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What we offer:

Foraging Days:  Engage in our monthly foraging adventures in Kent, where you can discover gourmet wild foods ranging from asparagus and goji berries to sea buckthorn. Some events have exciting 'add ons' such as swimming and cycling or exploring a Roman fort or James Bond coastal mansion.

Bespoke Parties: Lucia organizes tailored dining experiences for special occasions, ensuring a memorable culinary journey.

Corporate Away and Residential Days:  Perfect for team-building, these events combine nature exploration with gourmet dining.

Ethnobotanical Good Times:  Learn about the relationship between people and plants while enjoying delicious meals crafted from foraged ingredients.

Wild Kitchen Shop

The Wild Kitchen is a gastronomic foraging course. It was founded in 2012 by renowned forager & innovative Chef, Lucia Stuart who champions nature via the gathering of wild food and reappraisal of ancient cultural food traditions. She is an author*, member of The Association of Foragers and has been hosting for 30 years. She is featured on International TV and British radio.

BACKGROUND: Lucia owned a French restaurant, in SW France throughout the nineties. The Restaurant Cafe du Livre,  featured in The New York Times. It was frequented daily by a villager. Botanist & war veteran, 'Juju' came to the cafe with his arms full of plants for the menu. Food gathered from Le terroir was fresh seasonal ingredients growing on the landscape. The varying soils, seasons and eco-systems became inspiration for ever changing menus with rare ingredients.

Lucia's Fine Art degree and flair for techincal cooking facilitates a unique approach. France was the initial inspiration for The Wild Kitchen today whilst the Kent coastal landscape continues to deliver; feeding the fire!  It is blessed with a varied terroir, from chalk to woodland to meadows. *In 2011 Lucia published Eating Flowers, an illustrated foraging cook book for children for a reconnection with nature, good nutrition and simple recipes. She is working on her second wild food cook book.

Copyright Lucia Stuart 2025.       

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OCT 2025  Hi Lucia I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed yesterday. Work, kids, etc.,had rather distracted me from the bounty of nature, which is all around us. The fieldwork, yesterday, and particularly the tasty and inspiring feast afterwards, made me determined to open my eyes more. I really enjoyed as well the eclectic group at the lunch table, even though I was sitting in a puddle of water!   I will be recommending you to anyone I think might be interested. Please keep me apprised of future events. 

Regards, Damian

I honestly had the most heavenly time today. So interesting to learn about nature’s bounty. Also bravo to you and your team for the most perfect meal - all could not have been lovelier.

Will October 2024

MAY 2024 : I thought I'd drop you a line to thank you for the fantastic Sheerness foraging walk on Saturday. It was great; very informative and enlightening. My wife and I came over from Whitstable and we have already spotted various plants on our local beach that we hope to incorporate into salads, pies, risottos etc. In fact, later on we will be baking a butter-bean tart containing some of your delicious-looking sea kale, so thanks! Have a great summer, all the best,

MARTIN BARBOUR

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