Dinner parties and celebrations at home, experienced cover for professional kitchens, and menu advice for food businesses. Covering Cheshire, Manchester, Liverpool and surrounding areas.
Whether you're hosting at home, short-staffed on the pass, or planning a new menu, every job starts with a conversation about what you need.
A menu written for your occasion or your week, shopped for and cooked in your kitchen, then served at the table or left ready to heat, with everything cleared away.
Reliable, experienced cover for restaurants, pubs, hotels and events, ready to step onto a section and keep service moving.
Practical help for cafés, restaurants and food businesses: new menus, food safety systems ready for inspection, and kitchens that run efficiently.
A selection of Jay's dishes. Every menu is written fresh for the occasion.
Jay Hiscocks has spent 14 years cooking in pubs, hotels and restaurants, including AA Rosette-awarded kitchens and Fairmont Hotels. He has also worked high-volume service for Wagamama, Las Iguanas, Harvester and Center Parcs.
That mix is what 49 Degrees is built on: fine-dining technique for private dinners, and the speed, consistency and systems of busy commercial kitchens for agency cover and consultancy.
Cooking is seasonal and led by good produce, with dietary needs and allergies planned in from the start.
Good food is mostly precision and timing. The rest is generosity.
Every private booking follows the same four steps, so you know what happens and when.
Tell us the date, the number of guests and anything we should know about dietary needs.
You receive a proposed menu and a quote. We refine it together until it's right.
Ingredients are sourced and prepared ahead, so the evening itself runs calmly.
Cooked and plated in your kitchen, served to the table, and the kitchen left clean.
Send a few details and you'll get a reply within two working days with availability and next steps.