What we do
Cork + Flame brings restaurant-quality dining into the comfort of your home.
Our main experience is a three-course dinner, cooked and served in your own space. We arrive, set up, cook, serve, clear everything away and leave you to enjoy the evening.
But there is one part of the experience that makes Cork + Flame different.
The Blind Wine Experience
With each course, two wines are poured blind.
Rather than being told exactly what you're drinking, you're invited to taste, compare and discover the wines for yourself. We talk through aromas, flavours and characteristics, but there's no pressure to find the “right” answer. You can discuss your thoughts around the table, make your own guesses or simply enjoy the experience.
Maybe you'll get them right. Maybe you won't. That's part of the fun.
Each evening is built around a carefully chosen wine theme — the theme gives our sommelier a framework for selecting the wines, while the food remains at the heart of the experience. The wines are thoughtfully paired with each course without allowing the wine to dictate the dinner.
It’s fine dining with an element of discovery — designed to bring people together around the table.
Who we are
Cork + Flame began with a simple idea. I knew I wanted to build something of my own, but I also knew I needed the right person to bring it to life. I needed the flame to my cork.
That person was one of my closest friends of more than ten years. We first met at an acting class when we were around fifteen, and last year, after years of living in different countries, we found ourselves working together on a theatre job. That's when Cork + Flame became a reality.
Both of us trained as actors at two of the UK's leading drama schools. That background still shapes the way we approach hospitality — creating an atmosphere, reading a room, telling stories and making people feel part of something.
My own hospitality journey goes back years, with the last two focused heavily on fine dining and wine. I completed my sommelier qualifications in the summer of 2025 and have been fortunate to learn from some of the UK's leading sommeliers, wine importers, chefs and front-of-house professionals.
Our chef's journey is different. A self-taught cook, he built a following through his food and cooking on social media during lockdown. His passion for food also runs in the family, with his uncle owning a leading restaurant in Cardiff, where he has worked and developed his kitchen skills.
We're both ambitious about where we want to go within our respective fields, and we know we still have plenty to learn. But we also believe we have something that can't be taught: personality.
That's at the heart of Cork + Flame.
No two Cork + Flame evenings need to be the same.
Whether you're celebrating a birthday, anniversary, bringing friends together or simply looking for a memorable evening at home, we tailor the experience around you.
The menu, wines and wine theme can all be shaped around the occasion, while we take care of everything from the initial planning to the final clean-up.
Private dining is our main experience, but we can also create bespoke wine tastings, canapés and welcome drinks, intimate weddings and other small private events. We also cater for small film and production sets.
If you have an idea that doesn't quite fit a package, get in touch. If we have the availability and can make it work, we'll create something around you.
You bring the people. We'll bring the food, the wine and the experience.