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Read more about our Gourmet Wild Food Weekends
GOURMET WILD FOOD WEEKENDS
Saturday 10am - Sunday 4pm
£185 per person | Book

This is the ultimate Fat Hen experience. These weekends are for serious food lovers who want to treat themselves to the experience of real foraging, learn to cook with professional and passionate chefs, and then to savour the delights of feasting on the freshest, most seasonal wild food in the warm and beautiful Goat Barn by fire and candlelight...read more.
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Read more about our Wild Food Taster Days
WILD FOOD TASTER DAYS
10am - 4 pm
Includes a 3 course wild lunch
£75 per person | Book


3 - 4 hour forage on West Cornwall's beaches, cliff tops, woodlands and hedgerows gathering seaweeds, herbs, flowers, salads and vegetables followed by a 3 course wild food lunch cooked communally with Caroline and eaten back in Fat Hen's Farmhouse kitchen...read more.
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WILD FOOD TASTER WALKS
Two-hour walks | Under 16s free
£15 per person | Book

2 hour guided walks in locations around West Cornwall. Winter and Spring walks often start at Fat Hen HQ and late Spring and Summer walks at coastal and inland locations around the Penwith Peninsula. The walks take place throughout the year between Feb and Nov, though I am happy to lead walks all through the Winter so just contact me to book a date....read more.
Read more about our Wild Food Taster Walks
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WILD FOOD CYCLING DAYS
These days run from 10am - 4pm
£60 per person | Book


The day will cover quite a lot of ground - up to 30 miles and will be partly on-road and partly off road. You will get to experience a broad range of wild food habitats in West Cornwall and will get to eat a 3 course wild lunch outside on the beach (if the weather is good) or under cover if not. You need to bring your own bike (mountain bike or hybrid)...read more.
Read more about our Wild Food Cycling Days
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Read more about our Private Foraging Days with 2 nights in The Old Wash House
PRIVATE FORAGING DAY
WITH 2 NIGHTS ACCOMMODATION
IN THE OLD WASH HOUSE

Price £320 - £380 (depending on season) for two people


Come and stay in the beautifully converted Old Wash House for two nights and spend a day with Caroline foraging and cooking wild food. The day will take the same format as the Wild Food Taster Day....read more.
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Read more about Fat Hen Team Days
TEAM DAYS
Price £350 per day
Contact Caroline for availability

Bring your team from work or get together with some friends to come on a day of foraging and cooking with Caroline. These days can be organised for groups up to 10 and will take the format of a wild food taster day. (It may be possible to organise a day with larger groups - please get in touch with your query.)
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WILD FOOD WALK AND WILD
LUNCH AT THE GURNARD'S HEAD

10am - 2.30pm
£40 per person | Book

A circular coastal wild food walk from the Gurnards Head, Zennor followed by a 3 course wild lunch in the pub cooked by chef Bruce Rennie.

Meet for coffee in the bar at the Gurnards Head..
...read more.
The Gurnards Head, Zennor
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5 COURSE WILD FOOD DINNER
AT FLINTY RED, BRISTOL

£40 per person | Book


5 courses of Cornish wild food, freshly foraged by Caroline and cooked by chef Matt Williamson, matched with organic and biodynamic wines selected by Matt and partner Claire Thomson. Served at Flinty Red in Bristol...read more.

Check out the Flinty Red website here.
Flinty  Red - Wine and Restaurant
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Saturday Night Feast-Only Option!
GOURMET WILD FOOD FEAST
£40 per person

There are a limited number of places available to join the Saturday Night Feast during our Gourmet Wild Food Weekends. Contact Caroline to check availability.
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Fat Hen Gift Vouchers
FAT HEN GIFT VOUCHERS

Gift vouchers are currently unavailable for Fat Hen courses and events due to Caroline's maternity leave in 2012.
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CONSULTANCY

Price £ 250 per day (+ travel expenses @ £0.35p/mile) | Contact Caroline for availability

Caroline can carry out a Wild Food Survey or a Useful Plant Survey of your land. With over a decade of Ecological Consultancy experience with
CEC Ltd., Caroline has the expertise to visit you at home and survey your land for edible, medicinal, useful and invasive plants. A full botanical survey can be carried out to include all the native plants growing on your land if you would like the full survey. Advice for planting schemes to enhance the land for wildlife or to improve the wild food resource on the land can also be given. Plant uses and recipes will be included in a report with annotated maps of your land showing the location of all these plants.
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Location & Contact : Fat Hen, Gwenmenhir, Boscawen-noon Farm, St Buryan, Penzance, Cornwall TR19 6EH | Tel. 01736 810156 | caroline@fathen.org