A delicatessen, a cafe and a caterer on Thame's wide market High Street, all off one kitchen upstairs. Founded in 2005 by Tony Hazelton and run with Sally Dickinson, with brunch cooked from scratch, Ue Coffee on the machine, and a deli counter worth the walk into town.
The cafe, the deli counter and the catering all come off the same boards upstairs. Pick a side and start there.
Cooked from scratch in the kitchen upstairs. Shakshuka with house flatbread, buttermilk pancakes with bacon and maple, homemade granola, roast salmon and vegetable frittata off the counter with fresh salads. Sit in, or take a table on the Cornmarket pavement.
open from 7:30Highly trained baristas pulling seasonal beans wood-roasted a few miles away by Ue Coffee Roasters, traceable and chosen for the season. Loose-leaf teas alongside. Drink in under the copper lights, or take it away down the High Street.
wood roasted, localAn artisan delicatessen of ready meals, salads, cheeses and a curated product range, much of it made in-house, the rest from local producers we pick ourselves. The marinated olives and oven-dried tomatoes trace back to the businesses Tony built before the shop.
made on siteBespoke catering off the same boards as the cafe and the deli, canapes, buffets, business lunches and weddings. One kitchen, one standard, whether it is a brunch plate or a hundred covers.
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UE COFFEE · ON THE MACHINE The beans are seasonal and traceable, wood-roasted by Ue Coffee Roasters near Witney and chosen for what is good that month rather than what is on a contract. Our baristas are trained on the machine you can see behind the counter, and the loose-leaf teas get the same attention. Drink it in under the copper lights, or take it away down the High Street.
Tony Hazelton spent thirty years in food, a buyer at Safeway, then the founder of the Thame Italian deli now known as Umberto's and of the businesses that imported the marinated olives and oven-dried tomatoes the supermarkets sold. A 2001 visit to artisan producers in France set the idea, and in 2005 What's Cooking opened on the Cornmarket. Sally Dickinson joined as it grew and took on the operations, the menu planning and the production. Two of them, one kitchen, three sides to the business.
WHAT'S COOKING · 6-8 CORNMARKET · THAME
“A warm welcome, friendly service, and tempting, mouth-watering food, crafted with passion. Eat fresh, eat local, eat well.”What's Cooking · on the Cornmarket since 2005
From a takeaway flat white to a wedding for a hundred, the same kitchen and the same counter serve everyone who comes through the door.
Whether it is a buffet for the office, canapes for a party or a wedding, the catering runs off the same boards as the cafe. Send a note with the date and rough numbers and we will come back to you between counter shifts.
Yes. There is a chefs' kitchen upstairs at 6-8 Cornmarket, and the brunch plates, the deli salads, the ready meals and the catering all come off the same boards. Tony Hazelton leads the cooking, Sally Dickinson runs the production and the quality.
Of course. The baristas pull Ue Coffee Roasters beans, wood-roasted locally and chosen by the season, with loose-leaf teas alongside. Drink in under the copper lights or take it away down the Cornmarket.
Yes. The deli counter and chiller carry ready meals, salads, cheeses and a product range, much of it made in-house and the rest from local producers we choose ourselves.
We do. The catering arm runs off the same kitchen as the cafe, from canapes and buffets to business lunches and weddings. Send a note about dates and numbers and we will come back to you.
On the Cornmarket, on Thame's wide market High Street, a few doors from the Black Horse. Monday to Saturday 7:30am to 5pm, Sunday 9am to 4pm.
You will find us on the Cornmarket, on Thame's wide, boat-shaped market High Street that has held a market for over 800 years, a few doors from the Black Horse. Sit in under the copper lights or take a table on the pavement and watch the town go by.