A menu built around you, cooked in your own kitchen. You just open the door.
Fine dining, built around you and cooked in your home. Nothing to do but enjoy it.
Every menu built from scratch. Your occasion, your tastes, your guests. Nothing off a list.
Rob brings everything and turns your kitchen into a fine dining pass for the night. You stay where you belong, at the table.
Shopping, cooking, serving, cleaning: all handled. You wake to a spotless kitchen and guests still talking about dinner.
I'm Rob. I trained as a chalet cook at Orchards Cookery, putting a multi-course dinner in front of a full table, night after night, in someone else's kitchen. Canapés, three courses, dietary needs, the service and the clear-down. That turned out to be the whole job.
I started La Maison Wheeler on one belief: the best meal of your year shouldn't mean a booking, a compromise and a taxi home. It should come to you, and feel made for you. Because it is.
I cook one table at a time. No second seating, no other room. Just your evening, start to finish.
One table. One evening. Everything I've got.
Rob Wheeler
Tell us the occasion, the date, the number at the table. Two minutes, no commitment.
We design a menu around your evening and your tastes. You shape it until it's right. Only then do you book.
Rob arrives and runs the kitchen. Canapés on arrival, then course after course, timed to the room.
Be a guest at your own party. We cook, serve, and clean. Your kitchen left spotless.
One price covers everything: consultation, canapés, ingredients, printed menus, full service, and the clean up. No travel charge within 25 miles, then £1 per mile. No service fee. No surprises.
Indicative only. Every evening is quoted to your menu, guests and location. Design your menu with Rob, free, for your exact price.
"Honestly one of the best meals I've ever had, and it wasn't even for some big occasion, just seven of us getting together for a night with friends. Rob came and cooked for all of us in the comfort of home, and it took every bit of stress out of the evening. Everything came out hot, every plate cooked to absolute perfection. If you get the chance to book him, take it."
Joe Maskrey · Dinner for seven at home
More guest reviews will appear here as the first tables are served.
An intimate table for the people who started it all.
→A celebration nobody has to leave the house for.
→The host who pulls off something nobody saw coming.
→Everyone at the table, no one in the kitchen.
→Based in Derbyshire, happy to travel further. The Peak District, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and beyond. Travel free within 25 miles, then £1 per mile.
Tell us what you're marking. We'll design the menu around it, free, no commitment. You book only when it's exactly what you imagined.
Less than you'd think. Add up the restaurant bill, the drinks, the taxis both ways, and it's comparable. Except this evening is entirely yours. From £80 per guest, everything included.
Derbyshire and the counties around it, the Peak District included. Travel is free within 25 miles, then £1 per mile.
From two up to sixteen at one table. Larger? Tell us, and we'll arrange extra service.
No. Your home kitchen is all Rob needs. He brings the rest.
Everything is built around them. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, allergies: your menu is designed for your table, never an afterthought. Rob is trained in catering for special diets and holds a Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering.
£80 per guest for parties of five or more, fully inclusive: consultation, canapés, ingredients, printed menus, full service, and the clean up. Dinners for two are a flat £250. Smaller parties quoted individually.
We guide the pairing, you supply the cellar. Full control of the bottles you love. Sourcing on request.
Three to six weeks is ideal for the menu design. We'll always try for shorter notice.