FEASTING

HARRIET MANSELL & ANA ORTIz

‘Wild Smoke’

To say we’re thrilled that Harriet and Ana will be offering our feasting experience at Castlewood this year is a huge understatement. We’ve been supplying both Robin Wylde and Lilac for many years now, and Harriet was keen to invite Ana to cook with her as their style and passion for ingredients is so aligned. This will also be an opportunity for the duo to use the bespoke Fire Made cooking equipment that Ana and husband Tom handcraft in Somerset.

After the runaway success of her eponymous Lyme Regis pop-up, Harriet Mansell opened Robin Wylde to critical acclaim in 2020, its ever-evolving tasting menu experience, an instant hit. A little sister followed a year later in the shape of sustainably minded restaurant and wine bar, Lilac. Celebrating the diversity and abundance of wild West Country produce, the two have breathed new life into the Dorset dining scene, cementing Harriet’s status as one of the UK’s most exciting talents.

For Ana Ortiz, live fire cooking is a way of life, and her vibrant flavourful Ecuadorian cuisine has been attracting attention in the UK. Aside from Fire Made’s cooking equipment, Ana also runs experience days in Somerset where anyone can come and learn the craft of cooking over fire. Ana grew up on the Galapagos Islands, where weekend-long feasts cooked over smouldering embers were a regular occurrence. With her grandfather (‘Papi Polo‘) a skilled hunter and butcher, her uncle a seasoned fisherman, and her father an asado obsessive, Ortiz family get-togethers would centre around the fire, where the entirety of the weekend’s haul would be cooked over flames, seasoned simply, and enjoyed as a family.

At this year’s event, diners will be seated on hay bales at a long, banqueting table under a tented canopy. You will be greeted with a glass of our Castlewood Brut Reserve before sitting down to a spectacular 4 course feast, prepared and cooked in front of you. Ana will bring flavours of the Galapagos Island to rural east Devon and Harriet will showcase an array of wild ingredients foraged in the woodlands and fields around us. Diners can expect spring bounty from coastline to kitchen garden, plus of course our very own Castlewood venison.

We are offering pre sold tickets only for this spectacular dining experience. Lunch will be served at 1 o'clock in the food area of the festival grounds, next to the Brewery Stage.

Tickets £50 per person.

Only a limited number of tickets are available for Harriet & Ana’s ‘Wild Smoke’ please stipulate any dietary requirements when ordering. Vegan and vegetarian options will be available.
Early booking is suggested, when they're gone they're gone!