Trust & safety
We hold your money until the meal is done.
Book a vetted chef with total financial peace of mind. Pay safely using MTN MoMo or Orange Money. Your labor fee and market budget remain protected in platform hold until shopping and service are completed.
How money works
When your money moves
Pay once using MTN MoMo or Orange Money. Funds release systematically across three verified milestones—grocery budget first, chef labor only after the meal.
Paid & held
You pay the total booking once via local payment options. Cheffar locks the full amount in platform hold. Neither host nor chef handles off-platform transfers.
Shopping released
You review and approve the itemized market list. Only the ingredient budget opens so the chef can shop at local markets. The labor fee remains locked.
Completed & released
Once your meal is served and service is complete, the labor fee releases to the chef on schedule. Zero awkward cash handoffs at your door.
Financial transparency
Labor fee and market budget stay strictly separate
Hosts in Cameroon track market prices closely at Marché Central and Sandaga. Cheffar never taxes or marks up your grocery budget as a platform commission. Every line item is explicit at checkout.
1. Labor fee
Direct compensation for the chef's culinary expertise, prep work, cooking time, and complete kitchen cleanup. Held until your meal is done.
2. Market budget
100% un-marked-up ingredient spend. Your chef creates an itemized list for local market shopping. You review and approve every item before funds open.
3. Platform hold fee
A transparent flat protection fee covering platform payment hold, booking guarantees, and responsive host support throughout your dining event.
Kitchen standards · CM
Vetted chefs for private kitchens
Your home stove is sacred. Every chef undergoes identity verification, health clearance, a live cooking practical, and host service training before taking home bookings.
Executive Chef
For intimate plated dinners and multi-course tables. We verify formal training or hotel and upscale restaurant work, then run a plating practical before the profile can take home bookings.
Mandatory Screening Verification
- National ID + health papers
- Hotel / institute record
- Plated 3-course practical
- Payment & house standards
Cordon Bleu
For Njangi, Dot, Sunday pots, and rooms full of people. We weight real gathering references and a traditional cook practical: authenticity, batch timing, and market budget sense over a degree alone.
Mandatory Screening Verification
- National ID + health papers
- Gathering references
- Traditional dish practical
- Market list accuracy
Host protection
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about payment holds, grocery budgets, chef vetting, and service protection.
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Trust that travels with the booking
Pay once. We hold it until the meal is done.
Browse screened Executive Chefs and Cordon Bleus near you. Checkout holds the total. Shopping opens when you approve the list. Labor pays after service.