Alfresco feasts and fire-cooked flavours return to Lime Wood

The Staff Canteen

This summer, Lime Wood’s Forest Kitchen is back with a series of sun-soaked, fire-led lunches set under the Cedar trees.

Each Sunday event will feature some of the UK’s most exciting chefs, cooking over open flames on the Asado wood-fired grill alongside Lime Wood’s own Angela Hartnett and Luke Holder

Guests can expect bold, seasonal menus, smoky flavours, and a relaxed, outdoor setting - all part of a unique culinary experience that blends exceptional ingredients with the theatre of live-fire cooking.

Here’s what’s on the Forest Kitchen lineup

June 8 – Grape, Fire and Feast

Angela Hartnett, Luke Holder and the HH&Co team launch the series with a menu inspired by Italy and cooked over smoking vines. A true celebration of Mediterranean flavours and summer hospitality.

June 29 – Earth, Fire and Feast

Chefs Valentine Warner and Julius Roberts bring the wild to the grill. Expect rustic dishes using foraged and farm-grown ingredients, celebrating nature’s raw, untamed flavours.

July 13 – Meat, Fire and Feast

Jorge Paredes, head chef of Michelin-starred OMA in Borough Market, fires up a menu packed with bold, coastal Mediterranean flavours - from Greece to South London.

August 24 – Fish, Fire and Feast

Seafood takes centre stage with Michelin-starred Tom Brown, known for Shoreditch’s Pearly Queen and his fearless approach to fish-focused cooking.

September 7 – Wild, Fire and Feast

Jessica Filbey of Portobello’s Canteen trades pasta for flame, bringing her signature seasonal style and unfussy indulgence to the final event in the series.

 

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Editor 20th May 2025

Alfresco feasts and fire-cooked flavours return to Lime Wood