4 Wild Seasons Winter Pop Up: Game For It. Saturday 29th February. Leeds

Hard to believe a full year has flown since hosting our last winter pop up - time flies! Spurred on by glowing feedback from diners at last years event, we can't wait to get back in the kitchens and tantalise your taste-buds once more. The following link will take you to a page I recently published, explaining more about 4 wild seasons and it's ethics:
https://edible-leeds.blogspot.com/p/4-wild-seasons-wild-food-dining.html

Game For It...

4 Wild Seasons are taking over the kitchens once again at
Seven Arts: http://www.sevenleeds.co.uk/ in Chapel Allerton, Leeds, to cook and serve you a menu that is local, seasonal, natural, wild & different.

Game For It, will be a 6 course, 2 canape and petit four, taste odyssey, featuring the harnessed yet untamed flavours of forest, hedgerow, mountain, coast & meadow, bringing you the very best in wild, seasonal, foraged and other flavours.

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

We're very pleased to announce that, Josh Whitehead, current executive chef for Harewood Food & Drink Project will be collaborating with us on this event. Josh is a good friend of ours and is one of the most innovative, creative and naturally talented chefs in the UK and a lovely to boot.

All you need to experience this wilder side of winter is a sense of culinary adventure and: £65pp

Ticket available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/4-wild-seasons-game-for-it-tickets-92350848875?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

We will be serving wild game at this pop up.

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