international wild food and chefs training
TWO DAYS OF FORAGING, WILDCHEFS WORKSHOPS & FINE DINING
During this 2 day course, you will be immersed in the wild food and chefs scene in one of the most beautiful settings near Brussels.
The wild food training will take place by expert in wild plants and founder of Forest To Plate, Ben Brumagne, who has been training thousands of people for years, has traveled the world in search of plants and is known for his book ‘the foragers book’.
The culinary training will be by Niel De Weerdt, former sous chef of Humus & Hortense, whose expertise has grown over the years by working in fine dining restaurants all over the world and has closely worked with chefs like Nicolas Decloedt & Kobe Desramaults.
Niel De Weerdt
You will learn how to identify and harvest the most common wild foods, and how to optimally use their flavors. Transform wild plants into the most beautiful recipes and learn how to preserve them for the next season. Both food and drinks will be discussed.
All of this in a chef friendly environment, so the perfect place to get to know and connect with chefs from all over the world.
After this course, you should be able to recognize and harvest at least 5 to 10 plants on your own and turn them into the most delicious recipes.
Discussed plants are land plants that can be found all over northern moderate Europe, and many other moderate parts of the world like Northern United States, the Himalaya-mountains, the Middle-East or South Australia.
WHEN
Monday-tuesday 6 & 7 may
SCHEDULE
Monday
10AM welcome and intro
12PM lunch
13-16h30 PM wild food walk
5PM wild chef training
8PM dinnerTuesday
8AM breakfast
9AM wild food walk
12AM outdoor cooking session
1 PM lunch
2 PM small walk
3 PM wild chef training and contest
7PM dinner
8PM home
LOCATION
You will stay at the Forest To Plate house, in Vireux-Molhain, just across the Belgian border. here at the foot of the Meuse valley and along the lush Viroinval, there are plenty of wonderful hiking trails.
WHAT TO EXPECT DURING THIS WEEKEND
this training is specifically for chefs who are looking to learn more about the wild food world and cuisine
all meals and snacks provided from monday noon till tuesday night
wild food walks with a foraging expert
culinary training by fine dining chef
you will learn about 25 wild edible plants (and or mushrooms).
stay included in a beautiful location
connect and socialize with chefs from all over
ideal way to get into nature, learn and relax
follow our daily posts & stories about wild edible plants
PRICE
€395 excl vat/btw
shared room or glamping tent
private room or glamping tent from 2 persons
including all organic meals, snacks, alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks
including all wild food walks & cooking workshops
after payment you get 5% discount on all our products & activities via the webshop
PRACTICAL
address rue de la jussiere (or Hussiere) 58, Vireux-Molhain, France (500m from Belgian border), already take a look inside the house
arrival 10AM on monday 6/05
departure 8PM on tuesday 7/05
there are 3 shared bathrooms
covid measures are always applied according to the necessary rules
WHAT TO BRING
comforter, mattress and pillow are already present, so only: bottom sheet, fitted sheet and a pillowcase
towel
good walking shoes
waterproof jacket
notebook
small pocket knife and bag to carry picked plants
follow our daily posts & stories about wild edible plants
