Dike's Kitchen

10/08/2025

Planning an event? Let us take it to the next level with a banquet that truly wows — every bite homemade, every flavour unforgettable. Here’s a taste of what we serve:

🍴 Canapés to start the celebration:

Fluffy Yorkshire puddings stuffed with tender beef & horseradish, Crunchy sourdough tomato bruschetta, Creamy beetroot cheese with quail egg & Silky pesto cream cheese topped with Parma ham

🥗 Buffet dreams, handcrafted by us:

Home-cooked D**e & Son ham, Slices of Langton Arms beef, Flaked honey oak smoked salmon, Zesty new potato salad with a tangy cider vinegar & mustard dressing, Homemade coronation chicken, pasta salad & creamy coleslaw, Three kinds of quiche: Lorraine, cheese & tomato, roasted veg, Fresh French sticks & Taylors cottage rolls, Golden homemade sausage rolls & cheese & onion rolls, Langton Arms pork pies & scotch eggs, perfectly portioned, Crisp crudités & houmous, Langton Arms cocktail sausages glazed in sticky onion marmalade,
Crispy chicken goujons, Real ale chutney, salad dressings & butter portions for the perfect finish.

🍰 And don’t forget dessert…

Individual white chocolate & raspberry cheesecakes, meringues & Irresistible profiteroles

💌 Hosting a wedding, party, or corporate event?
Let us craft a spread that your guests won’t stop talking about.

27/07/2025

What a weekend! We had the absolute pleasure a few weeks ago of catering and running a full bar service at a stunning wedding at Shillingstone House, Dorset — and let’s just say, it was a celebration to remember 🍾💍

🍔 Locally made mini burgers & sausages
🍞 Fresh-baked local rolls & focaccia slabs
🥒 Flavoured pickled onions
🥗 Artisan dressings from nearby producers
🥂 Full bar service

Thank you to the amazing couple for letting us be part of your day. Wishing you a lifetime of joy, laughter, and incredible food.

📩 Planning a wedding or event? Get in touch — we’d love to bring your vision (and flavour) to life.

23/07/2025

🚗✨ What a weekend! ✨🚗

We had the absolute pleasure of supplying the VIP tent at the Sherborne Classic Car Show with hundreds of our ever-so-popular Afternoon Tea and Ploughman’s boxes!

20/07/2025

If you'd like us to help with your wedding or party plans, call us on 01963 362204 – we're now taking bookings for 2026 and 2027. We can offer a raft of bar hire options, including staffed or DIY, reception drinks, free glass hire and a full refund on any unused booze. Plenty of lovely menus to suit all your guests, from cold buffets to picnic boxes, all made by D**e's Kitchen from scratch, using locally sourced ingredients where practical.

Take a look at our Entertaining Brochure here https://tinyurl.com/vaezsdf8

03/07/2025

Congratulations Ruth & Jack!

On the 28th June Andy Miles, Andy Knapman, Rich & Claire headed out to Marnhull for a busy day!

They started off with providing 400 Canapes and welcome drinks which consisted of Pimm's, Prosecco, Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice as well as a cattle drinking trough full of Lager, Cider & bottles of Water.

The wedding guests were extremely complimentary of the personalized Afternoon Tea boxes (you can pick 100% of what goes into our boxes, and choose your own ribbon).

Once the evening guests had arrived the bar was in full swing, no surprise that they got a nice chunk of money back from the bar profit! (ask us about how you can make money with us doing your bar), Andy M headed back to the store where Jan was cooking up 70 Sausage Rolls, 70 Steak Pasty's, 30 Cheese & Onion Pasty's and 3 Gluten Free Pasty's ready for the guests for 9pm.

They did a nice big rubbish sweep and made sure the site was as clean as it could be (one less thing for the Ruth & Jack to worry about).

The team left site at midnight to get some well earned rest.

Ruth & Jack, thank you so much for letting us be a part of your special day. x

29/06/2025

Workplace Romance!

Congratulations to our very own, Claire & Andy who got married 3 weeks ago.

We wish them every happiness for their new life together.

22/06/2025

Congratulations Gemma & Bryn!

On Saturday we headed out to Frampton, Dorset to start our 2 day wedding bar.

Andy Miles & Rich started off with welcome drinks, many choices were available with a Wheel burrow rammed with Estrella and Corona, and a table full of Elderflower Presse, Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice, Cune Cava, Pimms and Aperol Spritz!

They then headed to the Marquee where Elliot joined us to man the bar and before you knew it, it was 7pm when they had a cocktail hour, Elliot assisted Andy to serve up 156 Expresso Martinis while Rich was multi tasking with 72 Spicy Margaritas and well, we lost count of the Dark and Stomy's as they kept going all night! The bar was thriving all night and it was lovely to see everyone on the dance floor enjoying the evening.

Sunday - Rich was back and brought Adam and Phil with him while Andy stayed at home applying After sun to his slightly red head! They welcomed back almost 100 guests for a Bloody Mary, Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice and for some reason plenty of water was consumed!

Thank you Gemma and Bryn for letting us be a part of your special day, we all had a great time and also a big thank you to Helen and Graham for making us feel like family.

08/06/2025

Champagne Reception!

A few weeks ago we had the pleasure of being at North Bruham in Somerset, to provide welcome drinks including Champagne, Pimm's, Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice and Elderflower Presse for 120 guests.

We also ran a bar serving soft drinks, lager, Local Ale, Local Cider and our Cocktails were very much a hit serving up Paloma, Espresso Martini and Elderflower Collins.

04/06/2025

Thank you Julia for our Google review and for letting us be a part of your celebrations. 🥂

01/06/2025

Thank you Tom for your kind words and thank you for letting us be a part of your special day Many Congratulations! 🥂

20/04/2025

13/04/2025

Our team have been very busy over the last few weeks, we staffed a Wake at Stalbridge Hall providing our very popular D**e's Kitchen Sandwiches & Rolls alongside Scotch Eggs, Sausage Rolls, Fruit Kebabs, Chicken Breast Goujons a local Cheese selection, Mini Topped Scones and Fresh Cream Eclairs. We also served Teas and Coffee, Prosecco, local Ciders and Ales.

Check out our new Entertaining brochure here https://tinyurl.com/3c8pxvuk or give our catering Manager Andy Knapman a call on 01963 362204.