis

Family Home & Interior Design Personality

111.9K

7.5%

60.2K

7 Mar 2026

Thabo Ndwadwe

North West Entertainment Food & Beverage Lifestyle

107.7K

8.9%

8.0K

10 Mar 2026

Sthandwasenkosi7

Gauteng Food & Beverage Lifestyle Restaurant Reviews

105.4K

8.6%

2.3K

2 Jun 2026

tshifaro makungo

Gauteng Business & Entrepreneurship DIY & Crafts Education

103.3K

2.2%

739.7K

5 Aug 2026

Ncedo_Silvence

Gauteng Food & Beverage Home & Interior Design Lifestyle

98.4K

3.7%

11.6K

5 Aug 2026

MealsWithNtandose

Gauteng Food & Beverage Lifestyle Motivation & Inspiration

92.1K

6.1%

3.1K

4 Jun 2026

Thembalihle Seyama

KwaZulu-Natal DIY & Crafts Entertainment Food & Beverage

91.5K

1.4%

374.1K

22 Jul 2026

Boitshepo Mashetla

Gauteng Entertainment Family Food & Beverage

87.4K

9.2%

9.0K

25 Jun 2026

Caitycat28

Gauteng DIY & Crafts Family Food & Beverage

84.1K

4.6%

3.4K

26 Feb 2026

Nathan Lodwicks

Gauteng Food & Beverage Lifestyle Personality

77.7K

0.6%

12.0K

6 Mar 2026

Teri Row

KwaZulu-Natal Family Food & Beverage Lifestyle

77.4K

1.0%

5.4K

7 Mar 2026

Tracysane

Gauteng Family Food & Beverage Lifestyle

72.5K

-tbc-

5.8K

4 Jun 2026

Mbuyelo Chauke

Limpopo Food & Beverage Lifestyle Personality

69.8K

5.0%

4.6K

5 Aug 2026

bestiejaden

Western Cape Entertainment Food & Beverage Lifestyle

69.6K

7.8%

14.4K

3 Aug 2026

Bella

Mpumalanga Business & Entrepreneurship Entertainment Family

63.7K

-tbc-

3.1K

14 Jul 2026

Amanda Fakude

KwaZulu-Natal Family Food & Beverage Lifestyle

61K

2.9%

1.1K

5 Aug 2026

All things home with Mercy

Food & Beverage Home & Interior Design Personality

59.6K

1.5%

22.2K

29 May 2026

Jay van der Westhuizen

Western Cape Entertainment Food & Beverage Personality

56.4K

6.5%

212.4K

26 Jun 2026

Isaac Mehlape

Gauteng DIY & Crafts Entertainment Food & Beverage

55.6K

4.6%

7.8K

16 Feb 2026

Sthabile Sibiya

Mpumalanga Food & Beverage

55.2K

13.0%

1.8K

24 Jul 2026