Cocktails · Lewes
Hunter Gather Cook
Posted 1 August 2021
Last week I was invited to an outdoor ‘Six Course Wild Dining Experience’ by @huntergathercook and it was every bit as good as it sounded!
Last week I was invited to an outdoor ‘Six Course Wild Dining Experience’ by @huntergathercook and it was every bit as good as it sounded!
Set in a beautiful barn called @shepherds_barn in Firle, @huntergathercook had collaborated with special guest chef @craiggrozier ( @fallachandining ) from Scotland to forage, create and prepare this wonderful meal for us and it honestly blew me away. All six courses were divine and freshly caught/foraged that week including the first truffles of the season that @b_dog_weston had sniffed out for our meal! What a legend!
Some stand out dishes (if I had to choose) to me were: Dog Whelk,Silver Birch, Laddie Malts, Gooseberry Heavily-peated Octomore Sourdough, Cultured Butter Smoked over Juniper Branches Isle of Mull Scallop, Sea Beet, Fanfield Farm Cucumber, Elderflower Lewes Roe Deer, Fanfield farm Beetroot, Ground Ivy, Unripe Red Currant Rosehip & Botanist Marshmallow
We were also treated to some fantastic cocktails by @abi_bruichlassie from @thebotanistgin with ingredients such as Pineapple Weed & Lemon Verbena foraged from the beautiful garden we dined in! It was sublime!
This event was definitely one that will not be forgotten quickly, an absolutely treat on a beautiful summers evening. The event is also BYOB so you can bring your favourite tipple to enjoy. As it took place in a rural area, there was a little walking to the venue involved which they pre- warned us about and someone had to drive so limited their drinking (clearly not me after by 4th cocktail!) but I would happily pay to go to this event or an event like this by @huntergathercook again! It really was such a treat and incredible to have just out the outskirts of Brighton!
@huntergathercook is a foraging and cookery school that specialises in game butchery, wild cocktails and outdoor cookery, exclusively over live fire. They put on a lot of different events and it’s well worth checking them out for something quite unique and an experience you definitely won’t forget!
I was invited to try this one. As always, all opinions are my own.
