A plated dessert course

Private dining

A restaurant, in your house.

A bespoke, chef-led dining experience delivered in your own space. It's fine dining without leaving home.

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What it is

Dinner, without the hosting

Private dining is about more than just great food. It's about atmosphere, ease, and enjoying time with your guests without the pressure of hosting. A landmark birthday, an anniversary, a supper club, a company dinner that deserves better than a function room.

We cater everything from intimate dinners for 6 guests to larger seated celebrations. At Ribble Valley Catering, food is what we do best.

A sharing board laid out

Menus

Written for your evening

To start

Openers

  • Canapés on arrival, chosen from our menus
  • Meat, fish and vegetarian options
  • Luxury canapés available, including fresh oysters and lobster thermidor tartlet
Mains

The centre

  • A menu built around what you and your guests actually eat
  • Sharing boards or fully plated
  • Seasonal sides
  • We try to source our ingredients from the Ribble Valley and surrounding areas
To finish

Endings

  • Dessert or a cheese course
  • Tea and coffee service
  • Every dietary requirement built in from the start

Every menu is written from scratch for the evening. Tell us what you have in mind and we will build it.

How an evening runs

What actually happens

We visit first

For anything complex we come and look at the space, the power and the access beforehand.

We arrive early

Well before service, quietly, and out of your way.

We serve

Chefs in the kitchen, front of house on the floor. Wine poured, plates cleared, pace managed.

We disappear

The kitchen is left cleaner than we found it. You will not know we were there.

Hand baked bread

Included as standard

What comes with it

  • Menu written for your evening
  • Chefs and front of house team
  • All equipment and our mobile kitchen
  • Crockery, glassware and cutlery
  • Glassware hire available
  • Full clear down
  • Every dietary requirement covered
  • From 6 guests upwards

What people say

I would highly recommend The Ribble Valley Group, the food was high quality, very fresh and plentiful.
G. Cartledge

Let's talk

Tell us about the evening

Numbers, date, and anything your guests will not eat. We will take it from there.

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