We spent a wonderful evening in August at Ground Up Cookery's Summer Wild Dining Experience. Drinks and canapes in the delightful walled garden was a great way to start (and the weather helped, too). Then we moved inside for a brilliantly prepared five-course meal. A communal table for 14 people was large enough for lots of different conversations without being too big. The service was perfectly judged. It felt like having dinner with friends. And like all such experiences, we can't wait to go back. Thank you Colin and Tasha.

What an enjoyable few hours. I went home and repeated two of the recipes the next day. I love Greek food but have never been confident with dough.so to come away having made both pittas and filo pastry was amazing. Thank you so much.

We went along to Colin's Seasonal Wild Dining Experience which really showed off local seasonal produce. All very tasty and some surprises in a lovely setting. Big thumbs also for making it gluten free for me. Really hope Ground Up Cookery School will do something like this again.

What a fantastic evening! This was the cookery school's first fermented and wild foraged food event, and we felt it was a huge success. The food was absolutely delicious, with a wonderful variety of dishes, and we learnt so much about foraging, fermenting, and how to incorporate these into everyday cooking.

The atmosphere was warm and welcoming, helped by a lovely group of fellow guests who made the evening even more enjoyable. We really hope this is the first of many events like this—we'll certainly be back!

Our meal was a complete treat from start to finish.
The setting of the school is fantastic, overlooking the fields of Chudleigh. We started with drinks and delicious apertisers in the garden. The preserved peach served on a teaspoon with burrata was heaven .
The meal was served around the table indoors. Each course was heavenly. For us the nettle gnocchi and the delicate magnolia cured trout were stand outs as were the beef.
It was an amazing meal , served with a wine flight for many of the 14 diners.
The whole evening was a delight.

Thank you so much Kristi for a very enjoyable Moroccan Festive morning.
As well as cooking Flat breads, how to make preserved lemons, 2 traditional Tagines , one chicken, one vegetable, Chermoula dressing and Loubia, a white bean stew, we also learnt about the culture and how to balance the spices . We finished the day sitting all together and sharing what we had cooked.
I cannot recommend the Ground Up Cookery school enough for all they do to make this a very enjoyable time, learning and having fun. I will be back.
Wendy

It was an excellent course, great people and thoroughly enjoyable.
Hopefully you will run of the same and I can bring my family on them!

A marvellous 'productive' morning putting everything together and learning how the spices blend, create heat yet not hot, finding the kneading of the bread relaxing and meditative. Kristie was great in making it relaxed, informative and sharing top tips for techniques to take home. (Along with gentle reminders of steps in the process!)
An immersive experience as always with great company and splendid meal to share at the end.
Spice rack is in full use

A great morning learning and cooking with the warm tasty Moroccan spices, simple to produce lots of really wonderful dishes for the group lunch in just a few hours. Top tips acquired too. Lovely absorbing course.

An excellent 2 hrs of interesting tasting and drinks, very informative and takeaways to try at home.

This was my fourth course with Ground up cookery school and each one has been fantastic!
Colin has a great knack of explaining things, I have learnt so much!
Who knew that fermented swede would taste so good!

Thank you Colin 😊

If you thought nettles were best avoided because they sting you, well Colin at the Ground up cookery school will change your mind and they will become your best friend. We learnt how to make, and tasted 5 things with nettles, all healthy and nutritious, in fact you would be hard pushed to believe you were eating nettles.! As always a fun and informative afternoon. Now if you will excuse me I am off to get some nettles.

A great little session that flew by in no time. I went along with my son and we both got the opportunity to make our own pizza dough to take away. Prepared dough was provided for us to make out own and eat it for lunch.

We both thoroughly enjoyed it and I'm now putting into practice what I learned.

The location was lovely, Kristi was an excellent instructor and we both enjoyed ourselves.

It was a great course and we both really enjoyed it pizza making

My friends and I had a lovely morning in beautiful surroundings making dealious truffles and chocolates, what better thing could you do on a Sunday afternoon.
Thanks again for a lovely session