Real food.
Real kitchens.
Right now.
Chefo is the live home-cooking marketplace. Passionate home chefs go online when they feel like cooking. You see exactly what's on the stove near you — and order while it's still hot.
Mutton Bunny Chow
Thandiwe Mokoena · Yeoville
R 95
Cape Malay Bobotie
Imran Patel · Bo-Kaap
R 110
Morogo & Samp Bowl
Lerato Dlamini · Maboneng
R 85
Why Chefo
Delivery apps gave us speed.
We forgot what real food felt like.
Chefo is the antidote to grey takeout. It's a window into your neighbourhood's actual kitchens — and a way to support the people who love cooking enough to share it.
Cooking right now
If a dish is on Chefo, it's literally on a stove near you. When the chef goes offline, the listing disappears.
Made by people, not chains
Every chef is a neighbour with a story. Real homes. Real hands. Recipes nobody else has.
Fresh, fair, fast
No mystery kitchens. No reheated trays. Pickup in minutes or delivered while it's still warm.
Cooks keep more
Lower commission than the big apps. Set your own portions, prices, and hours. Cook when it brings you joy.
How Chefo works
Two sides of one happy table.
1. Open the feed
See every home cook online near you, what's on their stove, and how many portions are left.
2. Pick what's calling you
Tap into a chef. Read their kitchen vibe, ingredients, allergens. Order pickup or delivery.
3. Eat it while it's hot
Watch the chef cook in real time. We'll ping you the moment your portion is ready.
Meet the kitchens
Some of the people on Chefo right now.
Khanyi Nkosi
@auntykhanyi
Forty years of feeding Soweto. Pap like silk, chakalaka with attitude, and nobody leaves my gate hungry.
Thandiwe Mokoena
@thandiwecooks
Born in Umlazi, cooking since I could reach the stove. I'll feed you like my gogo fed me — generous and unapologetically spicy.
Imran Patel
@bokaapkitchen
Cape Malay cooking is memory work — every dish is from someone I loved. I cook on Wednesdays and weekends, when the mood is right.
Nadia Solomons
@nadiamasala
Durban curries with the heat dialled exactly where you want it. Weekend samoosa runs sell out — set an alarm.
Lerato Dlamini
@plantbylerato
Plant-forward African food that doesn't apologise. Morogo, samp, lentils — cooked the way Mama Africa intended, with kindness.
Marco Esposito
@marconapoli
Nonna's recipes, Rosebank kitchen. I roll gnocchi by hand on Sundays and the ragù simmers from sunrise.
Trust, built in
Real home food, with real accountability.
Chefo connects you with independent home cooks. We make safety and privacy visible so you can order with confidence.
Food Safety Verified chefs
Chefs can submit a Food Handler Certificate of Competence (R.638 of 2018). Verified kitchens carry a green badge so you always know who you're ordering from.
How verification works →Allergens, declared up front
Every dish lists what it contains and what it may contain. No surprises — read it before you order, right on the card.
See live dishes →Your data, protected by design
Built to comply with POPIA. We collect only what we need, show approximate distance not addresses, and you control your data anytime.
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Cook when you feel like it.
Eat when you crave it.
No restaurant hours. No greasy reheats. Just two simple buttons — one warms the stove, the other warms the table.