The site presently occupied by "The Kitchen" has seen a number of changes during the last seventy years. During the Second World War the airfield, that used to be behind the current buildings to the west was known as Coleby Grange and was an overflow field for RAP Cranwell. In the later stages of the war Mosquitoes used to fly from Coleby flown by Canadian and Polish pilots.

After the war ended the site was used as a base for Blue Streak missiles for a few years until I think the sixties. There is still a structure in the field concerning the buildings used by the RAF for the storage of the missiles.

There has been a Café on the site since the late forties. In the early days it was based in the current kitchen facility. A prefab hut was added later and updated in 1985 when a bungalow was built on the site by the then owners.

The café, on the border of a number of local villages was naturally known as "The Boundary Café". This was the case until the café was bought by the current owners who changed the name to "Nocton Heath Truckstop"

David and Hazel Mather bought the Boundary Café in August 2001 after a period of declining business. It was felt that a change of name was appropriate as the café, under the previous management had gained a reputation of providing poor quality food and service. It was felt that a new start and new name was needed to help the business build a new reputation.

A new menu was introduced with a reliance on the use of fresh local produce. Diners started to return to enjoy the new meals and the business started to gain a reputation for providing good quality home made food.

In September 2003 a hot food carvery was introduced following requests from diners. This became an instant success. Up to the time of the introduction of the carvery David and Hazel were going to refurbish the premises and increase seating from 45 up to 50. It was decided in November 2004 that the anticipated increase to 50 would not cater for the existing demand. Therefore seating capacity was doubled to 90 with a further 60 seats outside for use during the summer months.

In the early spring of 2005 it was felt that another change of name would reflect the type of food for which the café was becoming well known. Therefore in April 2005 "The Kitchen" was born.

David and Hazel enjoy providing very good quality traditional British food. They hope you enjoy eating it.