Step One · Match Your Occasion
Browse cooks & choose your tier
Explore screened Executive Chefs and Cordon Bleus in your city. Filter by occasion, availability, specialty, and labor fee before confirming.
Private cooks in your home, step by step
Book a screened cook for your home table. Labor fee and market budget stay labeled, and your money is held safely until the meal is done.
- Screened Executive Chef and Cordon Bleu tiers
- 100% pass-through grocery budget with 0 markup
- Complete kitchen prep, service pacing, and post-meal cleanup
The Host Journey
How booking a cook works
Four clear steps from browsing specialty cooks to enjoying your table as a guest in your own home.
Step Two · Transparent Groceries
Confirm menu & market list
Coordinate directly with your cook to set the final menu. Your cook creates an itemized local market list. You review and approve every ingredient before shopping begins.
Step Three · In Your Kitchen
Your cook arrives & prepares the table
Your cook handles market run, prep work, cooking, courses, and pacing in your home kitchen — then cleans the cooking area before leaving.
Step Four · Protected Payments
Pay once with total hold protection
Checkout holds your total securely. Grocery funds open upon ingredient approval, and labor releases only when your meal is completed to satisfaction.
Craft Tiers
Choose the right tier for your table
Whether you are hosting an intimate multi-course anniversary dinner or a full compound Njangi feast, Cheffar offers two dedicated cook tiers.
Plated & Fine Dinners
Executive Chef
Course-by-course plated hospitality
Designed for small tables, multi-course menus, paired beverages, and hotel-grade service pacing in your dining room.
Ideal Occasions
Intimate plated dinners & anniversaries
VIP receptions & executive home hosting
Tasting menus & wine-paired dinners
Gatherings & Weekly Pots
Cordon Bleu
Generous gathering tables & batch prep
Mastery of compound feasts, Njangi/Tontine meetings, traditional ceremonies, and large family pot preparations.
Ideal Occasions
Njangi & association meeting feasts
Dot, dowry, and family ceremony rites
Sunday pots & weekly batch household prep
You pay once. Your money stays protected until service is complete.
Cheffar separates labor fees from market budgets so you know exactly where every unit of currency goes.
1. Cook's Labor Fee
Set directly by the cook based on their craft and guest count. Released only when your meal and kitchen cleanup are done.
2. Local Market Budget
100% pass-through ingredient budget with zero markup. Released for market shopping only after you approve the itemized list.
3. Local Wallet Payments
Pay securely using Mobile Money or local cards in your local currency. No exchange markup or unexpected fees.
Kitchen Prep
What to expect in your kitchen
You don't need a restaurant-grade kitchen to host a Cheffar cook. Here is how your home space comes together for service.
Standard home kitchen access
A working stove or cooktop, running water, counter space, and basic sink access. No commercial equipment needed.
Cooks bring their essential tools
Chefs bring personal knife rolls, specialty utensils, and prep gear. They use your cookware, pots, and serving dishes.
Market shopping or host supply
Your chef conducts the local market run using approved market budget funds, or cooks with ingredients you already have at home.
Clean kitchen handoff
Chefs wipe down counters, wash cooking pots, and leave your stove area clean before completing the booking.
Host Answers
Frequently asked host questions
We recommend booking 48 hours to a week ahead for custom menus or large gatherings. For weekly meal prep or intimate dinners, cooks with open calendars can often take bookings within 24 hours.
Private hospitality across Africa
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