Cameroon
Active from Douala to Kribi
About Cheffar
Private hospitality, scaled for the home
Cheffar connects underutilized home spaces with independent culinary talent, unlocking premium dining experiences without the traditional stress of hosting.
The market gap
Underutilized space.
Opaque luxury.
Traditional private catering often operates as an expensive luxury, leaving many hosts without accessible options for their own gatherings.
At the same time, thousands of skilled cooks lack the independent digital infrastructure to offer their services directly to private clients.
The result is that modern home kitchens sit idle during events, while hosts spend their own celebrations stressed by cooking and cleaning.
Cheffar was built to resolve these inefficiencies at scale.
A two sided platform
Connecting home kitchens,with independent talent.
For hosts, Cheffar turns any residential kitchen into a zero stress dining venue where a professional handles everything from grocery shopping to cleanup. For chefs, we provide the digital tools to operate independently and retain control of their business.
Our foundation
Building the infrastructure
Agbor Franklen
Founder, Cheffar
Tech Founder / CEO, Zoraar
Agbor Franklen observed that the traditional model of home hospitality across Africa relied entirely on the host’s personal labor, often at the expense of their presence.
Simultaneously, highly skilled culinary professionals were bound by traditional structures, lacking a direct channel to offer their services to private clients.
Building technology at Zoraar demonstrated how digital platforms can solve systemic inefficiencies. Cheffar applies this architecture to hospitality, creating a direct network between homes and chefs.
The platform empowers independent culinary talent to retain the majority of their booking revenue while providing hosts with transparent, accessible, and high quality service.
The result is a peer to peer hospitality ecosystem built on trust, verification, and seamless financial technology.
Economics
Transparent billing structures
Every booking automatically splits the fixed culinary labor costs from the fluid market budget required for groceries, ensuring complete financial clarity for the host upfront.
FinTech
Secured transaction integration
We process payments instantly via local mobile networks like MoMo and Orange Money. Funds are protected securely in trust until the final meal delivery is fully confirmed.
Verification
Rigorous trust architecture
A double sided review system, comprehensive background checks, and food safety verifications ensure high behavioral and professional standards before any chef joins the network.
Curated supply tiers
Culinary options for every scale
From intimate bespoke dinners to large scale event production, the platform categorizes talent so hosts can match the right skill set to their specific gathering. Join as a chef.
Executive Chef
For high end bespoke dining
Top tier culinary creators specializing in plated courses, highly technical menus, and formal private restaurant experiences within the home.
Cordon Bleu
For volume and comfort
Skilled comfort cooks capable of managing large scale family ceremonies, association meetings, and high volume batch preparation for the week ahead.
Pay once securely. We manage the financial transaction from deposit to final delivery, protecting both the host and the chef.
Trust architectureOperational coverage
Scaling across Africa
We deploy the same rigorous vetting and payment infrastructure in every operational zone, ensuring a standardized, premium experience regardless of the city. View service types.
Nigeria
Active from Lagos to Enugu
System details
Platform operations
Answer
Cheffar operates a secure holding system. You submit a single payment via your local digital wallet, and we protect those funds until the chef has completed the shopping and the service.
Billing logic and vetting details live on Pricing and Trust & Safety.
Zero stress hospitality
Transform your kitchen. Elevate your event.
Turn your home into a private dining venue in Douala. Connect with independent talent today.