Produce with a name
Lake District farm chicken, Herdwick lamb, rare breed pork. Ingredients chosen for where they come from, and cooked to show them off.
06 · About Josh
Every RareFlavours menu is written, sketched and cooked by one chef. This is the person who will be in your kitchen.
Josh, before service
- i.Based in Rugby
- ii.Writes every menu
- iii.Cooks every course
Josh is the chef behind RareFlavours, a private chef service based in Rugby, Warwickshire. He cooks seasonal tasting menus in people's homes across the East Midlands, for dinner parties, birthdays, anniversaries and business dinners.
He plans every menu himself, sketches each plate before service and cooks every course on the night. On the evening he is calm, friendly and happy to talk about what is on the plate, or to stay out of the way and let the night flow.
How Josh cooks
Technique you can taste
Terrines set ahead, sauces built slowly, crackling blistered at the last moment. The work happens so the plate looks effortless.
Hospitality, not just food
A private dinner is about the people at the table. Josh reads the room, paces the courses and leaves the kitchen spotless.
Signature dessert
Chocolate cremeux with caramelised banana and crisp toffee, finished on the pass by Josh.
From sketch to plate
Before every evening Josh prints the menu, marks up each course and sketches the plates in pen: where the purée goes, how the lamb sits, which garnish finishes it. On the night, that page sits beside him on the pass.
In the kitchen
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Now booking · Autumn
Seasonal private dining at home, across Rugby, Leicester and the East Midlands. Send your date and guest numbers and Josh will reply personally.
The best table in the house.