Know what you are cooking with.
A single herb or spice is exactly that. A blend tells you everything that is in it, and what each ingredient is doing there.
The club opens 30 September · free to join · no cost
The Pure Naked Spice Club
A free club for people who cook.
Vote on what we explore next, cook along with us every month, learn why spices do what they do — and meet people who cook the way you do.
- Free to join, and free to stay
- A vote on what we cook next
- Every recipe, kept in the library
- Nothing to buy, ever
Opens 30 September. No payment, no subscription, no obligation — leave whenever you like.
FREETO
JOIN
The promise
Learn to cook with real spices, cook with people who care about it, and get a say in what we explore next.
You are never asked to buy anything to keep your membership. The club is the point — not a queue for something else, not a mailing list, and not a discount scheme.
Cook it, don’t collect it.
Every spice we explore comes with ways to use it — so nothing becomes another forgotten bottle at the back of the cupboard.
You decide too.
Members vote on what we cook, what we learn, and what we explore next. You can also bench the things you don’t want to see.
What you get
Five things, from the day you join.
No tiers, no upgrades, no locked doors. Everything below is part of the free club.
01 · YOUR SAY
You decide what we explore next
A vote opens every month, and the result is published with the reasoning.
- Vote on the flavour, the blend and the cuisine we cook next
- Bench what you don’t want to see — nobody takes you down a road you rejected
- Founding members vote first for the opening three rounds
02 · THE KITCHEN
You’ll never wonder what to do with a spice
The recipe library, growing every week, searchable by spice, cuisine, effort and diet.
- One new recipe a week, with the fresh items it needs listed plainly
- A live cookalong every month — recorded if you miss it
- Recipe Rescue: ask what to do with something, and the club answers
03 · SPICE UNIVERSITY
The part nobody else teaches
Short lessons, once a month: 60 to 90 seconds, plus a page you can come back to.
- Read the label — what is actually in a blend
- Origin, technique and heat — why spices taste the way they do
- The label decoder: plain English for the words on any spice packet
04 · THE TABLE
The club is people, not an audience
A forum in our own house: read it openly, post as a member.
- What I Cooked, Ask Anything, Recipe Rescue, The Braai
- Photos of real cooking, credited to the members who cooked it
- Ask any spice question, however basic — that is what the club is for
05 · FOUNDING MEMBER
Yours permanently, for joining early
Founding status is free and it never lapses.
- A Founding Member badge on everything you post
- Your vote opens each round for the first three rounds
- First to hear what is being worked on next
The club house
A forum of our own.
Most clubs live in a group chat, where everything worth keeping scrolls away. Ours lives on our own site: searchable, organised, and still useful in five years. Anyone can read it. Members write in it.
- Welcome
- What I Cooked
- Ask Anything
- Recipe Rescue
- The Vote
- Spice University
- Cooking the Route
- The Braai
- Start threads, reply, quote, and tag people
- Post photos of what you cooked — wins and failures both
- Follow a thread and get told when someone answers
- Mark the answer that worked, so the next person finds it
Straight answers
What members never get.
- No spam: one members’ note a month, and the weekly recipe is a tick-box, not a default.
- No pressure: you are never asked to buy anything to keep your membership.
- No expiry: going quiet costs you nothing.
- No selling or sharing of your details. Ever.
- No health claims. Spices are food. If we don’t know, we say so.
- No guilt on the way out. Leave whenever, come back whenever.
How it works
Three steps, none of them a purchase.
- 1
Join free
Create an account with your name, surname, public username, email and password, or sign in. Then confirm your free membership. Email updates are optional.
- 2
The club opens 30 September
The forum, the recipe library, Spice University and the first vote all open together. Founding members are first through the door.
- 3
Start cooking with us
Vote, cook the recipes, ask questions, post what you made. The club gets better every time a member adds something.
Free to join
Come and cook with us.
The club opens 30 September. Join now and you are in from the first day — founding status included, and the first vote in your hands.
An account keeps your membership and Clubhouse posts together. Creating an account is not automatic membership: you choose to join on the next screen.
Join free — it takes 20 seconds
Give us your first name, your email and your cell phone number. Your club login arrives on 30 September, the day the club opens.
Nothing to pay, nothing to buy, and you can leave in one click. We never sell or share your details.
You’re in.
Your Spice Club login arrives by email and WhatsApp on 30 September, the day the club opens. Nothing to pay, now or ever.
Know someone who cooks? Share the club on WhatsApp.
Join the free Spice Club
Create a Pure Naked account with your name, surname, public username, email and password — or sign in to your existing account. Then confirm that you want to join the free club.
Membership is a separate choice. Email updates are optional; no WhatsApp number is required. No payment or paid Club Box subscription is started.
Create account & join freeAlready have an account? Sign in to join
Already a member? The same link opens your membership confirmation and the Clubhouse. The club is being prepared for launch; current discussions and published lessons are available to members now.
Good to know
Club questions
What does it cost?
Nothing. The club is free to join and free to stay in. There is no payment, no subscription and nothing to buy — this is a club, not a shop front.
When does it open?
30 September. The forum, the recipe library, Spice University and the first members’ vote all open together.
What do I actually get?
The forum, every recipe we have published, a monthly Spice University lesson, the monthly cookalong, a vote on what we explore next, and the label decoder for reading any spice packet properly.
Do I have to post anything?
No. You can read everything and vote without ever writing a word. Members who do post usually find the club gets much better.
Will you try to sell me spices?
The club is not a sales channel and we will not pretend otherwise. You will hear about what we are cooking and learning. You are never asked to buy anything to keep your membership.
Can I leave?
Any time, in one click, and you can come back whenever you like. We keep no grudges and you keep no obligations.
Where does it run?
On this website, so it works on any phone without installing anything.