2026 Spring Hosting Starts Now!
A year in, and The Hampstead Kitchen is well and truly home in North Norfolk. The slower pace, the extraordinary producers on our doorstep, the community that has welcomed us so warmly — this is exactly the life we moved for. Closer than ever to our trusted suppliers and our growing client base outside London, we're proud to be genuinely part of this community.
Our move to Norfolk has been featured in the Norfolk Magazine (March 2025 & January 2026) The Autumn 2025 issue of At Home with Sowerbys, and the Eastern Daily Press, formally introducing our services and story to the Norfolk community. We are still continuing to serve our loyal London clientele.
For us, collaboration has always been the best way to truly connect — with a community, a place, and the people who bring it to life. The independent businesses, hospitality venues, and passionate individuals we've met since putting down roots have shaped how we cook, host, and create. Norfolk has a quiet but formidable creative energy, and we've found our people here.
Selected as in-house private chefs for all Kelling Estate residential cottages — an exclusive service for guests, from a chef who actually lives on the estate.
A private dinner at the esteemed Voewood Estate.
A collaborative retail event with Norfolk Natural Living founder Bella Middleton.
An intimate Persian sharing feast with The Maltings, part of The Chestnut Group.
A Middle Eastern banquet at Wolterton Hall — a stately home recently featured in major fashion campaigns and the FT.
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A seed was sown. What began as an instinct — the way we set a table, styled a space, thought about how a room should feel — quietly took root. In 2025, that instinct grew its own branch. Curated by Saima launched as an offshoot of The Hampstead Kitchen, a new name for something that had always been part of how we worked, now standing in its own light.
Like any good tree, the strongest branches grow from deep roots. Ours are in food, in hosting, in understanding how people want to gather and live. Curated by Saima takes that instinct into the home — bespoke design and lifestyle consultancy for people who'd rather host friends than impress a feed. Same DNA. New direction. And like the tree itself, we fully intend to keep growing. See where the branch has grown Curated by Saima.
Born from a simple observation — our clients wanted The Hampstead Kitchen experience at home, without the formality — The Pantry launched in Autumn 2022 to fill a gap no one else was addressing. Not collection-only, not basic delivery in disposable containers, but a fully curated meal delivered in our signature ceramics, transforming a casual supper into something genuinely special.
The experience is effortless by design. Clients choose from a seasonal menu with vegan, pescatarian, and meat options. Our team arrives 30 minutes before dining, sets the table with linens, candlelight, and bud vases, presents the meal in fine ceramics — then quietly leaves. Guests pair their own wine, enjoy their evening, and simply stack the dishes in our crate for collection. That's it.
A 66% retention rate, organic growth from Hampstead into Central London — and most recently, an exclusive launch in North Norfolk, where we've been fully booked for three consecutive months with the same returning clients. What began as a solution for our existing community has become a business in its own right.
Below are some of unusual menus & locations we've curated over the years.
Opera Dinner in Somerset - arranged a grand piano to be hoisted in a garden and arrange opera singer to sing Puccini's Madama Butterfly while serving a 9 course dinner in Somerset
Sicily in Dorset - Arranged a La Dolce Vita style 2 ft antipasto table with Lobster Linguine for a client in Dorset for 20 guest..
Persian Feast in Tuscan Vineyard - Persian feast in the vineyard for 80th Birthday with family & friends surprising from all over.
Private Members' Dining Club: An intimate alternative to London's members' clubs, we hosted our first curated dinner at our barn in June on the longest day of the year. This was celebrate our arrival with fellow founders neighbours and private clients. We currently host this once a month to get to know the community, with a focus to showcase our diverse heritages and regional cuisines in our private Norfolk space and even in the Chefs kitchen herself.
Cookery School: Intimate sessions teaching our signature dishes, menu curations, and the art of styling our signature feasting table design. At our HQ, we've hosted a few private cooking workshops followed by intimate dinners. Cook Book Club will be launching in April 2026.,
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Flying privately is no longer just for the few — friends and families are increasingly sharing the cost, choosing the curated over the conventional. And The Hampstead Kitchen is moving with them.
We partner with local vineyards, villas and private estates to create one-off, bespoke dining experiences that are as considered in the air as they are on the ground. Menus built around the location — the produce, the terroir, the story of the place. with our signature tables-capes.
Our Wilderness Retreats is for those who want to go further off-grid. Think a Norfolk barn, deer grazing in the background, phones put away, and a table that brings everyone back to what actually matters. No agenda. No signal. Just good food, good people, and the kind of stillness that's harder and harder to find.
Because the best journeys aren't just about the destination. They're about every experience along the way.
Some of the unique spaces to host both here & abroad
Forests
Private Vineyards
Country Homes
Private Villas
Castle & Chateaus
Private Yachts
Private Bay & beaches
The micro wedding movement that emerged during the pandemic has evolved into a trend that has lasted - intimate celebrations where food takes center stage. With focused guest lists, couples can invest in exceptional culinary experiences, unbound by traditional venue constraints.
Whether in private communal gardens or homes, our joyous style celebrates abundant sharing feasts that flow throughout the day, from Mediterranean and Persian mezze to Nordic platters. Each celebration is uniquely curated, with wine pairings that tell our clients' stories. Each dish tells a story, weaving together local ingredients, seasonal inspirations, and personal memories to create an unforgettable culinary journey that your guests will reminisce about for years to come.
The trend is set to continue for the foreseeable future with bookings going up by 38% and most weekends already booked until the end of the summer.. Read about Micro weddings in the FT Weekend our client was featured and hired us to cater their micro wedding for 15 people in London.
Over the years, The Hampstead Kitchen has been featured in some of Britain's most discerning publications — from the FT's How to Spend It and Harper's Bazaar, to Tatler and House & Garden. Each feature has reflected what we've always believed: that exceptional private dining isn't just about the food — it's about the entire experience, curated from first conversation to final course.
House & Garden awarded The Hampstead Kitchen both Best Private Dining Experience and Best Private Chef — acknowledgements that speak not to ambition, but to consistency. Each feature has reflected what we've always believed: that exceptional private dining isn't just about the food — it's about the entire experience, curated from first conversation to final course. When you invite us into your home, you're drawing on over a decade of craft, discretion, and the kind of attention to detail that simply cannot be templated.
Norfolk Magazine
When the pandemic hit, we didn't pause — we pivoted. While Michelin-starred restaurants launched meal kits leaving clients to prep, reheat and plate up themselves, we were the only company in London arriving at the door, setting the table, assembling every dish, and quietly stepping away. Social Bubbling was our answer to a world that still needed to gather — delivering fully curated dining experiences in fine ceramics and candlelight, from Hampstead to Scotland, Somerset to Norfolk.
What set us apart was simple: we removed every burden from the client. From arranging a live opera singer in a Somerset garden to delivering the same dinner to a family of 30 across London on a Zoom call, we found ways to make people's evenings feel genuinely special in the hardest of times. That agility — the ability to read what people need and respond without compromising on experience — is what has carried The Hampstead Kitchen from a pandemic pivot to where we are today.
