The Gaborone-based catering brand will host Taste The World on August 29 at Joy City Park, bringing together flavours inspired by Botswana, Nigeria, Asia and Mexico in an afternoon designed to take diners across cultures through food. Founded by Jedidah Maphosa, On The Menu has built its identity around more than catering. The business combines food with décor and event planning, placing equal emphasis on how a meal tastes and how the experience around it feels. With Taste The World, that approach takes on an international flavour. The menu draws from the different influences within the team itself. The brand’s head chef specialises in Asian cuisine, while Nigerian flavours are informed by Maphosa’s family background.
Botswana, meanwhile, remains at the heart of the concept as home, with Mexico bringing another layer through its distinctive Latin American cuisine. Rather than separating the cuisines into distinct sections, On The Menu plans to bring the influences together in ways that feel contemporary and unexpected. The idea is less about recreating a particular country on a plate and more about allowing guests to encounter different cultures through their flavours. “For us, food is only one part of the experience. The presentation, décor, atmosphere and the way everything comes together are what create the full experience,” explains Maphosa. “That is who we are as a brand: catering, décor and event planning working together.” That philosophy also extends to how the brand approaches local food. Although Taste The World looks outward, Botswana remains central to On The Menu’s identity.
