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Today I went on my second course with this company. The first was with my daughters in May with Eric at Ross on Wye, one of the founders and it was so good, I booked a second with my partner who has a spinal injury. This one was more local at Elmdon and we were guided by Phil. By taking a camping chair to sit during the talks between walks, we were able to complete the course without difficulty. Informative, enjoyable and fun, these courses are for everyone. The food prepared with foraged food at the end is amazing. The prep and time by these dedicated, experienced, knowledgeable foragers that goes into creating an enjoyable day is phenomenal. I would highly recommend a day out in nature with these guys. And definately buy the book. Well laid out and excellent photos!

This is the second time I’ve been on the Wild Food UK walk. Both times has been with the knowledgable and enthusiastic Kerry - who even runs a poisoning identification group for plant mishaps!
Both times I’ve been blown away by the fact they include a three course vegan meal from mostly foraged goods (food is usually vegetarian, but if someone is listed as vegan the whole meal
Is vegan - just say on the booking form). The course it self is so insightful, I’ve learnt something different each time and encourage everyone to have a go!

Absolutely brilliant.
Eric was a fantastic host;he showed us what we can and cannot eat, gave brilliant descriptions of each plant and picked plants we could eat there and then. We had a elderberry champagne and soup while out on the walk. After we got back to a set up in the beer garden where we ate had starters and mushroom pasta.
Eric made the whole experience very interesting and it is clear that he is very knowledge about foraging.

I’ve just had a fantastic afternoon on the Craigengillan estate course. We saw absolutely loads, tried the bits we found along the way (the safe ones) and the food at the end and on the way round was fabulous. Jordan the instructor was fantastic and an absolute fountain of knowledge answering all questions and going over what we saw in detail.
I’m ready to go back again already!!

A wonderful way to spend the afternoon. We went to Drovers rest near Hay on Wye for the experience and learnt so much. Eric was a fantastic guide.
Our delicious delights were, elderflower champagne, hogwort and wild garlic soup (this was amazing!), haw leathers, mixed leaf salad, St George mushrooms in cream sauce, hogwort, wild garlic and pine nut tart. We are looking forward to going again in the autumn.

My husband and I went on a foraging course in the New Forest on 29 October 2022.

We had a fantastic afternoon finding out that you can find and eat mushrooms that you would never believe were edible. Mind blown!!

Fabio was excellent. Friendly and knowledgeable and a great cook. We drank sparkling elderflower wine, mushroom soup and the he cooked the mushrooms we found in a cream sauce with pasta. Yum!

A brilliant afternoon and I'd love to do another Wild Food UK course at a different time of year, to learn what else you can eat from the great British countryside.

The foraging book is a good investment too.

Thanks Wild Food UK and Fabio. Brilliant!

I had an amazing experience!

The knowledge Phil had was fantastic and he took us on a great adventure.

Definitely plan to book another course, and would highly recommend it to friends and family.

Thank you to all involved in making the day so enjoyable.

I really enjoyed this afternoon walk and forage. I learned lots, chatted with the other attendees and thought our host/expert Fabio was passionate, fun and informative. The food along the way, showing off foraged ingredients in a recipe, was excellent. I also loved the meal at the end. Highly recommended if you have an interest.

Terrific experience! Very interesting and informative, learned an awful lot about what you can and can't eat. Food and drink provided all added to to the 'forage experience'. Ceri our guide was fabulous, good people person who made the whole experience even more enjoyable.
My only criticism. Despite Wild Food's allowing children, please don't take them. The experience really isn't geared for kids and it's very evident that toddlers get bored very quickly and I could see that, that could impact on some attendees experience.
That to one side, go for it; you'll learn things you didn't know!

Really enjoyable foraging course with Fabio at Blenheim. He explained everything in detail making it interesting and informative. Lovely meal afterwards, cooked by Fabio. Extremely well organised.

Booked this for my partner's daughter who has recently got into mushrooms and foraging. Four of us went and had the best time! I was interested to learn but didn't have any particular interest in foraging before. However, Fabio was so enthusiastic and knowledgeable that you couldn't help but take a keen interest. The course is absolutely brilliant and so varied. We walk around a small common and woodland area and even though it was the beginning of the foraging season, Fabio found so much for us to learn about and see. Giving us some elderflower tea and hogweed soup inbetween foraging was a great touch....and absolutely delicious. Cooking a meal from our foraged goods at the end was so exciting to see and really made the day! Great people and excellent company. Could not recommend more!

Highly Recommended! You must try here!

We've now done two courses with this amazing company - April foraging and Autumn mushrooms. Tghe knowledge and enthusiasm these people have is second to none - merely walking with them in the countryside would be fun enough, but to be shown so many varieties of Nature's free food was eye (and jaw!) opening! Oh and the grub at the end was just fantastic!
We will be with them again next year - and ha ve already recommended threm to family and friends. THE perfect Christmas present to young and old!

Spent a wonderful afternoon with my wife on the Bridgnorth (Shropshire) foraging course led by Eric who 'brought the woods alive' with his knowledge of the wild plants and fungi around. Some clear do's and don't pointers provide us with the confidence for safer next steps into this free food world. Thank you Eric for an informative and fun afternoon with some tasty treats along the way.

Highly recommended and we'll be on another course soon!