Private chef · Lagos · One table a day

A chef in your kitchen.A feast at your table.

Wok-fired prawns · Chinese

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Chef Nkem Okafor plating a dish in a dark apron

Meet Nkem

Nigerian at heart.
Cooks the world.

“I learned to cook in my mother’s kitchen in Surulere, then trained in Lagos and spent six years on the line in London — tasting menus, brasseries, Sunday roasts for three hundred.”

“I came home because I missed cooking for people I could see. Now I bring the whole restaurant to your kitchen: the market run, the fire, the plating, the clean-up. You just gather your people.”

— Nkem Okafor

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The cuisines · 5 kitchens. 1 chef.

Nigerian dish by Chef Nkem

01 · The signature

Nigerian

  • Smoky party jollof
  • Suya-spiced chicken
  • Ofada stew & plantain
Italian dish by Chef Nkem

02 · London years

Italian

  • Tagliatelle, beef ragù
  • Burrata & roasted pepper
  • Olive-oil lemon cake
Mexican dish by Chef Nkem

03 · Fire & lime

Mexican

  • Birria tacos, consommé
  • Charred elote
  • Chilli-chocolate churros
American dish by Chef Nkem

04 · Low & slow

American

  • Smoked short rib
  • Baked mac & cheese
  • Buttermilk cornbread
Chinese dish by Chef Nkem

05 · Wok hei

Chinese

  • Honey chilli prawns
  • Sweet & sour chicken
  • Singapore noodles

How it works

Set your table in four moves.

A dark wood dinner table being set for a feast
Adaeze
Tunde
Chioma
Femi
Zainab
Kelechi

Nkem's Table · Order

Sat 17 Oct

Dinner · 6 guests

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The details she handles

You never have to chase her.

Lunch from 12pm or dinner from 6pm — you pick the serving time.

Step 1

Allergy-safe menus

Every dish checked against your guests. Anything unsafe never reaches the menu.

Step 2

The market run

Nkem shops Mile 12 and Lekki market the morning of — you never write a list.

Step 3

Prep, cook, plate

A timed prep plan, cooked fresh in your kitchen, plated at the table.

Step 4

Travel across Lagos

Island included. Mainland is one flat fee, shown upfront.

72 hours before

72-hour final check

Three days out, confirm headcount and allergies in one tap. Then it’s locked.

Kind words

From their tables

Suya-spiced lamb chops
Nkem's suya lamb chops had my in-laws licking their fingers at the table. Enough pepper to make you sweat, and that smoky char — my husband is still talking about it.
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Adaeze O.

Anniversary dinner · Lekki

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Jollof rice
The party jollof had that bottom-pot smoke you only get at a proper owambe. Twenty-two guests, and not one grain was left.
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Tunde A.

40th birthday · Ikeja

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Catfish pepper soup
I booked her just for me after a long week. Catfish pepper soup hot enough to clear my head, then warm puff-puff with salted caramel. Best money I've spent this year.
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Zainab B.

Dinner for one · Victoria Island

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Coconut rice with grilled chicken
My daughter has a nut allergy, and I usually spend parties watching her plate. Nkem swapped the suya without me asking twice. For once, I actually got to eat.
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Chioma E.

Family lunch · Ajah

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Honey chilli prawns
The honey chilli prawns were gone in five minutes. Sticky, sweet, with a kick right at the end. My colleagues kept asking which restaurant we ordered from.
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Femi K.

Team dinner · Ikoyi

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Tiramisu
Fresh pasta cooked in my own kitchen in Yaba, with candles and everything. And the tiramisu… that's all I'll say.
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Kelechi N.

Date night · Yaba

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A candlelit dinner table set for many guests

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One table a day. Pick your cuisines, build your dishes, seat your guests. Nkem handles everything else.

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