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In this episode of Hammy Eats, Nick Hamman heads to Le Pickle in Cape Town to find out if this viral smashburger spot is serving the BEST burger in South Africa.
Located in trendy De Waterkant, Le Pickle has been open just over a year and is already making serious noise in the Cape Town food scene. With African maximalist design, neon pop-art interiors, and a kitchen pumping out fresh, made-from-scratch smash burgers, this is not your average burger joint.
🍔 In this episode, Nick dives into:
🔥 The Onion Smash Burger – double beef smash patties, onions smashed directly into the meat, double cheese, garlic aioli, and freshly baked buns made in-house daily. Crispy edges. Juicy centre. Maximum flavour.
🐔 South Africa’s ONLY Smash Chicken Burger (Le Pickle claims) – 100% pure smashed chicken patty (no crumb, no coating), crispy on the outside, juicy inside, topped with slaw, pickles, melted cheese and served on a fresh roll baked that very morning.
🍟 Fresh-cut, skin-on skinny fries – no frozen chips here. Every potato is cut in-house.
🧀 Real cheese only – no processed slices.
Smash burgers are having a MASSIVE moment in Cape Town right now. The smash burger wars are real. And with heavy competition across the city, Le Pickle claims they’re doing things differently:
• In-house baked buns perfected over two years
• Fresh ingredients prepped daily
• A game-changing chicken smash patty
• A tight menu focused on doing burgers exceptionally well
Nick chats to one of the founders (Pieter Aucamp) about:
• Opening a restaurant with your best friends
• Standing out in a saturated burger market
• Why smash burgers are the purest form of burger
• Running a hot, high-pressure kitchen in one of South Africa’s most competitive food cities
Is this the best smash burger in Cape Town?
Is Le Pickle serving the best burger in South Africa?
Is the chicken smash burger a true game changer?
You decide.