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Maman Fatou Traiteur
Maman Fatou Traiteur — Culinary excellence for your event
Maman Fatou Traiteur has spent 9 years cooking for celebrations across Abidjan and the wider region — from intimate ceremonies of thirty guests to six-hundred-cover galas. Menus are built around the season and around what your guests actually eat, not around a standing list, and the result is a record of the day as it actually ran rather than a version assembled to a formula.
A tasting and a planning call settle the menu, the dietary requirements and the service style. What you book includes a tasting before you commit, and a final menu costed per head with no hidden service charge. The plan is written down and shared, so you, your other suppliers and the venue are working from the same document — which is what stops the small things going wrong when the day gets busy.
Based in Abidjan, Maman Fatou Traiteur works in fr / en, with bookings from 180 000 XOF. Send the date and a rough outline and a written, itemised quote comes back within 3h. Peak-season Saturdays are usually taken six to nine months in advance, so it is worth asking early — and there is no charge until you accept.
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Flawless for our 400-person gala — polished, punctual and genuinely easy to work with. Would book again without hesitating.
Read the room perfectly and kept our guests going right through the last song. Everything ran to time and we never had to chase anything.
Communication was excellent throughout and the result exceeded what we had pictured. Recommended without reservation.
Turned a difficult venue into something that actually worked. Clearly knew the space better than we did.
The planning call made the difference — by the time the day arrived everyone knew exactly what was happening.
Our families are demanding and both sides were delighted, which does not happen often. Handled the whole day with real warmth.
Arrived early, set up without any fuss and stayed until everything was packed down. Professional from start to finish.
Worth every franc. The quality was noticeably above what we saw from the other quotes we collected.
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Can you accommodate dietary restrictions?＋
Yes, we accommodate vegetarian, vegan, halal, kosher, and allergy-specific menus. Please inform us at least 2 weeks before the event.
What is your minimum guest count?＋
Our minimum is 30 guests for full-service catering. For smaller intimate events, we offer a micro-event package starting at 10 guests.
Do you provide serving staff?＋
Yes, all our packages include uniformed serving staff at a ratio of 1 server per 20 guests.
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