Private dining & private chef
Private dining & private chef hire in King’s Lynn & Norfolk.
A chef at home for your dinner party. We cook in your kitchen, serve at your table and clear away afterwards - from £65 per guest, including chef and waiting staff.
Private dining is restaurant cooking without leaving the house. You choose the evening, we bring the menu, the chef and the service - and the best bit is that you never have to get up from the table. No booking a table for twelve, no taxis, no last orders.
We are a family-run catering team based at South Wootton, just north of King’s Lynn, cooking for many Norfolk celebrations every year. Private dinner parties suit birthdays and anniversaries, supper clubs, Christmas gatherings, family celebrations and those evenings that simply deserve better than a takeaway - in homes and holiday houses across King’s Lynn, Hunstanton, Downham Market, Swaffham, Fakenham, Norwich and the villages in between.
Ryan cooks and plans these personally, so you talk to the chef rather than a sales team. Tell us what you love eating and we will build the evening around it.
Guide pricing
From £65 per guest.
Usually suitable for dinner parties of 11 to 30 guests. Sample guide prices to help you plan - every event we quote is written specifically for you.
- Two coursesFrom £65per guest
- Three coursesFrom £75per guest
Requires kitchen access a couple of hours before dining. Additional cost may apply for more intimate dinners or events further afield, and events more than 25 miles from PE30 may carry additional travel charges. Catering for specific dietary requirements or allergies may also incur an additional charge due to extra preparation and specialist ingredients.
What’s included
Your kitchen, our evening to run.
- A menu designed around you and the season
- Your chef cooking on site, in your own kitchen
- Waiting staff to serve and clear through the evening
- Tableware, glassware and linen where required
- Canapés on arrival if you would like to start that way
- Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free courses prepared with the same care
- Your kitchen left as we found it
“On our tasting evening we fell in love with the pure passion for food that Ryan and Sophie shared with us.”
Private dining questions
The practical answers, plainly.
- How much does a private chef cost?
- Private dining starts from £65 per guest for two courses and £75 per guest for three, including your chef and waiting staff. It is a guide rather than a fixed price list - once we know the date, the numbers and the sort of food you have in mind, Ryan will write a proposal specifically for you.
- Do you cook in my kitchen at home?
- Yes. We cook in your kitchen and serve in your dining room, so the evening happens at your table rather than in a restaurant. We usually need access a couple of hours before you plan to eat, along with an oven, hob and a sink.
- How many guests do you cater for?
- Private dining usually suits dinner parties of 11 to 30 guests. For more intimate dinners we can still help, though there may be an additional cost because the same chef and service time is spread across fewer guests.
- What is included with private dining?
- Your menu and food, a chef cooking on site, and waiting staff to serve and clear through the evening. Tableware, glassware and linen can be provided where required. We leave your kitchen as we found it.
- Do you wash up and clear away afterwards?
- We do. The team clears the table, deals with the kitchen and takes our own equipment away, so the last thing you remember about the evening is the company rather than the washing up.
- Can you design the menu around us?
- That is the point of it. We build the menu around what you actually like to eat, what is at its best that month, and the pace you want the evening to run at - canapés on arrival, a leisurely three courses, or something simpler and more relaxed.
- Can you cater for allergies and dietary requirements?
- Yes, and they are prepared with the same care as the rest of the menu rather than as an afterthought. Catering for specific dietary requirements and allergies may incur an additional cost due to the extra preparation time and specialist ingredients involved. Our kitchen handles all 14 UK allergens on a regular basis, so no menu can be guaranteed allergen free.
- Where do you cover for private dining and chef at home?
- We are a family-run catering team based at South Wootton, just north of King’s Lynn, cooking for many Norfolk celebrations every year. We cover King’s Lynn, Hunstanton, Downham Market, Swaffham, Fakenham, Dereham, Norwich, Wisbech and Ely, and travel across Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Lincolnshire. Events more than 25 miles from PE30 may carry a small travel charge, discussed openly up front.
Tell us the date and the numbers.
Ryan will come back to you personally with a menu and a proposal shaped around your evening.