Hospitality at Home

We love nothing more than going out to restaurants, bars and pubs. But if you’d rather stay at home in the current circumstances, by choice or necessity, meal kits have become the next best thing.

Why you should order a cook at home kit today

Meal kits offer a chance to eat a restaurant-quality menu, with most of the hard work done by the professionals in advance.

Offering ready-prepared dishes or ingredients that only need basic cooking, heating or assembly at home, restaurants have shown ingenuity in the face of adversity with the kits: kitchens being used, the staff kept in employment and local suppliers supported.

Plus, of course, it’s a chance for diners to support the hospitality industry at a time when it needs our custom more than ever.

From steak and burgers to Sunday roasts and afternoon tea, you can recreate a top restaurant experience in your own kitchen with these easy-to-use kits from renowned local restaurants.

It’s a great feeling of achievement to be able to create such professional looking dishes in your own kitchen, without really needing to do much work. Though you don’t have to tell your guests that, of course. They’ll think you spent hours slaving away over a hot stove.

And it’s not all about food, as you can also now get the best wines and spirits delivered directly to your door. The kind of quality tipples you’d usually only find in the top restaurants and bars.

Expertly prepared food and matched drinks, in the comfort of your own home – plus the chance to support your favourite local businesses. It’s no wonder home kits are becoming so popular.

Here are a few of our favourites to try.

Grape to Grain Sauce Subscription

The first rule of the Grape to Grain Wine Club? You tell EVERYONE about this ace wine club!! This is a superb monthly wine subscription service where they carefully select super cool wines they think you should be divulging. Choose the makeup of your monthly drop (all red, all white or a mix up) and how many you want them to deliver to you (currently 3 or 6 bottles a month), and they do the rest. And it’s FREE nationwide delivery. Cheers!

The Cherry Tree at Blackrod

Charming family-owned restaurant and bar The Cherry Tree at Blackrod was voted Bolton’s best restaurant 2020, and it’s easy to see why.

The food is all about classic cooking with a contemporary twist, and while the usually bustling bistro has closed in line with current regulations, it has turned its hand to impressive takeaway dishes and meal kits.

Using locally sourced ingredients, menus combine unpretentious modern British flavours whilst focusing on strong classical techniques – think Lancashire lamb with bacon dauphinoise or aged steaks and chops with proper hand-cut chips and seriously good sauces.

Hawksmoor at Home

Hawksmoor, unsurprisingly, is doing the Rolls Royce of meal kits (£125) for the ultimate steak night. You get two British fillet steaks from the same grass-fed traditional-breed cattle they use in the restaurants, along with bone marrow gravy, creamed spinach, chips, and sticky toffee pudding. Plus drinks including a sour cherry negroni and a couple of beers, plus a bottle of Rosso Braida, an elegant Italian blend that matches perfectly with fillet steak.

Lowry @ HOME

This luxury local five-star hotel has launched its own meal kits created by award-winning executive head chef, Dave Ashton. You can go for a five-course dinner for two, including wine (£60), or try afternoon tea with freshly baked scones with jam and cream, sandwiches and desserts, tea and prosecco (£50). Or treat yourself to the ultimate four-course Sunday roast for two (£40) which includes topside of beef and all the trimmings, followed by sticky toffee pudding.

Honest DIY burger kit

We love Honest’s perfectly pink burgers, made with British beef from their own butchery. Using chuck and rib cap (the fatty bit that’s skimmed off a ribeye steak) means the burgers are juicy, chunky and taste properly beefy – and the meat is chopped, not minced, which means it’s full of flavour. Now, you can make bacon cheeseburgers at home with a kit serving two or four that also includes rosemary salt for Honest style chips, from £15 plus £6 nationwide delivery. Gluten free option available.

Sam's Home Service

The secret to Sam’s famous corned beef hash is in the long brining in a secret recipe marinade – 10 days in all. But you don’t have to wait that long, as it can now be delivered ready prepped to just finish at home (£19, including dessert). The online shop also offers the famous Chop House steak and kidney puddings, and Sunday roasts with all the trimmings.

Introducing Beer Lovers to the World of Craft

Hip Flask scour the globe in order to bring the best craft beers from brewers to your doorstep. They aim to take you on a journey of beer discovery, and with their boxes, you will discover the perfect blend of flavour, character and strength that will please the palate of all beer-lovers. Hip Flask Manchester offers free delivery local delivery (Manchester and some surrounding areas) or £4 for national delivery. They also offer free UK delivery on all purchases over £50.

Manchester Union Lager

Manchester’s first and only dedicated craft lager brewery has gone from strength the strength since their launch and have now grown their offering to three different styles, all available for home delivery. Choose from either a crate of 12 or 24 cans, and then take your pick of the traditional Union Lager or either of the new Black Lager or Union Pale Ale. Delivery is available across the whole UK within 48 hours of order.

That Burger Place

That Burger Place delivers fresh handmade burger patties and all the goods everyday. When they’re gone, they’re gone. Choose from signature burgers such as; New Yorker, California Dreaming and Dirty Bird, or Classics like; a Bacon Double Cheeseburger or a Chicken Burger. And don’t forget the fries – try the Kevin Bacon Fries (which are not sponsored by EE).

Northcote at Home

Taking ‘home dining’ to the next level, Northcote now travels to the home of its diners with its latest ‘Northcote at Home’ offer, comprising a personal chef, an experienced team and the option of a sommelier – allowing guests to enjoy the exclusivity of Northcote without stepping foot outside. Available subject to COVID restrictions, it provides guests with the option of savouring stunning Michelin star food and matched wines – perfect for a dinner party with your support bubble, gourmet BBQ or a luxury afternoon tea.

Northern Soul G.I.Y.

Northern Soul are delivering their famous grilled cheese sandwiches as ‘grill-it-yourself’ kits. The UK’s first grilled cheese restaurant is one of the Northern Quarter’s most popular places to eat. And chances are, if you’re one of their fans – and let’s face it who isn’t? – you’re missing their grub.

The good news is, Northern Soul launched a DIY kit so you can have a go at recreating those ‘killer eats’ in the comfort of your home. They call it G.I.Y – grill-it-yourself. It’s just like DIY but more enjoyable. And there’s a tasty dish for you to eat when you’ve finished.

Don's at Home - DIY pizza and pasta kits

The ‘Don’s At Home’ experience is the first the restaurant has offered in its 36 years serving Manchester foodies and focuses on a selection of its most popular pasta and pizza dishes. Customers can choose from nine different ‘Don’s At Home’ boxes, each containing all the fresh ingredients needed to recreate their chosen pasta or pizza dish at home. Inside each DIY meal kit will be a choice of either two or four portions worth of fresh pasta or pizza dough, a restaurant-made sauce and any accompanying toppings or seasonings, as well as instructions from Don Giovanni’s head chef to help you achieve the same high quality from home that they enjoy in the restaurant.