Date Ideas

The Cook

Shawn here, this is what I did last month. This dinner for two can take a couple weeks to prepare, but it’s really easy.

You’ll have someone come to your home and cook dinner for you and your lovely.

The Date Mix:

A clean kitchen

Your partner’s favourite drinks

Spare house key

Directions:

Contact a catering company, your favourite restaurant, or someone you know that is a cook or chef. This works better if it is someone you don’t know, so you can focus your time and energy on each other. Let the cook know that you want him to prepare a Dinner for Two in your home. Set the date and time for your date and sort out any details with the cook so you’ve got everything ready for when the cook arrives. For example, if the dinner includes a bbq, ensure there is enough propane in the tank. Go over a menu of all her favourite dishes from the appetizer to dessert. Give the cook a spare key, confirm the time he is to arrive, and let the cook know that this is a surprise for your partner.

Remember! If you’ve got kids, you’ll need to organize sitter for the night. Do this a week or so in advance so you’re not freaking out the day before if you can’t find anyone.

The Date:

I called Lorraine in the morning of our date night to let her know that she needed to be dressed up and that we were going out tonight. So the excitement and anticipation was building throughout the day as she didn’t know where we’re going, but she now knew that tonight was our date night.

I picked her up at 5:30 and had pre-arranged that the cook was to arrive around 6. We went to a nice restaurant in town and had a drink on the patio. After we finished our drink, I paid the bill and told Lorraine that I had forgotten something at home. We drove home and I asked her to come inside the house with me, and of course when we walked in there was a chef in our kitchen preparing our dinner.

I poured Lorraine her favourite drink, turned on some music and we sat outside while the chef cooked us a great meal, served our dinner and cleaned the kitchen before he left.

This is an incredible evening to spend time together, to be taken care of, and not having to leave the house.