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€45–70
one dinner for four
Arrives lukewarm, in plastic, gone in one evening.
Cascais · Oeiras · Lisbon
A week of home cooking, made in your kitchen.
A local avó or babushka comes over for four hours, cooks 3–4 dishes from her family recipes, fills your fridge and leaves the kitchen spotless.
From €85 for 12–16 portions
The weeknight maths
What a weeknight dinner really costs
Private chef
€360+
one dinner for four
Lovely for a birthday. Not for a Tuesday.
avokaza
€85
12–16 portions
Four hours of real cooking. Dinners for most of the week, about €6 a portion.
Groceries are paid separately, at cost, against the receipt.
How it works
Four steps to a full fridge
- 1
Register in a minute
Your area, your language, who's at home and what you can't eat.
- 2
Get matched cooks
We send you cooks near you with their menus and free days, on WhatsApp.
- 3
Meet at the first visit
She cooks 3–4 dishes in your kitchen in four hours. You see if it's a fit.
- 4
Open the fridge
Labelled containers for the week, a clean kitchen, and a cook you can book again.
One visit
A fridge that says “home” all week.
Soup for Monday, something slow-cooked for Wednesday, dumplings in the freezer for the evening nobody has the energy. Real ingredients, no preservatives, seasoned the way your family likes it.
- 3–4 dishes, 12–16 portions
- Labelled by day, freezer-ready
- Adapted for allergies, kids and diets
- Kitchen left cleaner than she found it
On the menu
Food that tastes like somebody's family
Portuguese avó
Bacalhau à Brás, caldo verde, arroz de pato, frango assado, arroz doce
Ukrainian & Eastern European
Borscht, varenyky, holubtsi, syrniki, pelmeni, deruny
Brazilian home kitchen
Feijoada, moqueca, escondidinho, galinhada
Light & Mediterranean
Vegetable soups, grilled fish, grains and greens, low salt
Trust
Letting someone into your kitchen is a big deal. We treat it that way.
“Can she use the good knives?” Write it down. We pass it on.
You meet before you decide
Read her menu, talk on WhatsApp, meet at the first visit. Nothing continues unless you're both happy.
Declared and insured
We ask every cook to work declared, with accident and liability insurance, and to issue proper invoices.
We speak her language
You choose dishes in English or Portuguese. She gets the list in Ukrainian, Russian or Portuguese, allergies included.
Help when plans change
If your cook is ill or away, we help you find another cook nearby.
Stories
What a week with avokaza looks like
“Tuesday and Thursday used to be pizza nights. Now there's borscht and kotlety waiting, and the kids actually ask for seconds.”
“I work from home and still never had time to cook properly. Four hours on Monday morning and the whole week is sorted.”
“My son is allergic to nuts. I wrote it once, and every container since has been made with that in mind.”
Illustrative stories. Real reviews will appear here after our first visits.
Prices
Start with one session. Keep her if you love it.
Trial session
€85 one visit
- 4 hours in your kitchen
- Up to 4 dishes, 12–16 portions
- Shopping list sent to you in advance
- No subscription, no commitment
Same cook, every week
€310 per month · 4 visits
- Your cook, on your day
- Insurance and translation included
- Replacement cook if she's away
- Pause or cancel any month
Groceries paid separately, at cost.
Questions families ask
Who are the cooks?
Home cooks who live in Cascais, Oeiras, Sintra and Lisbon, mostly women in their 50s, 60s and 70s: Portuguese, Ukrainian, Moldovan, Brazilian and more. avokaza connects you. Each cook presents her own menu, and you choose who comes to your home.
Are your cooks certified?
Some of our cooks have a professional background in restaurants, canteens or catering. Most are people who have cooked homemade food for their families all their lives. Each profile says which, so you can choose.
Do I need to be at home?
For the first visit, yes: you meet, show her the kitchen and agree how you like things done. Once you know each other, many families leave a key and come back to a full fridge. Key access is agreed directly between you and the cook, ideally in writing, and you can change it at any time.
Who buys the groceries?
Your choice. We send you a ready shopping list for Continente, Pingo Doce or El Corte Inglés, or your cook shops on the way and you pay her back at cost against the receipt.
Allergies, children, diets?
Tell us once and it goes into your household notes in her language: no nuts, less salt, mild for the kids, vegetarian on Mondays. She cooks with it in mind.
When can I start?
We're opening the first slots in Cascais, Oeiras and Lisbon in the coming weeks, matching families and cooks one by one. Register and you'll be among the first.
Dinner for the week, sorted.
Tell us where you live and what you like. We'll match you with a cook nearby.
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