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Private Dining
A full restaurant experience in your own home. We arrive with everything required, cook each course fresh, serve your guests and leave the kitchen spotless.
Private catering
Private Catering and Bespoke Dining Agency in Hertfordshire Every event, entirely bespoke.
A private catering and bespoke dining agency in Hertfordshire — no fixed packages, with each menu and service format designed around your occasion, your venue and your guests.
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Wedding Catering
From intimate ceremonies to full wedding breakfasts and evening service. Tasting sessions, timings and dietary planning handled with complete care.
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Corporate Catering
Board dinners, client entertaining, launches and team celebrations — discreet, punctual and designed around your schedule and objectives.
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Tapas Evenings
Authentic Spanish small plates drawn from James's specialist tapas training across Spain, served sharing style for a relaxed and genuinely social evening.
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BBQs & Live Fire
Elevated outdoor cooking — dry-aged cuts, whole fish, seasonal vegetables and smoked sides, all finished over open flame in front of your guests.
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Buffets & Grazing
Generous, beautifully presented spreads that never feel like standard catering. Ideal for celebrations with a relaxed flow.
Also catered
Occasions of every kind
Birthday Celebrations
Hen Parties
Baby Showers
Christmas Dining
Anniversaries
3 Course Dining
5 Course Dining
Tasting Menus
Private dining Hertfordshire
How a private dining evening works
Most of our work as a private dining chef is in Hertfordshire and the surrounding counties — we cater regularly across Essex, Kent and The Cotswolds, and travel further afield for larger events and weddings. Whether it is a dinner at home in Hertfordshire or a celebration at a venue you have hired, the format below is the same.
01 — Enquiry
You send us your date, location and guest numbers.
02 — Consultation
We talk through the occasion so the menu suits the evening you have in mind.
03 — Menu proposal & quotation
We design a bespoke menu proposal, confirm your quotation and secure the date.
04 — Final details
Closer to the event we finalise timings, dietaries and service details.
On the day
We arrive with everything required to cook and serve in your home or venue, prepare each course fresh, serve your guests, and leave the kitchen exactly as we found it. Additional front of house service can be arranged for larger parties.
Tableware & equipment
We can provide a limited amount of crockery and cutlery, depending on the size and requirements of your event. For larger bookings or more specific tableware requirements, we also work with a trusted hire company — James and Amy will discuss what is needed with you as part of the planning.
Menus, planned with you
There are no fixed packages. Every menu is designed around your occasion, your venue and your guests, and agreed with you before the date is confirmed. Our sample menus are a starting point rather than a set list — see sample menus for a feel of the cooking.
Numbers & pricing
Our minimum booking is 6 guests and we comfortably cater for up to approximately 100, depending on the format, venue and kitchen facilities available. Pricing is by quotation only. More detail is on our FAQs.
Private dining
A complete guide to private dining
Private dining is simply a restaurant evening brought to you. Rather than booking a table, you host at home or at a venue you have chosen, and we cook, plate and serve each course for your guests. It suits birthdays, anniversaries, hen parties, baby showers, Christmas dining and quiet dinners where the point is the company rather than the travelling.
Because nothing is packaged, a private dining menu is written for your evening — three courses, five courses, a tasting menu or sharing-style tapas drawn from James's specialist training in Spain. Dietary requirements are planned in from the start rather than worked around on the night.
We are based in Bishops Stortford, so most private dining evenings are in Hertfordshire and just over the border in Essex, and we cook regularly in Kent and The Cotswolds too, travelling further for larger events. If you are unsure whether your location works, just ask when you enquire.
A typical booking starts at 6 guests and we cater comfortably up to around 100, depending on the venue and kitchen available. See sample menus for a feel of the cooking, or the FAQs for the practical detail.
Wedding catering
A complete guide to wedding catering
Wedding catering covers everything from an intimate ceremony meal to a full wedding breakfast followed by evening food. As with all our work there are no set packages: the menu is designed around the two of you, the venue and the way you want the day to flow — plated courses, sharing tables, grazing and buffet spreads, or live fire and BBQ for a relaxed outdoor celebration.
Planning runs through the same steps as any booking — an initial enquiry, a conversation about the day, a bespoke menu proposal and quotation, then final timings, dietaries and service details closer to the date. Tasting sessions, guest dietary needs and timings on the day are all handled as part of that.
Most weddings we cater are in Hertfordshire and Essex, with regular work in Kent and The Cotswolds, and we travel further afield for larger weddings. Dry hire venues, marquees and homes are all workable — we will talk through the kitchen space and any equipment hire needed when we plan your menu.
The details
How bookings work
Minimum
6 Guests
Maximum
≈100 Guests
Pricing
By Quotation
Because every event is bespoke, we quote individually. Cost reflects your menu, guest numbers, service style, location and staffing — and we are transparent about all of it before you commit.
Allergies & dietary requirements
Dietary requirements and allergies are taken seriously. Amy personally lives with a nut allergy, so the importance of clear communication, careful planning and understanding each guest's needs is very close to the team. Please provide full details before your event so James and Amy can discuss what can safely and practically be accommodated.
Although every reasonable precaution is taken, food is prepared in environments where allergens may be present, so a completely allergen-free environment cannot be guaranteed.