The Fish Hoek Lions finally won the Tokai Potjie! The day raised funds for Christmas celebrations for childhood cancer patients and the elderly living in old age homes.
Cape Town, South Africa (10 November 2026) – After some years of watching others lift the trophy, the Fish Hoek Lions Club took first place at the Tokai Lions Potjiekos Competition on Saturday!
The club’s biggest fundraiser of the year generates support for its festive season projects, including an annual Christmas party in the childhood cancer ward at Tygerberg Hospital, and Christmas events at local old age homes.
After eating their way through all participants’ pots, the potjie powers that be – volunteer judges Jenny Morris, Marc Bovim and Mark Hendry – crowned the winners. Tokai Lions won with a Moroccan chicken potjie and an upside-down pineapple cake for dessert.
“Rori’s potjie had the guest judge salivating and the judges gave us the GOLD!” the winning team shared on Facebook. “VICTORY IS FINALLY OURS!” it added, thanking everyone who joined to make the day one for the books.
In addition to the funds raised through team entry fees, the club also did well with the selling of raffle tickets, raising even more funds for the special Christmas celebrations to come.
The Fish Hoek Lions may have rightly claimed the trophy, but every team and participant helped turn potjie into proper Christmas joy! That’s flippen festive in the most South African way ever.
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