Pricing
Labor fee and market budget stay separate. A small support fee and flat hold charge keep your payment safe until the meal is done. You see the full total before you pay — with MTN MoMo or Orange Money at checkout.
Hosts in Cameroon pay once at checkout. Four labeled lines — grocery money never mixed into platform revenue.
One checkout
4 lines
Labor and market stay separate. Support is a slice of labor only. The hold fee keeps the full 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.
4% of the labor fee only — for support, quality checks, and booking care. Never taken from your market budget.
Flat 1 500 FCFA so your full checkout total stays held until shopping release and the meal is done.
Pick an occasion in Cameroon. Labor fees are set by each cook; market budgets are estimates until you approve the shopping list.
Sample checkout · Cameroon
Intimate plated dinner
Sample receipt
Intimate plated dinner
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 & support fee
4% of labor fee only
1 400 FCFA
Payment hold fee
Flat charge to hold funds until done
1 500 FCFA
Total due at checkout
82 900 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 timelineIn Cameroon, hosts already scrutinize grocery costs at Marché Central and Sandaga. Cheffar’s 4% support fee applies only to the labor line. Ingredient spend passes through unchanged — no platform markup on food.
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.
Standard · No monthly feePublic profile after vetting, accept bookings, and receive labor fees on schedule after each meal. Commission is 8% of labor only.
Optional3 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.
