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The market in the morning
I choose the fish, meat and vegetables the same day. The final menu is set by what the market actually offers that morning.
Private chef — Kinshasa
A real dinner at home, without you touching the kitchen.
I come and cook in your kitchen, for a family dinner, a birthday or a reception. Market done the same morning, service provided, kitchen left clean.
Christian Bilombo
Head chef, 11 years in restaurants
The chef
Your kitchen, my hands.
I spent eleven years in restaurant kitchens before setting up on my own. What I like about cooking in people's homes is cooking for people I meet: I know who is eating, what they like and what they cannot stand.
I do the market on the morning of the event itself. Nothing is prepared the day before or reheated on site: it is the only way to serve a fish or a vegetable as it should be. And I leave with the kitchen clean.
- Market the same day
- Cooking in your home
- Table service
- Kitchen left clean
In figures
My practice.
11
years in kitchens
140
meals served per year
4 h
on site on average
24
guests at most
My commitments
How an event works.
What is included, from the market to the washing-up.
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I cook on site
Everything is done in your kitchen, in front of you if you wish. Nothing arrives in a tray to be reheated.
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I leave the kitchen clean
Worktops, hob and serving dishes included. You get your kitchen back in the state I found it.
My options
What I offer.
From intimate to reception-sized, with or without table service.
Dinner at home
Starter, main and dessert for 2 to 8 guests, cooked and served in your home.
Family reception
Birthday, christening or family celebration for up to 24 guests, buffet or plated.
Tasting menu
Five courses built around river fish and market produce, for 2 to 6 guests.
My rates
What the price includes.
Market, cooking, service and clean-up included. Only the drinks remain your responsibility.
Dinner, 2 to 8 guests
From $25 / person
Starter, main, dessert
Reception, 10 to 24 guests
From $18 / person
Buffet or plated
Tasting menu
From $45 / person
Five courses
Travel outside Kinshasa
On quotation
Depending on distance
Menu agreed together one week before. 50 % deposit on booking, balance on the day of the event.
In pictures
From market to plate.
One event, from selecting the produce to service.
Availability
When I work.
- Tuesday - Sunday Lunch and dinner
- Monday Day off
- Recommended booking 1 week ahead
- Phone answered 08:00 - 20:00
Frequently asked questions
Before booking.
Do I need special equipment?
An ordinary domestic kitchen is enough: a hob, a worktop and a sink. I bring my knives, my utensils and any small equipment I am missing.
Who does the shopping?
I do, the same morning, and it is included in the price. If you are keen on a specific product, say so when we set the menu.
Do you provide service and crockery?
Table service is included. Kitchen and serving crockery too. Beyond twelve guests, I come with a front-of-house assistant, charged in the quote.
Reviews
What my clients say.
“He arrived with his morning market shopping and cooked in front of us. My guests spent the evening in the kitchen with him.”
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Mme Bernadette K.
Dinner, 8 guests
“Twenty-two people for the christening, served hot and on time. And my kitchen was cleaner afterwards than before.”
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Famille Mputu
Family reception
“The tasting menu built around capitaine was on a par with what I have eaten in restaurants, but at home.”
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M. Olivier D.
Tasting menu
Booking
Book a date.
Date, number of guests and occasion: we set the menu together one week before.