

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Fire, Forage and Feast Cooking Retreat with Tom Hunt
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 02:00 pm – Sun, 22 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm
- **Event Description**: A Nature-Based Cooking Retreat with Tom Hunt at Bodhi Forest

Forage, ferment, and cook over fire. This seasonal, intuitive, nature-based cooking retreat at Bodhi Khaya’s sister venue, Bodhi Forest, invites you to work with nature’s pantry — foraged and seasonal produce — as inspiration for taste exploration and intuitive cooking innovation.

Together, we will cook whole foods from scratch, reconnect with the land through foraging
and harvesting at the farm, learning regenerative techniques that nourish both body and
planet. This retreat is about cooking with creativity, liberating ourselves from conventional
recipes, and inventing a personal style inspired by the land and its abundance.

Designed for all skill levels, the retreat offers a warm, welcoming, hands-on environment
where you can explore fire cooking, preservation, fermentation, and wholefood techniques
that are minimally processed, low-impact, and rich in nutrient diversity.

This retreat is more than cooking — it’s a joyful, regenerative act of reconnecting to food,
nature and community. Whether you are a professional chef, passionate home cook, or new
to the kitchen, you’ll leave with a deeper understanding of wholefood cooking and a practical
toolkit of recipes and techniques to carry forward.


About Tom Hunt 

Tom Hunt is a chef, Guardian Columnist and author of Eating for Pleasure, People &amp; Planet
whose work celebrates the intersection of nourishment, nature, and regenerative living.

His collaborations include working alongside Dan Barber’s team to create a dish for the
acclaimed WastED pop-up, staging at Noma — five-time nominee for the world’s best
restaurant — and cooking with Argentinian fire chef Francis Mallmann.
Tom’s approach blends ecological gastronomy with intuitive, creative cooking inspired by the land’s seasonal rhythms, encouraging cooks of all levels to reconnect with food as a joyful, regenerative
practice.

Retreat Highlights
Over the course of the retreat, you’ll:
● Join guided foraging walks to gather wild and seasonal ingredients
● Learn hands-on skills in fermentation, preservation, and cooking over fire
● Cook collaboratively using local, foraged, and farm-grown produce
● Invent and prepare your own dishes in small teams, fostering intuitive cooking
● Share vibrant, seasonal meals cooked together
● Participate in cooking workshops led by Tom Hunt, focused on creativity and
ecological gastronomy
● Take home a ferment in a jar, a recipe pamphlet, and a thoughtful gift
● Enjoy fireside evenings with mocktails
● Rest, swim in natural ponds, walk the surrounding wild landscape, and relax in the
sauna
● Be nourished with plant-rich food, fresh ideas, and meaningful creative connection
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/gansbaai/fire-forage-and-feast-cooking-retreat-with-tom-hunt/200029431622053
- **Event Categories**: workshops, food-drinks, art, cooking, literary-art, pop-ups
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 31

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.bodhikhaya.com/facilitated-retreats-1?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=gansbaai-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Gansbaai
- **state**: WC
- **country**: South Africa
- **location**: Bodhi Khaya Nature Retreat
- **lat**: -34.560293896045
- **long**: 19.454898834229
- **full address**: Bodhi Khaya Nature Retreat, Grootbos Road,Overstrand, Gansbaai, South Africa

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Bodhi Khaya Nature Retreat (https://allevents.in/org/bodhi-khaya-nature-retreat/1768153)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 02:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Bodhi Khaya Nature Retreat, Grootbos Road,Overstrand, Gansbaai, South Africa
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Bodhi Khaya Nature Retreat
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops, food-drinks, art, cooking, literary-art, pop-ups
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Fire, Forage and Feast Cooking Retreat with Tom Hunt ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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