West Coast Coastal Forage

ABOUT

Coastal Foraging Workshop

Lambertsbay, West Coast

19^th of Sept 9am - 2pm

WHO IS THIS WORKSHOP FOR:

Anyone who has an interest in wild, foraged and local food. Chefs or home cooks wanting to discover new ingredients or foodies wanting to play with the diverse wild flavours in our shellfish and edible seaweeds and discover their unique umami flavours. People interested in healthy living, coastal living, self-sufficiency, slow food or those that just want to have a delicious experience in the beautiful outdoors at a unique location.

WHAT TO EXPECT:

This workshop will introduce you to some of our local edible seaweeds, explore the magical world of rock pools, meet like-minded people, learn how to sustainably harvest and prepare macro-algae and shellfish, make various recipes together that will end in a lunch feast.

We will start off the day meeting at the beach, and after an intro on the rocks we will make our way down around the tidal pools where we will forage for edible seaweeds and shellfish. This beautiful coastline is abundant with food, but as we always forage sustainably, we will be focusing only on the species that are prolific in the area, stressing how to treat the wildlife with respect. After our morning on the rocks, we will head to our outdoor kitchen with our foraged food to prepare and create a coastal inspired lunch together over fire.

COST & WHAT IS INCLUDED:

R1200 per person.

This half day experience includes a delicious coastal inspired lunch based on our foraged ingredients. Follow up notes include intro, identification, recipes and tide charts.

WHAT TO BRING:

Beach gear, slip-slops or booties, your mollusk permit (essential – available at your nearest post office), sun protection and wind jackets, water bottle, a sense of humour and an appetite! Please bring your drink of choice to enjoy with the meal (beer, juice, spring water, wine etc whatever you prefer)

BONUS:

·        Collect seaweed to take home and preserve in methods learned on the day.

·        Its flower season in the West Coast!

·        We will also be looking at a few seasonal wildfood land plants that occur in abundance in the area.