🌶 Spicy Chakalaka Smash Burger
Spicy • Smoky • South African Heat
150g smashed beef loaded with our house chakalaka relish, melted cheese, pickles, onions and Mae-Jah sauce. Heat and flavour in every bite.
Fiery, beefy, bold.
Afro-Caribbean × Mediterranean · Ashford, Kent
Rooted in Flavour.
Built for the Streets.
Generations of family flavour — African, Caribbean & Mediterranean — cooked fresh and built for today's streets.
What we do
Bringing people together across Kent & beyond
Festivals & Events
Bold flavours shaped by generations of family cooking — jerk, Moroccan, smash burgers and loaded fries, cooked fresh for a festival crowd.
Festival cateringPrivate Catering
Weddings, birthdays and parties — we cook for your guests like we'd cook for our own family. Tell us your date and we'll sort the rest.
Private cateringTrailer Catering
Hire the truck and bring the whole Mae-Jah Munch experience to your place — set up, fired up and served fresh off the grill.
Book the trailerThe food
The menu is the main event
🌶 Spicy 
★ Signature 🌶 Spicy Jerk Chicken
Smoky • Chargrilled • Caribbean Heat
Marinated in traditional Jamaican jerk and flame-grilled for deep, smoky heat. Same chicken, same marinade — built your way.
Bun · Wrap · Pitta · Plate
Built your way.
★ Signature Mae-Jah Arayes
Crispy • Juicy • Street-Food Classic
The truck's best-kept secret. Crispy grilled pitta stuffed with seasoned beef & lamb mince, fresh herbs and warm spice, chargrilled till golden. Crispy outside, juicy inside.
Crispy outside, juicy inside.
★ Signature 🌶 Spicy Loaded Fries — Jerk or Moroccan Chicken
Best Seller • Loaded • Saucy
Fresh-cooked fries loaded heavy with grilled jerk or Moroccan-spiced chicken and Mae-Jah sauce. Built for flavour, not filler.
Built heavy. Sauced proper.
Chakalaka Boerewors & Masala Roll
Classic • Spiced • South African
Proper South African boerewors — coarse, spiced, grilled hard for snap and smoke — in a soft roll with chakalaka and onion & tomato masala. No relishes, no shortcuts. Just sausage done right.
No relishes, no shortcuts.
Moroccan Spiced Chicken
Citrus • Aromatic • Flame-Grilled
Marinated in Moroccan spice, garlic, coriander and lemon, then flame-grilled for a rich, smoky finish. Built your way.
Bun · Wrap · Pitta · Plate
Built your way.
That's just a taste — there's 20+ more on the full menu: burgers, rolls, mac & cheese, loaded fries, bowls & proper sides.
See the full menu Signature dish
The Jerk Chicken
Marinated in traditional Jamaican jerk and flame-grilled for deep, smoky heat. Same chicken, same marinade — built your way.
★ One of our signatures
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Dishes on the menu
4
Flavour worlds, one grill
100%
Cooked fresh to order
Our story
Rooted in flavour, culture & family
Named after our children, Maeva and Elijah, Mae-Jah Munch is built on family. From Zimbabwean and Grenadian roots — proudly Afro-Caribbean — to Mediterranean flavour, every dish is shaped by generations of family cooking.
This starts with a food truck, but the vision is bigger — a brand rooted in flavour, culture and family. Follow the journey with us from the very beginning.
Our story
The journey
Follow the build
What's next
Next stop: the wrap
The big one's coming — the full hand-painted wrap that turns her into the Mae-Jah Munch truck. Bold colour, flame and all.
On the road
Open for our first service
We couldn't wait. First proper service off the grill — while the build carries on around us.
The build
Down to a blank canvas
Stripped, sanded and primed. From a tired green van to a clean slate, ready for the wrap.
Kind words
What people are saying
★★★★★
“The food was absolutely delicious — I had the arayes which were so juicy, the corn on the cob was perfect and the garlic parmesan loaded fries were amazing. I loved how the loaded toppings were layered throughout. Definitely ordering again!”— Jade · Just Eat
★★★★★
“I can't recommend Mae-Jah Munch enough — the food is out of this world and each dish is PACKED with flavour. To say it's delicious doesn't even begin to describe it. Thank you for blessing my taste buds.”— Jay Sudds · Facebook
★★★★★
“Really really delicious food!! The spice balance is just right, giving a beautiful aromatic warmth. I particularly loved the arayes. Will be ordering again.”— Adam · Just Eat