Most people know The Herdsman Market as the place to shop for quality fresh produce, and that will always be the heart of the market. What fewer people realise is how much of the cooking our kitchen is happy to do for you. Between the Delicatessen counter and the online shop, there’s a chef-made answer for nearly every meal on your calendar, from the weeknight you can’t face the stove to the Sunday lunch for the whole family. Here’s a proper look at the full range and when each one earns its place.
Key Takeaways
- The Herdsman’s kitchen cooks for every occasion, from weeknight Herdsman Dinners at the deli to grazing platters, family meals, hot roasts and gift hampers.
- Everything is made in-house with the same quality produce sold across the market, prepared by our chefs, Deli Team and specialist counters.
- Herdsman Dinners are available Monday to Friday, 4pm to 8pm, with no ordering ahead, while platters, roasts and family meals can be ordered online for easy in-store collection.
- It all comes together in one place, so whether you’re feeding two on a Tuesday or twenty on a Saturday, it’s a single stop in Churchlands.
WEEKNIGHTS
Herdsman Dinners: Chef Made Meals from the Deli
The everyday hero of the range is Herdsman Dinners, available from the Delicatessen every weekday between 4pm and 8pm. Each day our chefs cook a fresh menu from scratch: one meat dish, one vegetarian dish, and a side made to complement both. The menu rotates weekly, so one week might bring a slow-cooked beef massaman and a classic shepherd’s pie, the next a lamb moussaka or butter chicken with garlic naan.
There’s nothing to sign up for and no ordering ahead. Call in on the way home, choose tonight’s dinner, and it’s on the table about twenty minutes after you walk in the front door. The dinners are individually portioned with simple heating instructions, which makes them just as practical for someone cooking for one as for a household where two people want the curry and one prefers the spanakopita.
FAMILY MEALS
Gourmet Family Meals for Bigger Appetites
When single portions won’t cover it, the Gourmet Family Meals range takes over. These are generous, crowd-sized versions of proper home cooking, made in our kitchen with produce from the market floor, and they can be ordered online and collected from the deli.
They’re the practical answer for the busy stretches: visitors staying, sports-season evenings, or a midweek night when cooking for four from scratch is simply too much. Add a fresh salad from the Salads and Fruit range at collection and the whole dinner is handled in one stop.
ENTERTAINING
Grazing Platters, Arranged and Ready to Serve
Anyone who has built a grazing table knows it looks effortless and takes hours. Our platters hand those hours back. They’re put together by the team behind our Cheese room and Delicatessen, combining cheeses, cured meats, fresh and dried fruit and all the trimmings, arranged and ready to set down in front of guests.
For anyone comparing grazing platters in Perth, the advantage of ordering from a market is straightforward: a platter is only as good as what goes on it, and ours is built from the same counters our customers queue for daily. Order online ahead of your event, collect from the deli, and spend the afternoon getting ready rather than fanning out crackers.
SUNDAY LUNCH
Hot Roast Meats with All the Sides
A proper roast is the best of winter eating and the most time-hungry, unless someone else does the roasting. The Hot Roast Meats range covers exactly that: a sous vide tender roast beef or a crispy roast pork, cooked by our chefs and ready to collect, with sides like classic cauliflower cheese and creamy potato bake to complete the table.
It turns Sunday lunch from a morning-long project into a collection window, and it means the host actually gets to sit down for the meal. For birthdays, long lunches and any gathering where the oven would otherwise own your day, this is the range worth knowing about.
GIFTS
Hampers and Gift Cards from the Market Floor
Some occasions call for giving food rather than serving it. Our hampers are curated from the gourmet grocery, cheese and deli shelves, and they’re the answer for client thank-yous, new neighbours, new parents and anyone who deserves better than a supermarket gift basket. When you’d rather let them choose for themselves, a gift card does the same job just as warmly.
FRESH FROM THE MARKET
For the Nights You Do Want to Cook
None of this replaces the market itself; it sits alongside it. On the nights you want to be at the stove, the Creative Meats team will set you up with the right cut and how to cook it, the Fish Merchant has the day’s seafood fresh off the ice, and the produce section does the inspiring. Everything is prepared to your needs while you shop, meat cut, fish filleted, bread sliced, which is the kind of service that turns a shopping trip into a better dinner.
The chef made range simply adds a choice. The question of any given evening is no longer whether you can face cooking, but how much of the cooking you feel like doing, and either answer walks out of the same market.
Final Thoughts
Good food doesn’t always mean cooking it yourself. Sometimes it means knowing where the shortcuts are honest: made by real chefs, from real local produce, a few minutes from home. Whether it’s a chef made Herdsman Dinner on a busy weeknight or platters and roasts for a party, the kitchen at The Herdsman has an option for every occasion. Browse the online shop to see the full range, or call in any day of the week, everything is made and collected at the Delicatessen.
