For families in Cascais & Lisbon
A local avó or babushka cooks your week's meals in your kitchen: 4 hours, 3–4 dishes, 12–16 portions.
Trial session €85
Find your cook
Browse cooks near you and read their menus. Names and photos are shared once you register.
Sample profilePhoto after registrationTraditional Ukrainian cuisine
From Poltava · in Cascais since 2022
Thirty years of Sunday dinners for a big family. Her borscht has a waiting list among the neighbours.
Signature dishes: Borscht with sour creamPotato & cheese varenykySyrniki
Sample profilePhoto after registrationTraditional Portuguese cuisine
From Viseu · lives in Oeiras
Raised four children and now cooks for eleven grandchildren. Old-school Portuguese, generous portions, never too salty.
Signature dishes: Bacalhau à BrásCaldo verdeArroz de pato
Sample profilePhoto after registrationMoldovan & Eastern European cuisine
From Chișinău · in Lisbon since 2016
Former school canteen chef. Freezer-ready pelmeni by the hundred, and a plov that feeds a week.
Signature dishes: Pelmeni for the freezerPlov with lambZeamă chicken soup
Sample profilePhoto after registrationTraditional Brazilian cuisine
From Belo Horizonte · in Lisbon since 2019
Brazilian comfort food with a light hand. Loves vegetables, cooks happily for vegetarians and kids.
Signature dishes: FeijoadaFish moquecaEscondidinho
Tell us what you're looking for and we'll find her for you. We're adding cooks every week.
Profiles are shown anonymously until you register. Sample menus; your matches may differ.
The visit
She arrives, washes her hands, and reads your household notes.
Stock on, onions down, dough resting. Everything starts at once.
Two pots on the stove, one tray in the oven, dumplings on the board.
Portioned, cooled and labelled by day, for the fridge and the freezer.
Counters wiped, dishes done. She says goodbye. Dinner is handled.
Compare
| avokaza | Delivery apps | Private chef | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost per portion (groceries extra) | ≈ €6 | €12–18 | €90+ |
| Home-cooked, no preservatives | — | ||
| Made for your allergies & kids | ~ | ||
| Lasts most of the week | — | — | |
| Same person every week | — | ~ |
Stories
“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
€85 one visit
€310 per month · 4 visits
Groceries paid separately, at cost.
If your first session isn't right, we'll match you with another cook and the next visit is on us.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Free to register · ~20 cooks per area
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