Foraging & Wild Food

George (The Wild Food Forager) and I offer wild weekends to suit all kinds of parties! We take groups of up to 14 out into the countryside to forage all the seasonal edibles there are to hand. George has an incredible knowledge of the plants we have around us in the UK and luckily I get to cook with all his wonderful finds! With wild cocktail infusion classes with George, to cooking demonstrations with me, there is something for everyone. Along with wilderness picnics we talk all things wild from medicinal herbs to brews and tinctures, as well as food preserving and storing.

Get in touch if you would like to arrange a wild adventure locally to you, it can be a real joy when you realize all of the wild food that is available right on your doorstep!

Alternatively look out for out seasonal events such as our Cornish Foraging & Wild Food Adventure, which you will find more information about on the events page, we would love you to join us!

Please see below for a sample menu & itinerary from our most recent foraging expedition;

Weekend Menu

Friday

Dinner

Cornish Crab Curry with Wild Leek Pakora, Arrowgrass Raita & Wild Fennel Seed Flatbreads

Saturday

Foragers Breakfast

Coffee, Tea, Nettle Infusion

Wilted Wild Greens, Garlic Mushrooms, Roast Tomatoes & Manor Farm Eggs on Toasted Sourdough

Lunch

Wild Herb + Alexander Root Soup, Seaweed Forcaccia, Pepper Dulse Butter

Rosehip Keffir

Dinner

Cocktails

Blackberry + Rose Geranium Bellini

Alexander Seed Infused Gin

Water Mint Bellini

Canapés

Cornish Yarg + Three Corner Leek Aranchini, Wild Garlic Aioli

Smoked Mackerel + Horseradish Crème Fraiche, Pink Pickled Onions, Chervil & Black Pepper Crostini

Starter

Venison Carpaccio with Crispy Nasturshium Capers & Fontodi Olive Oil

Main

Cob Crust Fillet of Hake with Samphire, Pickled Rock Greens & Roast Cauliflower

Dessert

Gorse Flower Infused Raw Chocolate Torte with Activated Walnuts & Salted Date Caramel

Sunday

Foragers Breakfast

Tea, Coffee, Reishi Infusion

Larch Bud Honey, Blackberry & Apple Jam, Toast

Lunch

Nettle Gnocci, Pigeon Pastilla, Wild Salad + Toasted Hazelnuts & Caramalized Onions

Seabuckthorn & Orange Cake + Cornish Clotted Cream

Pink Elderflower Cordial

TIME PLAN

Day 1

5pm Arrival

7pm Onwards – Wild Curry

Day 2 Coastal Day

8am Foragers Breakfast

9 – 9:30am Drive to Rock

10 – 12:30pm Foraging walk

12:30 – 2pm Picnic Lunch

2pm – 6pm Freetime for guests

6pm Arrive back at Pregenna Manor

7.30 – 10pm Wild Feast + Forraged Cocktails

Day 3 Inland/Hedgerow Day

8am Foragers Breakfast

10am – 12pm Foraging walk around grounds

12pm -1pm Cookery Demo + Prepare Final Meal (voluntary help with preparation for those who want to learn how to cook and prepare wild food)

1.30pm – 3.30pm Foraged Lunch

3.30pm – 5pm Camel Trail walk??

6pm Say Goodbye

What We Will Cover:

Costal & Inland Habitats

Wild Food Identification

Botanical Cocktails

Naturopathic Principles

Biodynamic Farming

Medicinal Herbs

Food Preparation

Going to a dinner where you know the cook has integrity, love and enthusiasm to produce honest, top quality and health enhancing food, that is mostly organic and foraged is a rare treat. And one I won’t forget!

Emma Lyttleton

I attended the wonderful ‘Into the Wild’ evening hosted by Eloise and George. The evening was spent celebrating food that had been foraged in the Somerset countryside. Not only was the food delicious, it was presented in a beautiful and thoughtfully rustic manor. At the dinner the starter of Mushrooms on Toast with Sea Beet, was followed by Wild Venison Curry with Dahl + Arrowgrass Raita & Sea Leek Pakoras, which were all perfectly well balanced and delicious. Almond & Plumb Tart to finish was the perfect way to round off the meal – the tart was tart, yet sweet and once again the balance of this dish was exceptional. A great evening of perfectly cooked wild food – when is the next one?!

Paddy MacGill

Meals prepared by Eloise are incredible tasty. She is very clever with the use of wild ingredients and the flavors they create. I went to her pop up ‘Into the Wild’ and it was a really delicious event, we were talking about it for ages after! A very talented lady!

Lottie Lewis

Eating freshly foraged food transformed by Eloise’s creativity as a chef, made for a deliciously wild evening.

Louise Aspinal

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