2 Home Cooks

Specialties

The mission of 2 Home Cooks is to provide our guests with delicious and unique, homemade breakfast and lunch dishes using fresh, local food sources whenever possible, in an atmosphere that feels like family and friends gathering in our home kitchen.

In a traditional Italian family, food is almost always the main focal point of every gathering. We both have a passion for cooking and entertaining, and felt that Dover needed a fresh take on breakfast and lunch.

Our goal is to combine our fresh, locally produced, great ingredients to create simple dishes. We locally source our food whenever possible, and most of our menu items are made from scratch, whether in our own kitchen, or in the case of breakfast and sandwich breads, in local bakeries like Stone House Bakery in Barrington.

Our open concept kitchen allows our guests to watch us cook for them and lets us get more involved in our guests’ dining experience. We want you to feel like you are stepping into our home kitchen when you come to 2 Home Cooks.

History

Established in 2015.

Owner Helen Williams was born in England while her military family was stationed there, and moved to Barrington at the age of 4. She graduated from Dover High School, where she met high school sweetheart, Bob, and later married him. Helen attended Rittners School of Floral Design and worked in the horticulture industry in Florida before moving back to NH in 1997 to pursue work in property management. Helen and her husband have been working in real estate since 2006.

Born and raised in Dover, Owner Jim Williams spent much of his early adult life traveling around Europe while enlisted in the Army. He returned to the US in 1996 and worked in the hospitality industry in Florida and then Concord. Upon returning to the NH Seacoast to be close to family, Jim teamed up with sister-​in-​law, Helen, to put his amazing cooking skills to good use.

Meet the Business Owner

Helen W.

Business Owner

Helen was born in England while her military family was stationed there, and moved to Barrington at the age of 4. She graduated from Dover High School, where she met high school sweetheart, Bob, and later married him. Helen attended Rittners School of Floral Design and worked in the horticulture industry in Florida before moving back to NH in 1997 to pursue work in property management.

Helen and her husband have been working in real estate since 2006. With brother-​in-​law Jim’s return to the area, Helen felt the need for a new adventure and partnered up with him to create 2 Home Cooks.