Labor fee and market budget stay separate. A flat platform fee keeps your payment safe until the meal is done. You see the full total before you pay—with MTN MoMo or Orange Money at checkout.
Cost Breakdown
Hosts in Cameroon pay once at checkout. Four labeled lines—grocery money is never mixed into platform revenue.
One checkout
3 lines
Labor and market stay separate. A flat platform fee keeps the total safe until you eat.
Priced to Marché Central and Sandaga · MTN MoMo or Orange Money at checkout
The cook’s rate for prep, cooking, service, and cleanup. Set by each Executive Chef or Cordon Bleu on their profile.
Estimated ingredient spend for your menu. You approve the shopping list before those funds are released. No platform markup.
Flat 1 500 FCFA so your payment stays held until shopping release and the meal is done.
Worked Examples
Pick an occasion in Cameroon. Labor fees are set by each cook; market budgets are estimates until you approve the shopping list.
Sample receipt
4 guests · Cameroon
Labor fee
Paid to the cook after the meal
35 000 FCFA
Market budget (estimate)
Ingredient spend · no platform markup
45 000 FCFA
Platform fee
Flat charge so funds stay held until done
1 500 FCFA
Total due at checkout
81 500 FCFA
Pay once via MTN MoMo or Orange Money. Funds stay held until shopping release and booking completion.
Payment protection
You pay the full booking total at checkout. Cheffar holds the money and releases it in stages: paid and held, shopping released, then labor after the meal.
See the full payment timelineZero Markup Guarantee
In Cameroon, hosts already scrutinize grocery costs at Marché Central and Sandaga. Ingredient spend passes through unchanged—no platform markup on food. Support comes from the cook’s labor line, not your grocery budget.
Pricing for cooks
Creating a profile after vetting is free. Cheffar takes 8% of the labor fee on completed bookings. Market budget passes through for shopping—not commissioned.
Public profile after vetting, accept bookings, and receive labor fees on schedule after each meal. Commission is 8% of labor only.
3 000 FCFA/ month
For cooks who rely on Cheffar as a primary channel. Higher visibility in Discover, SMS booking alerts, and basic performance insights.
You pay once. We hold it.
Compare Executive Chefs and Cordon Bleus. Review labor and market lines before checkout.
