Bring the Restaurant to you with our Dinner Parties
Pies that how it all started! Once upon a time in a kitchen in Hersham Surrey, Home Cooking By Elizabeth was born. Baking throughout the night for a local village market once a month. How I enjoyed doing that never thinking it would lead to the business we have today. One of the many dishes […]
Dear Elizabeth A rather belated “thank you” for the wonderful planning and catering for Olivia’s wedding in June. We were so impressed with the food, the staff and the whole preparation. Prior to the wedding you were always available for questions, changes, etc and no effort was spared in making the day very special. The […]
Dear Elizabeth, I have to say that my experience of using ‘Home Cooking By Elizabeth’ has been excellent. The recent occasion on my important birthday when you catered for 80 guests in a magnificent marquee at my son’s house could not have been better. The food provided gave us an excellent choice and every course […]
We are excited to announce the opening of our first showroom and events management shop in Bookham, in February. The shop will be located at :- 197 Lower Road Bookham Surrey.
We now offer a service where we will travel anywhere to look after your special event We look after your party weekend from breakfast to supper, for all the weekend. We organise all the shopping, cooking and any house keeping services you require. This is very specialised and every quote is individual Example events […]
“8 functions later – Perfect as always…can’t thank you enough for the help and amazing food you provided for our Burns supper. Your pie was fantastic – I had forgotten how superb they were – and the soups went down an absolute storm. All your advice and ideas were a great help too… Thanks so […]
“I just wanted to thank you for the splendid catering you provided for my mother-in-law’s 80th birthday. We have had so many thank you notes and compliments after the event, all saying what lovely food, how well organised and how it worked like clockwork. Also, your team of 3 – Ted, Linda and Sue […]
“I just wanted to drop you a line to say a huge thank you to you and your team for a wonderful “spread” and superb catering on Sunday at our daughter’s birthday party. I felt very spoiled on the day and the team were fantastic – very discreet and efficient. Everyone commented on the […]
“The party was a huge success and the contribution of you and your team was a very big part of that success. Everyone complimented the food. Please may I copy your crunchy green bean salad it was gorgeous, as you promised? The salmon and the beef were absolutely perfectly cooked – so easy to overdo […]
“It was truly wonderful yesterday, you couldn’t have done anything to make it better. As you said the girls were wonderful and left everywhere immaculate. A huge huge thank you from all the Mackenzies for making it a very special day for us – I shall be recommending you to everyone” Julie
“Thank you again for the wonderful meal and service on Saturday night. It won’t be forgotten in a hurry! Many Thanks” Jane
“Thank you so much to you and the team for a FANTASTIC job!!! Everyone was raving about the food and you were right – no one needed anything more so the amount was perfect and I’m not left with 100 bread rolls and ten packets of bacon!” The staff were all delightful, food delicious […]
The food on Saturday was excellent and everyone was impressed. We were also very happy with the staff, who were efficient and friendly which was nice.The sandwiches etc. also went down very well in the evening. Thank you very much for providing such a splendid spread. Alex
“…everyone enjoyed the lunch. Everything worked well, the weather was ideal . The Staff provided could not have been more helpful. I shall have no hesitation in recommending you to the Royal Canoe Club for consideration for future events” Peter
“I would just like to thank both you and Sharon for Sunday, the food was amazing and Sharon was just fantastic so helpful and worked very hard and was happy to help with anything, so thank you so much for making my life a lot easier on my daughters birthday. Will let you know […]
4 large Bramley Apples apples, peeled, cored, sliced 600g fresh or frozen blackberries 150g sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon Topping: 400g flour 200g brown sugar 150g of oats 200g melted margarine In 9″ x 13″ baking dish layer: apples, blackberries, and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Combine topping ingredients: flour, brown sugar, oatmeal, and margarine and spread with fingers over apples […]
4 even sized apples 150g of mixed fruits which have been soaked overnight with a cup of apple juice or sweet white wine. I also mixed 2 teaspoons of allspice with this. 50g of brown or granulated sugar. Wash and core the apples. Spoon the dried fruit mixtures inside the apples, Drain off the liquid […]
Crumble: 300g/10½oz plain flour, sieved pinch of salt 175g/6oz unrefined brown sugar 200g/7oz unsalted butter 1 tsp with dried ginger powder Knob of butter for greasing Filling: 450g/1lb pears, peeled, cored and cut into 1cm/½in piece 50g/2oz soft brown sugar 1 tbsp plain flour 1 tsp of dried ginger powder Method 1. Preheat the oven […]
(serves 6/8) 1 pack of stir fry veg mix (thank includes sweetcorn,Carrots & bean spouts) 1 pack of cherry tomatoes 6 mushrooms slices 1 stick of chopped celery 3 spring onions chopped Some chopped Radishes (optional) 30ml of light soy sauce and 60ml of french dressing mixed together, then toss all the above ingredients together a […]
Making the most of vegetables There are so many lovely vegetables available, these are some of the vegetables I use 1 Large carrot finely chopped 1 Medium Sized Leek 8/10 button mushrooms chopped 1 Sweet Pepper chopped 1 Small Courgette chopped 125ml of strong vegetable stock 1 Table spoon of tomato puree 2 crush cloves […]
To Serve 4 4 Meaty Cod Loins approx 175g per loin skinned 1 large Spanish Onion diced 3 large potatoes diced and par boiled 1 small chorizo cut into 1cm chunks Place potatoes onions & chrizo into a frying pan with olive oil soften the onions and start to brown potatoes, in the meantime, pre heat […]