Service Description

This is an extended fully immersive all day foraging safari experience, incorporating multiple sites to show you as wide a variety of edibles as possible, with a fabulous foraged feast at the end! We will start by exploring wild edibles in meadows, hedgerows & salt marsh coastal flats along the Severn Estuary, enjoying foraged refreshments throughout the morning, before we head to ancient woodland or a second estuary site, just a short drive away close to Chepstow, depending on the time of year and what is abundant. I will introduce you to a multitude of wild edibles from fruits to fungi, foliage to flowers, herbs, vegetables, roots & spices! I will teach you how to find, identify, sustainably harvest and use all of the incredible nutritionally superior & flavour-packed wild ingredients we encounter. We will then dine together in the wild and feast on a myriad of pre-prepared foraged dishes I will bring along, I usually prepare between 10 & 15 dishes for my guests to enjoy during our day together! Example menu: ~Venison, cider, juniper & mustard broth ~Porcini, chanterelle & amethyst deceiver wild mushroom puff pastries ~Woodland mushroom miso soup ~'Brie aux truffes et morilles', whole brie cheese wheel, stuffed with truffle & morel mascarpone ~Bacon-cured chicken of the woods mushrooms, poached in butter & deep-fried in a crunchy coating, with wild plum ketchup ~Venison liver, tequila & cranberry pate ~Rock samphire, feta & black olive salad ~Stilton, wild pear & candied walnut salad ~Wild garlic & poppy seed focaccia ~Toasted Hogweed seed hummus ~Wild salad picked on our forage tossed in walnut oil ~Mugwort crumbed puffball mushroom burgers with blue cheese & caramelized onions on brioche buns ~Slow-roasted venison wraps with celeriac & fennel slaw & rowan berry jam ~Lemon cupcakes with a damson centre & elderberry icing ~Lavender shortbread Any guests with special dietary requirements will be catered to, I will ask when I receive your booking. Please note that we will visit multiple locations in short driving distance throughout the day, so you do require a vehicle. We normally start at 10.00am and finish at around 3.30pm. This offering is usually limited to just 8 participants to guarantee an enriching and intimate experience. Up to two children aged 14 and under are welcome to accompany their paying parent or guardian free of charge.