Sábi Chẹf
Street Food Festival & Cooking Competition The wait is over. Season 4 is coming to Lagos — here’s how to register.
Celebrating street food.
Empowering dreams.
Sábi Chẹf, owned by Forty Three Network Ltd, is an exhilarating competition that celebrates the creativity and passion of regular street food vendors, giving them a stage to showcase their culinary skills by creating existing and new mouth-watering street food from everyday ingredients.
Sábi Chẹf takes place in Lagos, Nigeria, giving contestants the opportunity to showcase their skills, creativity, and resourcefulness. An elimination exercise narrows the field to the last 10 contestants, before the competition culminates in a thrilling grand finale, where the ultimate champion is crowned that year's ‘Sábi Chẹf.’
How To Register
Check Eligibility
Open to legal residents of Nigeria, 18+. Staff, sponsors, and their families can't enter.
Submit Your Application
Fill out the official application form with accurate details. Submitting doesn't guarantee a spot on the show.
Wait For Selection
Our production team reviews every entry on skill, personality, and stage presence, then reaches out to those selected.
Watch The Latest Drop
Straight off our YouTube channel — catch the newest Sábi Chẹf video right here.
What’s Cooking In 2026?!
Season 4 is in the works — and it’s shaping up to be the biggest one yet. Here’s a taste of what’s ahead while we get the streets ready.
New Locations
The mobile kitchen is mapping fresh stops across Lagos — and a few surprises. Stay tuned.
Bigger Prize Pool
We’re raising the stakes. Season 4’s champion is chasing the biggest win yet.
More Vendors
More stalls, more cuisines, more of Lagos’s best-kept street food secrets — revealed.
Live Judging Panel
A bigger panel of food experts joins the tasting table. The bar just got higher.
Check out our past events
Registration for Season 4 isn’t open yet — but the story so far is worth a look.
What the press is saying
Sábi Chẹf's grown into one of Lagos's most-covered food stories — here's the latest.
backed by brands who love the streets as much as we do
Season 4 Is Coming.
millions in prizes await.Registration is opening soon — partner with us as a sponsor early, or catch up on everything you missed from past seasons.