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ABOUT US
ABOUT US
Established in Peterborough in 1998, Chef de la Maison has over 25 years of catering experience and has proudly served more than 3,200 weddings.
Today, we provide wedding catering, corporate hospitality, buffets, food trucks, barista services, venue catering, and community events across Peterborough and beyond. Our menus focus on handmade food, sustainability, local suppliers, gut health, and well-being.
Chef de la Maison is also a business with a purpose. Through Chef de la Maison Academy, we support young people aged 16–24 with hospitality training, real work experience, confidence, and employment pathways.
Every coffee served, every buffet prepared, and every event catered is part of something bigger: supporting local people, strengthening our community, and delivering soulful catering that gives back.
3200
WEDDINGS
CATERED
28
YEARS
ESTABLISHED
4
CUSTOM REFRIGERATED DELIVERY VANS
Creating Pathways Into Hospitality and Digital Skills.
At Chef de la Maison, we believe hospitality can create real opportunities for young people.
Through Chef de la Maison Academy, and in partnership with DWP and the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority, we provide structured work experience, paid internships, and hands-on training across hospitality, customer service, barista skills, food preparation, kitchen operations, line cooking, and digital skills.
Mohammed’s journey is a proud example of this work. He joined us through a DWP referral, progressed onto our paid internship programme, and within eight weeks secured full employment with Chef de la Maison as a line cook.
Alex is another success story, developing through DWP-supported training at Chef de la Maison and progressing into a barista and supervisor role. We are also supporting Marko and Connor through IT and digital training, helping them build practical skills for the modern workplace.
These journeys reflect our wider mission: to support young people, build confidence, develop practical skills, and create meaningful pathways into employment.
3200
WEDDINGS
CATERED
28
YEARS
ESTABLISHED
4
CUSTOM REFRIGERATED DELIVERY VANS
Chef de la Maison – Our Journey
We are proud to be Peterborough, and our mission continues into 2026 and beyond
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Sept 2025
Café & commercial kitchen opened – Allia Future Business Centre
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2016
Largest commercial kitchen facility opened – Fengate, Peterborough
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2025
£150,000+ invested into grassroots football – social impact mission
2012
2-year high-scale banquet catering contract with The Cresset
2024
Go Barista mobile café concept launched
2024
Partnership with Peterborough Job Centre – SWAP programmes
2008
Dream pub & restaurant opened – Cambridge
2007
Third commercial kitchen opened – Cambridge
2018
The Grange Venue opened – Netherton
2006
First contract café & canteen – MoveWithUs (300 staff)
2017
Chef de la Maison Food Trucks launched
2005
Second shop opened – Café, bakery & commercial kitchen (Fenstanton)
2001
First café & sandwich shop opened – Netherton, Peterborough
Oct 1998
First wedding catered – Eye, Peterborough
1998
Chef de la Maison founded by Nathan Higgins
OFFICIAL CATERERS
Chef de la Maison were the official caterers for the installation of the first female Bishop of Peterborough in March 2024. Catering for 1200 people at The Peterborough Cathedral
Since then Chef de la Maison has provided The Bishop Debbie’s first lunch in her Palace on The Cathedral grounds also in March 2024
PETERBOROUGH SOUP KITCHEN
Every Wednesday Chef de la Maison have a volunteer shift at The Peterborough Soup Kitchen. It brings us great pride and satisfaction to give back to the community and help those in need. The Soup Kitchen is a fantastic institution that its trustees and volunteers operate 365 days a year in Peterborough
FUN FACT
Chef de la Maison used over 100,000 eggs this year and those egg shells have been turned back into nutrient rich soil. This is soul food production at its finest