Real food Chefs are exactly that Chefs who cook real food we are perhaps are regarded as one of Cumbria's Top caterers , providing fresh, seasonal and delicious food from all around the world to our customers here in the lake district
We will design a menu based on budget -likes and dislikes or you can choose one of our packages and we can tweak it so that it is perfect for you and your guests.
Our founder Chef Marcus has been cooking for 25 Years and has earned many awards for his cuisine after spending many years growing a repertoire of food that not only tastes unreal it is presented like fine art.
From weddings and corporate events of 100+ to a dinner party for 8 Realfood chefs is an obvious choice of caterer
Great, friendly service with delicious food!
Reliable and professional throughout.
Food was amazing and also the vegetarian options were delicious care and attention to detail on delivering hot food and well presented was second to none highly recommended
Marcus was fab! easy to book and contact was great, sent a menu which was great. On the day Marcus and his team came and set up, the weather was awful (heavy rain) but he managed to put on a very tasty spread which everyone looked. Even cleared away and served dessert! Highly recommend
We booked Real Food Chefs to help celebrate my wife’s birthday with a small dinner party. Marcus and Davis were warm, friendly, the food was fantastic and the kitchen was left sparkling clean. From our initial booking Marcus offered a brilliant menu with lots of variety and kept us up to date in the run up to our event about the great local produce he’d be using, which was a really nice touch. On arrival Marcus and Davis were so friendly, we felt instantly comfortable having them there. They were there to answer any questions and tell you about the food, but not intrusive and never too much. The main event, the food, was phenomenal and was incomparable to our other experiences with private chef hire. The flavours were well balanced, food beautifully cooked and well presented…so good I forgot to take any pictures! As a meat eater, I’m always reluctant to try my wife’s vegetarian dish, however the vegetarian wellington was so tasty I had to try it a couple of times. At the end of an amazing three courses, I headed to the kitchen, nervous of what I’d find and to my complete surprise the kitchen was tidier and cleaner than Marcus had fount it, crazy considering he’d prepared so many different dishes for each course. Thank you again for a lovely evening, we will be booking Real Food Chefs again soon.
Really professional, food fantastic could not fault anything, could highly recommend Marcus, he was a pleasure to have everyone was so impressed.
If your looking for top quality service with delicious food, Marcus James is the chef you need, his BBQ cuisine was 1st class, all cooked to perfection, his suggestion was a great decision and made our celebration perfect in the middle of Kielder forrest.
Can’t thank Marcus enough. He saved the day by, at last minute notice, providing an amazing BBQ feast of marinated ribs, succulent shoulder of lamb, mini marinated chicken fillets and burgers with a range of salads and home made bread for a special family celebration of 20 people at the Calvert Trust Lodges in Kielder on 22 June 2019. He was warm, friendly and quietly efficient, delivered to time and provided everything needed, including the clearing up to ensure a successful evening. 🥳⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Exceptionally high level of restaurant quality food in the great outdoors. The activity of the evening almost became watching Marcus prepare the food! Its rare to find such quality translate into larger group BBQ's however Marcus was excellent and a very pleasant guy to boot. I would highly recommend and will look to use in the future.
What a superb do.Wehad an outdoor barbecue in the middle of a forest on the edge of Kielder water,our chef Marcus catered for 21 of us,with the best and most delightful and delicious flavoured food we have ever tasted.Marcus worked his socks off effortlessly for us to make our day a memorable one.
Marcus catered for wedding party we attended at Blencowe Hall, he was professional, friendly and above all created some fantastic food. His artisan bread made at the venue was amazing. Would highly recommend.
"Real food Chefs created incredible food that would not be out of place in a Michelin starred restaurants and the service was exceptional.
Our chef was Rik and he was something eles"
Great evening with Marcus! Lots of choice for the menu and all 11 of us had a fantastic meal and evening! Fish and Chips we’re particularly great! Catered well to all in the party and felt very relaxed with him cooking in our home. Thanks Marcus and see you again soon!
Catering and Relief Chef services
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Yes every Menu is written for the customers needs , Change it as you wish
Modern Fusion-Classical Cookery-Vegetarian-Asian fusion-italian-french
Every customer need is our priority so if you mean can we re-create 1980's school dinners then we can
Wedding Catering and Service
Subcontracted Marquee Hire
Personal Chef and Butler gift experiences
Private director dining
Birthday party's
BBQS and BUFFETS