4 Wild Seasons Summer Pop Up: Friday 12th July. Barnoldswick

4 Wild Seasons will be popping up in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, to cook and serve you a summer menu that is seasonal, natural, different.

A 3 course taste journey, featuring the harnessed yet untamed flavours of coast, forest, hedgerow and meadow, bringing you the very best in wild, seasonal, foraged flavours.

All foraged & non-foraged ingredients will be ethically sourced & lovingly fermented, cured, smoked, pickled, prepped, cooked & served.

All you need to experience this wilder side of Summer is a sense of culinary adventure and: £27.50pp (payment required on booking).

A wild inspired gin summer cocktail is available for £5 only when booking (usual price of cocktail is £7.50). Please mention this offer when booking (price will be £32.50).

Booking essential. Email: edible.leeds@gmail.com

I have a very different ethic with regards to food and the quality served to my guests than most restaurants and food chains. I spare no expense on ingredients and always source with the least amount of environmental impact, opting for local, seasonal, organic and natural while supporting artisan and progressive producers. If I wouldn't eat it, I wouldn't serve you it. I make very little, if any money from these events and I do the work of a team of chefs on my own (I do have some close friends and loved ones that assist on the nights themselves).

I want 4 Wild Seasons to be the change I would like to see in the world and food industry and although it means extra work, I love it. I feel this is reflected in the food I serve.

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