About
Good Food, Made Easy.
Hi, I'm Harry, founder and head chef of Cox's Kitchen, also known as Harry the Private Chef.
Meet the chef
Hi, I'm Harry the Private Chef.
Founder and head chef of Cox's Kitchen, also known as Harry the Private Chef.
Where it all began
My name is Harry Cox, founder and head chef of Cox's Kitchen, formerly known as Harry the Private Chef. My love for food started at a young age. From making ice cream by hand with my mum, to watching my grandma prepare a pheasant Grandad had brought home from a shoot, and sitting on the floor at my nan's with all my cousins enjoying the fine delicacy that is the chip butty! But my career in food actually started as a punishment. At 14, I'd been grounded and was sent to wash pots at our local pub. The punishment didn't quite go to plan though — I absolutely loved it and went back the following evening. From then on, the kitchen became my second home, and I never looked back.
From washing pots to sous chef
I went on to study catering at college while working as much as possible, eventually joining the team at Waddesdon Manor. I spent ten years there, working across both the hot kitchen and pastry section before progressing to sous chef. Those years taught me far more than just how to cook — from handling pressure to working as a team and trusting the people around me. I later became a private family chef, taking responsibility for everything from menu planning and nutrition to sourcing ingredients and cooking. And that's where things really started to change.
The obsession with ingredients
Working as a private chef gave me complete control over what went into every meal, and I started looking much more closely at the ingredients we were eating. Where they came from, what was hidden in everyday foods and whether some of those things actually needed to be there. To be honest, I became a little obsessed. The more I learnt, the more I wanted to strip things back. Quality ingredients. Proper cooking. Real food.
From our little kitchen to Cox's Kitchen
In 2023, I started batch cooking meals in the tiny kitchen of our two-bedroom home, originally just so we had convenient, properly cooked food ready to go. Then friends and family started asking questions, and eventually asking if I'd make some meals for them too. So I did, and wasn't really sure what I'd started. We officially opened to the public in 2025, and by mid-2026 we were producing hundreds of meals each week. Our home kitchen had done us proud, but we'd outgrown it. So we took the leap, invested in our own dedicated kitchen space and Harry the Private Chef became Cox's Kitchen.
Keeping it local
Something that's really important to us is supporting other local businesses wherever we can, and that goes far beyond the ingredients we cook with. From our packaging and uniforms to our content creator and graphic designer, we make a conscious effort to work with small businesses in our surrounding area. We're a small family-run business ourselves, so we know just how much that support means. If we're asking our local community to support us, we believe it's only right that we do the same for them.
Looking ahead
Today, alongside our range of ready meals, we offer private dining and event catering of all shapes and sizes. The business has grown, but our approach hasn't changed. We're still focused on quality ingredients, proper cooking and making good food that little bit easier for everyone.
2023
The first ready meals, cooked in our kitchen at home.
2025
Opened to the public with ten dishes we'd spent months perfecting.
2026
Same great meals, new name — now cooked in our own dedicated kitchen.
Today
Cox's Kitchen today
We're still a small, family-run business, and we still cook everything ourselves. Ready meals, meal prep and event catering might sound like three different things, but the principle behind them is the same: quality ingredients, proper cooking, real food.
We're not interested in becoming another mass-produced food company where the ingredient list gets longer as the business gets bigger. We want to grow, but we want to do it properly.
Ready meals × Meal prep × Event catering
What people say
Reviews
“A big thank you for your excellent delivery service always on time. You're a credit to yourself, tasty, delicious meals every time. Very good for busy working lives easy to pop into oven ready to eat. Will definitely be ordering very soon again.”
— Steph
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