The Cook in the North
Private Chef
Shaun Nixon
Travelling private chef for hire in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Manchester, Cheshire, The Lake District, Cumbria, Durham and beyond
Quality • Independent • Passionate
5 star rated • Top ranked
Bowness-on-Windermere, Lake District
What a wonderful celebration meal we had! Shaun prepared and served for us a delicious meal of local, tasty produce that was cooked to perfection. Our group of 13 all thought it was one of the best meals we had ever had.
Shaun was friendly, attentive, efficient, a gifted chef and left the kitchen spotless (bonus!). Our experience with him from our first contact, to selecting the menu options and on the day was brilliant.
Absolutely 5 stars - we couldn’t recommend him highly enough and look forward to another meal prepared by The Cook in North soon!
Thank you again for the wonderful evening.
Liz Kavanagh
A quality private dining experience
in your home or holiday cottage
We agree menu choice. I shop for all ingredients
I cook in your kitchen with my own equipment
I serve the meal to the table and clear away *
I wash up, pack up and clean the kitchen
* I might need a hand serving for larger groups or where there's a distance to the dining room
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I bring all plates, side plates, dishes, bowls for the table • I can also provide cutlery and water glasses
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I am independent and self-employed.
Book me, get me
Bowness-on-Windermere, Lake District
Shaun is a delight to work with. We asked him to cook for six of us on a family holiday in the Lake District where we celebrated our Ruby Wedding Anniversary.
From our first enquiry right through to and including our dinner party he was professional, attentive and very flexible in his approach. He cooked and served us a fabulous meal making the occasion very special.
The produce he uses is the best and everything was cooked fresh on site. Afterwards the kitchen was spotless so no washing up!
We highly recommend Shaun and wish him well with his flourishing business.
Christine Carr
May 2025
I come to you
...and cook
Enjoy a freshly cooked meal in the comfort of your own home or holiday cottage:
- Special occasions and celebrations
- Family birthday meals or as a gift
- Holiday home or airbnb rentals
- Dinner at home with friends
- Guests with food intolerances
- Food allergies? Dine with confidence!
I do the shopping, bring all of the ingredients, plates, pans and my own equipment. I cook, serve and clear up, leaving your kitchen spotless!
Chef's Diary
What I've been doing in June and before
YES to requests
Delicious irritant- and allergen-free cooking is my everyday speciality, including gluten-free, grain-free and dairy-free dishes as standard. My pescatarian, vegetarian and vegan meals are a delight to share, alongside top quality locally-reared grass-fed and organic meats that taste amazing.
I cater for food intolerances because I have food intolerances myself. Having me cook a meal for you means none of that frustrating menu analysis or awkward interrogation in restaurants - I know exactly what's in every dish, create meals from scratch to suit you and cook it because I love it myself.
Good ingredients
Good food
I cook with seasonal, fresh, predominantly organic ingredients to create tasty, honest meals.
Quality organically grown and locally farmed ingredients are sourced from trusted nearby farms and suppliers like Growing with Grace in the Yorkshire Dales • Organic North in Manchester • Suma Wholefoods in Elland • Wholesome Bee in Settle • Nathan Brown Butchers in Barnoldswick • Riverford Organic Farmers
Shaun cooked for my friend's Hen Do.
The food was unreal and he was extremely professional, funny and accommodating.
The kitchen was spotless when he left, as if he hadn’t even been here.
I would highly recommend Shaun and would use him again for future events!
Shanice Mulla
Serving the North
I am based near Skipton, on the border of Lancashire and Yorkshire - overlooking the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Just minutes from Settle, Clitheroe, Hebden Bridge and Ilkley. Within 1 hour of Windermere, Kendal, Lancaster, Preston and the Lancashire coast in the west, and Harrogate, Ripon, Leeds, Halifax, Richmond and York in the east.
Areas I cover include The Lake District, Cumbria and North Pennines; North Yorkshire - including the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors National Parks; Durham and Middlesbrough; Hull and the East Riding; West Yorkshire, Manchester, Cheshire, Liverpool and Lancashire
About me
I am fully insured, ethical,
passionate about good food,
honest, fair and transparent.
I am all about:
family • community • trust
sustainable food • living my values
When I cook for you, you are supporting:
A local family
Independent local food retailers
Small, local food producers
Organic farming
Composting and zero waste
Seasonal food
Where I cook
As a travelling chef, I can drive to your venue pretty much anywhere in the North of England.
I have a 4x4 that can tackle the North's rural roads in atrocious weather. I've never yet had to cancel, or failed to arrive at, a booking.
I'm based in the edge of the Yorkshire Dales in the Pennines - on the border of Cumbria, Lancashire and Yorkshire - so am within easy reach of the whole of the North as far as Hadrian's Wall.
