Cameroon
Stay corridors: Douala, Limbe, Kribi
About Cheffar
Private hospitality, prepared at home
Cheffar is for people who want to host well without living in the kitchen. Book a verified private chef who shops, cooks, serves, and cleans in your home.
Trusted by hosts, families, and guests across Africa
100% Verified Private Chefs
In-Home Dining & Celebrations
Active in Cameroon & Nigeria
The problem we saw
The host stays stuck. The kitchen stays busy.
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Across African cities, hosting often means you miss your own table. You shop, cook, serve, and clean while guests wait for you in the next room.
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Busy professionals, households with diet needs, and families preparing ceremonies still struggle to find a trusted chef without opaque agencies or endless WhatsApp threads.
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Skilled chefs, meanwhile, have few clear ways to reach private homes that need them, on fair terms, with room to work as professionals.
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Cheffar exists so hosts can stay with their people, and chefs can bring their craft into real home kitchens.
How Cheffar works
Your kitchen. A chef who knows how to use it.
Hosts browse verified private chefs, share what the day needs, and approve a clear plan before anyone shops. Chefs get a direct path to home bookings without giving up control of their craft. The meal happens in your kitchen, not at a restaurant door.
Our story
Why Cheffar started
Agbor Franklen
Founder, Cheffar
Tech Founder / CEO, Zoraar
Agbor Franklen saw the same pattern across African homes. Hosts carried the full weight of the kitchen, even on days meant for family, friends, or rest.
He also saw chefs with real skill and no clean channel to private clients. Informal hiring left both sides guessing about trust, timing, and money.
At Zoraar he built digital products that make complex work simpler. Cheffar applies that craft to private hospitality at home.
The idea is straightforward. Give hosts a chef they can trust in their kitchen. Give chefs a fair way to book and serve without agency fog.
Cheffar started with Cameroon and Nigeria, and is built for African cities that gather around food at home, with Francophone markets ahead.
Clarity
A plan you can read before the day
You see the menu and the costs in plain language before shopping starts. Nothing important should hide in a long chat thread.
Local payments
Pay the way your city already pays
Confirm through Cheffar with the wallets and transfers people use locally, including MoMo and Orange Money where they are live. Your booking stays tied to the service, not to a handshake alone.
Trust
Screened before they enter your kitchen
Chefs go through identity and food safety checks. After every booking, hosts and chefs leave reviews so the next choice is easier.
Two craft paths
The right chef for the table you are setting
From a quiet plated dinner to a ceremony that fills the yard, Cheffar helps you match the chef’s craft to the day.
Executive Chef
Plated and precise
Chefs who build careful courses, technical menus, and intimate tables where presentation matters as much as taste.
Cordon Bleu
Pots, ceremonies, busy weeks
Chefs who handle family ceremonies, association tables, and high volume prep for the week ahead, with the rhythm of home cooking done well.
Your kitchen is personal. Cheffar screens chefs, shows their work, and keeps both sides accountable from the request to the last plate.
Where we operate
Live in Cameroon and Nigeria. Built for Africa.
The promise stays the same in every live city. A verified private chef in your home. Local payment options where the product is live. More African cities as we grow, with Francophone markets in focus.
Nigeria
Stay corridor: Lagos
Available in
Common questions
Straight answers
Cheffar helps you book a verified private chef who cooks in your home kitchen. The chef can shop, cook, serve, and clean so you can stay with your guests or rest after a long week.
More detail lives on Pricing and Trust and Safety.
Ready when you are
Your next meal at home, handled by a chef
Browse verified private chefs in Douala. Share what you need. Stay with the people you invited.