Let’s get practical in our wild, outdoor kitchen & have fun together in a relaxed atmosphere………..An exciting opportunity to cook a wide variety of dishes using our tried and tested recipes that work well over the open fire. Using the flame as your cooking friend, the right size fire for the job, making and using equipment for when cooking over a fire & being creative with a wide range of fabulous, quality food.This will include the grill, the cooking tray/lid, on the embers in the fire itself and in dutch ovens. This is a very ‘hands-on’ experience and is suitable for complete beginners and those with more experience. Get the whole family involved in using those Bushcraft skills.

If you work with children or adults in any outdoor setting or if you just want to create a feast on your home fire pit then this creative cooking course is for you. A course creating confidence in outdoor feasting. Bring the kids & explore their cooking skills too…..7‘s & over welcome! All children must be accompanied by an adult….No more than four children per adult. 

Your cooking course may include some or all of the list below depending on time & season………….

• We will explore lighting and building a suitable fire for the job, we will get our flint & steels out
• Managing heat
• Constructing a tripod to hang a variety of items from
• Fire pits, grills, pizza ovens & BBQ’s
• Use and care of cast iron pots, including the Dutch oven
• Essential, but simple, natural items that are useful when cooking over a fire
• Making drop scones & welsh cakes
• Creating a vegetable hot pot in the Dutch oven/Plov….vegetables & meat with rice
• Willow basket for grilling fish
• Creating brunch in an edible pot
• Making flat bread/ash bread
• Gutting and ponassing fish
• Chicken/Tofu & Vegetable Kebabs
• Stuffed garlic mushrooms
• Exploring the use of a pizza oven
• Calzone pizza over a regular fire
• Foraging & using what is available in the season we are cooking
• Chocolate cake/brownie in the Dutch oven & in an orange skin
• Popcorn in a sieve
• Sweet treats…..creating a selection of sweet treat for all occasions from chocolate bananas to chocolate cake in an orange skin
• Marshmallows

Food & drinks for the day is provided…..if you cook them well enough 🙂 !!