People offering to cook for you in your home?

[Mermaidtissues]

So I found it really odd that an overnight guest offered to cook us dinner, they’ve never stayed before, only really popped into collect me, had a drink then we left.

I had bought stuff for a meal for us,adults and DC, really simple but nice, a meal I do all the time. I knocked it up quickly, served and it was good, all eaten. Friend then seemed put out and said that they could have cooked?!

It was over the festive period so no shops open for them to buy stuff other than what I had got. This person isn’t a chef or from what I can tell an epic cook. I needed to cook for DC anyhow.

Am I missing something? Should I have accepted the offer and then sat back watching him in my kitchen not able to find stuff etc cooking the meal that I was going to cook anyway?

Btw I would always offer to help if at a friends house, not take over.

Maybe they felt bad that they hadn’t helped?

I’m bad at social etiquette, I can understand letting you cook and then thinking shit maybe I should have cooked?

No harm either way surely?

Sounds like a bit of a non issue really.

They said they could've cooked and you said you'd do it.

I d never offer to cook in someones home. Unless its family and we re staying over...plus i buy the shopping.
I d be uncomfortable with someone cooking in my kitchen...not being territorial but my dc are fussy and i know where everything is and to be honest i m fussy myself...metal spoon scraping along my non stick pan or hot pyrex on the worktop would really be difficult for me

My brother offers to cook when he comes (we live in different countries).

It is very kind of him but it is really more trouble than it is worth.
He will settle on an elaborate recipe that I know we won't be able to get all the ingredients for (several miles to nearest shop of any description)

He will then moan about everything from the size of the knives to the type of handle on the pans and the lack of the exact sort of wanky, expensive casserole dish he uses at home. It's exhausting.

To add insult to injury, affter all the faff and stress and cheffy posturing, the meal is always, always cold before it gets to the table (same at his house too)