CONNECTION THROUGH COOKERY
Foraging & Fire-Cookery Experience Days
Love good food and keen to learn creative de-stressing skills to last a lifetime? Want to discover wild edibles, learn about their herbal powers, seasonal food and how to cook over fire while in magical woodland setting?
Join chef and forager Jacqueline Wise of Positively Delicious, a Nomadic Cookery School, and discover her mindful ‘Connection through Cookery’ concept. Find joy in the simple pleasures of nourishing foods, and enjoy big dose of foodie wellbeing inspiration. Age 12 plus.
Our Venues
Surrey Hills Yurts, Near Dorking, Surrey
Jacobs Ladder Farms, Uckfield, West Sussex
What’s Included?
-Wild herbal tea ritual welcome drink and sweet treats
-Introduction to ‘Connection through cookery’ - how to use a mindful approach to nature, herbs & cooking to reduce stress
-Foraging walk
-Wild inspired cocktails/mocktails and canapes
-Hands-on communal Fire Cookery Lesson with recipes to keep, using seasonal and foraged ingredients
-Create and enjoy a communal meal with complimentary organic wine/soft drink
-Learn how to create positive mental, physical and environmental change through eating ‘Regenerative food’
-Cleansing smoke sticks/wild herb foot bath to finish
Sample Menu
Ritual Wild Tea and Sweet Treats:
Chamomile & lemon balm infusion
Lemon, nettle & elderflower drizzle cake
Cocktails and Canapes:
Meadowsweet Martinis
Yarrow hummus crostini with turmeric pickled courgettes
Bacon & wood pigeon pops with spicy ketchup
Meal:
Fire-cooked sorrel & homegrown chilli flatbreads
Tenderized & marinated Pasture-fed steak with wild garlic mayonnaise
Slow-roasted pork shoulder in local cider & wild fennel
Wild greens pesto orzo pasta with crispy High Weald Dairy halloumi & chilli oil
Fire roasted red onion, potato & cauliflower, peanut satay sauce & sticky-weed (Vegan, GF)
Red cabbage, apple & onion ‘slaw with lemon juice & yoghurt (V, GF)
Heritage tomato & ground ivy salad with balsamic vinegar
Fire-baked chocolate stuffed fruits with salted caramel sauce & crumble
All dietary requirements can be catered for, as long as we are notified in advance.
"I decided to step out of my comfort zone and in doing so, it turns out that my day with Positively Delicious was exactly what my mind and body so desperately needed."- @GIRLABOUTSUSSEX
Please note spaces are limited, as we have a small group size for each event. We can also offer the experience for corporate away days, or private group bookings on a date of your choice, please EMAIL US for availability.
