Chateau Rouge serving up African flavors with French technique

SOUTH STREET (WPVI) — Chateau Rouge is the passion project of owner Jeannette Jean- born in Cameroon and raised in France.

Her head chef, Giuseppe Doseh, was born in Italy, moved to France as a baby and has roots in the West African country of Togo.

The two met in Paris and shared the same vision of bringing their multitude of cultures to the table in Philadelphia.

The ndolé is, perhaps, the number one traditional Cameroon dish. It’s a stew of beef, shrimp and bitter leaves.

The Yassa is a Senegalese dish -chicken, onion, mustard, olives, and lemon sauce cooked Sub-Saharan style.

And it is their top seller, thanks to an instagram post from a Philadelphia Inquirer restaurant critic and a shout out from Jill Scott, who said she’d tried the dish in Paris, Dakar and New York, but the version at Chateau Rouge in Philadelphia was the best.

The restaurant is BYOB and, if you bring your own bottle, they can make a cocktail with their house-made juices.

For Black History Month, they’re offering their Discovery menu-3 courses, plus 2 sides for $10 off the regular price of $55.

Just a year after opening, Chateau Rouge made the Inquirer’s list of 76 most vital restaurants in 2025.

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2108 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146
hello@chateaurougephilly.com (445) 223-4110