British Wild Food Festival

We are super excited to introduce you to some of the most talented teachers, chefs, food producers and wild folk.

We're even more excited to be bringing you the most epic cook off competition in the whole world. our 'Make It Wild' cook off will see some of the most talented wild food cooks create some mouth-watering and most incredible food from our wild larder. They will be provided with a common ingredient (i.e. chicken/ tofu etc) and they will have one hour to 'Make It Wild' cooking right in front of your eyes, you'll be able to chat to them as they prepare and then the fun will begin, the judging. Click here to see how you can be a judge

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Meet the amazing individuals to find out more about them and what they're bringing to the festival.

Association of Foragers

The AoF is one of our official sponsors and with out this amazing community of foragers this festival would not be a thing.

The AoF is a collective of wild folk who all make some sort of a living from foraging. They will be on site to chat with you about foraging and leading a free foraging walk

Ali Mac- The Fungi Guy

This is one Fun-gi, want to learn about the wonderful world of fungi and be utterly entertained while being blown away? This is the talk for you.

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Valentine Warner

Valentine is an incredible chef, food writer and nature enthusiast. He first came to our screens in 2008 with Tv series What To Eat Now.
Valentine will be talking to us about the importance of nature in our food.

Alex McAllister-Lunt- Force of Nature Chef

Alex is an incredible wild food chef. Alex teaches primitive skills such as wild butchery along side foraging and fermentation Alex will be joining forces with The Cotswolds forager to bring you a long table dining experience and wild butchery

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Rob Gould- The Cotswolds Forager

Rob is a forager with 20 years of experience under his belt, Rob loves experimenting with wild flavours, making ferments wild food and miso's.
Rob will be teaming up with Alex to bring you a long table dining experience and wild butchery

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Andrea Burnand- Pickle and Brew

Andrea is a forager and holistic therapist, Andrea knows her wild medicine and runs her own clinic where she practices acupuncture, reflexology, Bowen and reiki
Andrea will be leading some wild medicinal walks

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Emma Cronin -Wild Pickle

Emma is a fabulous foraging fermenter creating the most amazing things from Kombucha, cultured butter to kimchi, miso and Sauerkraut.
Emma will be leading some wild fermentation workshops

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Katalin Kocsis - The Naked Pea

Kat is our Miso expert, She's been cooking professionally for nearly 15 years, she made it to the quarterfinals of master chef and then went on to train at Noma, and now her main focus is zero waste food.

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Graham and Christine- Whitehouse foraging

This wonderful couple are quite often found supporting our sponsors the Association of Foragers, but for us they're leading a family friendly forage.

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Lisa Cutcliffe- Edulis wild food

A seasoned wild food specialist and foraging instructor, located in Leeds, UK, boasting over two decades of expertise in harvesting wild fungi, fruits, flowers, and foliage from nature's abundant pantry.

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Gavin Ireland - Found Food

Gavin is a wild food guide and nettle enthusiast, he is the founder of the nettle fest and will be offering some exciting nettle and dandelion focused workshops

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Craig Worral - 4 Wild Seasons and Edible Leeds

Craig is a foraging guide and chef, and wow what this guy can produce for just a few ingredients is mind blowing! Craig will be talking about his biggest passion Acorns.

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Lucy Cooke- The Wild Cooke

Lucy is a fantastic forager and make some beautiful looking and tasting food with wild ingredients, she will be offering a long table lunch time dining experience

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Brendan and Amelia -Mycosia

From a love of mushrooms and nature, growing mushrooms became a way of life, this duo now teach you how to grow your own mushrooms to enjoy.

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Ben Sweet- Truffle Forager

Ben has been a truffle hound for a number of years now and will be offering a come and have a go truffle snuff with your furry friends and a talk on truffle hunting in the UK

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Charlotte Flowers - Charlotte Flowers Chocolates

Charlotte is our very own Willy Wonka, creating the most amazing chocolates infusing them with the wonderful flavours she finds in the wild, her chocolate is like no other.

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Lucy Cuzzocrea- Wild Roots Foraging

Lucy is our white witch, with a deep connection to nature, lucy offers a range of wild courses from connective circles, foraging and wild medicine. Lucy will be offering foraging walks

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Carolyn- Wild silence and solace

Carolyn is spreading the message about seeking solace through Mindful Silence & other things. Offerings: Natural products & practices to nurture your soul. Accredited Dru Breath & Pranayama Coach and Dru Calm & Relax Coach. Slow Living Advocate

Andy Hamilton

Author of Booze For Free and The First Time Forager, and his latest release New Wild Order.

Andy is a forager, deep thinker and thought provoking writer

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Agnieszka Laskus

Agnieszka is a wonderful spirit, she creates medicinal tinctures from wild mushrooms, unlocking the powerful remedies of the Fly Agaric mushroom.

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Hannah-May Batley- Hedge School

Hannah is Passionate about supporting communities to recover, reconnect & restore their relationships with kith & kin through the sharing of traditional skills, knowledge & unruly education.

Hannah will be offering a talk on the importance of plants in our communities

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Julie Moss- Fern and Fables

Julie is a wild educator and story teller. She supports nature connection, well being and helps inspire and creates opportunities for togetherness in nature. Julie will be offering some mushroom carving sessions.

Henrietta Fernandez - Eat Leaves, Shoots and Weeds

Henri is an amazing teacher and crafter, she teaches food technology in schools and leads guided foraging walks.

Henri will be leading our children's foraging walks

Steve Thompson- The Foraging Chef

Steve is a huge foody and incredible chef using as much wild food in his cooking as he can, Steve is back by popular demand, delivering us another epic cooking demo with tasters

Netherton Foundry

A small multi generation family business who have been designing cooking products for over three decades. Their objective is to build quality products made from materials principally sourced in Shropshire and its neighbouring counties. In our own small way, we are committed to reducing our impact on this fragile planet by building products that will last, from materials we trust.

They will be delivering a cooking demo and letting us use their incredible pans in our cook off.

James Walter - Seed Chocolate

This small batch chocolate producer is inspired by the seasons and the ingredients that each new season brings. The chocolate is ethically sourced and lovingly crafted. James will be delivering a chocolate tasting session

Sara Abbot

Sara is an incredibly talented artist of over 20 years who makes beautiful willow and foraged material baskets. Sara will be leading a small group basket weaving class

Edward Daniel- Ethivegan

Edward has been a solicitor for over three decades and is passionate about helping raise people's awareness around animal rights and foraging. Edward is also a vegan chef, author, and was Chair of The Vegan Society; instrumental as veganism hit mainstream. Edward will be delivering a free talk on foraging and the law.

Wild Dyes with Suspended in Sun Beam

We create dreamily soft accessories, dyed with nature’s palette for women who desire a life more connected to the beauty of our natural world.

During our workshop we will create dreamily soft accessories, dyed with nature’s palette for people who desire a life more connected to the beauty of our natural world. Harnessing centuries-old practices to extract colour from plants, minerals and insects.

Discover the beauty of natural colour with a short intro into the technique of natural dyeing. Followed by dyeing your own silk headscarf.

Eva Humphries - Whole Food Warrior

A Nottingham-based, leading BANT registered nutritionist with a realistic take on nutrition.

Somewhere along the way, we blew this nutrition thing out of proportion so I have a really relaxed approach to it which is less about rigid rules and cutting everything out and more about easy ways to add in nutrients.

Eva will be delivering a mouth watering Layer up the flavour to make any dish tasty cooking demo.

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Please be aware due to the nature of the Follies, wheel chair and push chair access will be limited to the grand valley (where many of our talks and stalls will be taking place)

Entry will be from 10am and the park closes at 5pm, with the long table dinner starting from 5.30pm

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