Visitors heading to Fred’s Ranch for nyama choma can now leave with more than a memorable meal after veteran broadcaster Fred Obachi Machoka opened up the ranch’s farm produce to customers for home use.
Machoka announced that customers visiting the Kajiado ranch can access organically grown vegetables, maize, herbs, fresh milk, yoghurt and eggs, blending the popular hospitality destination with an increasingly practical farm-to-table shopping experience.
In a social media post accompanied by photographs from the farm, the broadcaster showcased green maize, rows of leafy vegetables, herbs, onions and drip-irrigated crop beds, offering a glimpse of the work behind the food experience at the ranch.
“Now you can access the best of organically grown vegetables, maize, herbs and even milk, yogurt and eggs for your home use even as you savour the best Nyama Choma in the country,” Machoka said.
From nyama choma to the home kitchen
The announcement gives visitors an opportunity to turn a leisurely nyama choma outing into a fresh-food shopping stop.
Rather than only serving food at the ranch, the initiative allows customers to take farm produce home for their own kitchens — linking the restaurant experience directly to the crops and livestock raised on the property.
For families, friends and travellers visiting the ranch, the offer brings together two familiar Kenyan pleasures: enjoying grilled meat in a relaxed outdoor setting and buying fresh farm produce directly from the source.
The products listed by Machoka include vegetables, maize, herbs, dairy products and eggs, offering customers a range of items that can be used well beyond their visit to the ranch.
A farm-to-table vision
Fred’s Ranch has over the years grown into more than a weekend nyama choma destination. It combines hospitality, farming and outdoor leisure, with food production forming part of its identity.
The farm uses irrigation to sustain vegetable production, while the dairy and poultry units complement the fresh produce available to visitors.
Machoka’s latest update reinforces the idea of value addition in agriculture — where food is not only produced but also sold directly to the people who consume it.
It also gives customers a closer connection to where their food comes from, from leafy vegetables in the garden to milk, yoghurt and eggs from the ranch’s animal units.
The photographs shared by Machoka paint a picture of a carefully tended farm, with vegetables growing in orderly beds and containers surrounded by trees and open space.
