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Have you ever tried to book a private chef?
You send a DM like "how much for a chef for 15 people?" and then you wait. She asks what the occasion is. Then how many guests exactly. Then if anyone has allergies. Then where you're located. By the time a price finally shows up, you've already moved on.
Now picture being the chef. Nkem is a private chef in Lagos, she cooks alone, one table a day, and every one of those conversations is her typing when her hands should be in a pot.
So for the @Lovable challenge, I built Nkem's Table.
You don't fill a form, you set your table. You pick what you want from what she actually cooks, and you can open any dish and take out what you don't want. No scotch bonnet in your suya? Tap it off, and she won't buy it. Then you seat your guests and see them sitting around your table in 3D, with your food on it. The price breaks down as you go, so the "how much?" conversation just doesn't happen.
The part I cared about most is Nkem's side. The request lands with allergies already flagged. She taps approve once, and her market list, her prep timeline and the message to the client are done for her. Three days before, the headcount locks, so nobody calls the night before to say "we're now 20."
Go book a table, then tap "See what Nkem receives" and watch your request land in her studio.
#lovablechallenge #Lovable #BuiltWithLovable #ProductDesign #UXDesign #NoCode #AI #Lagos #Nigeria
Jefferson Nnaji · Product Designer & Framer Developer · Lagos, Nigeria · Framer, Figma, Claude
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