Throughout the year we host outdoor events which focus on wild food and cooking with fire. These include dining experiences, guided foraging walks, wild camping events and wild cocktail workshops.
We embrace traditional, wood-fired cooking techniques which celebrate the seasonal wild ingredients that we harvest from the surrounding landscape. Hunting and foraging provides us with ethically sourced organic meat, fresh line-caught fish, wild greens, berries and fungi.
Through our events and workshops we offer the chance to connect with the nature, practice new skills and to learn about cooking with the wild ingredients native to the British Isles.
“We need the tonic of wildness. We can never have enough of nature.”
background
FIRE + WILD was established in 2017 by chef, hunter and forager Mark Andrews.
After several chaotic years working in the music industry in London he decided it was time to carve out a more simple way of life and returned to his rural roots.
The next few years were spent exploring the wild parts of Scotland, Sweden and France, cooking over fire and foraging for food during remote camping and canoe trips.
During his travels Mark would supply wild mushrooms to some of the UK’s top restaurants, often sampling some of their finest dishes in exchange for the contents of his basket. This behind the scenes access to the world of fine dining provided huge inspiration on his own journey to becoming a chef. Since then he has developed a unique style of cooking heavily influenced by the use of fire and the landscapes, habitats and wildlife of the boreal forest.
OUR TEAM
At FIRE + WILD we take a hands-on, hunter gatherer approach to sourcing the ingredients that we use in our dishes. Our small team includes expert foragers, trained hunters, chefs and a sommelier and we all work together to gather the wild plants, mushrooms, fish and game for our kitchen.
We source other products from local hunters, Sussex vineyards, cheese makers, fishmongers and small scale organic farmers. Trusted connections with others in the wider local community ensure that we only work with ingredients produced by those who share our values. Through their methods and practices they are helping to support conservation and sustainable food production.
REVIEWS
"A ticket to one of Fire + Wild’s foraging feasts is the perfect gift. Each month, the team take 24 guests to woodlands in East Sussex for a dining experience they’ll never forget. A five-course tasting menu outdoors – think of it is as a super-luxe, super-delicious barbecue”
— GQ MAGAZINE
"Thank you to Mark and team! That was an amazing sensational journey. If you like nature and food and you are curious about foraged wild food and drinks I would say this is the best present you could give to anybody.”
— SOPHIA
“Absolutely amazing!!!! Thank you for a wonderful feast and lovely vibes. I want to do this again please!”
— LUCY
"Beautiful location, amazing food and the loveliest staff. Thank you for a brilliant day!”
— shelley
"The location so perfect, the food totally blew us away. It's truly impressive that you can produce that level of cooking in the wild over open fires. I will go to bed tonight dreaming of bone marrow butter and nettle gnocchi and wondering how you dreamt up the gorgeous presentation of your dessert”
— CLARE
"Fire & Wild is encouraging more individuals to look harder at the provenance of their food, reconnecting them with nature, by foraging, harvesting and eating the wild food that surrounds them.”
— PURSUIT MAGAZINE
“Wonderful day out, amazing food & venue, surrounded by beautiful souls. Thank you for a memorable day”
— AMY
"Thank you for a fantastic meal and experience on Saturday! It was truly memorable”