Monday, January 17, 2011

Small Hotel 2009 Bronze Awardee Offers Luxury Cornwall Food Foraging Package

hotels in CornwallJanuary 18, 2011 – Cornwall UK – one of the most renowned luxury hotels Cornwall - Old Quay House Hotel – has offered “Food Foraging Package,” a one of a kind, new hotels in Cornwall experience for the truly adventurous Gourmet!


To offer a unique luxury Cornwall experience for gourmet and chefs, Old Quay House Hotel teamed up with Wild Food School in Lostwithiel to introduce an offbeat but popular package of luxury Cornwall accommodation and wild food foraging.


“Wild Food foraging is the complete counter culture to supermarket homogeneity and uses new skills to find seasonal, nutritionally rich and ingredients for free,” said Old Quay House Luxury Cornwall Hotel.


“It is totally an immersive luxury Cornwall experience exploring sheltered stretches of the River Fowey, nearby country lanes and the our local deciduous and evergreen woodlands of which as the season change, so too does the wealth and availability of edible wild plants.”


Trips are led by food historian and wild food aficionado Marcus Harrison. His interest of wild food stretches nearly over 40 years after he discovered the WW I book “Wild Foods of Great Britain” in 1971.


Benn Bass, the Head Chef of The Old Quay House luxury Cornwall hotel and keen forager, will then invite participants into his kitchen for some impromptu cooking.


Participants will learn how to use wild greens, prepare nutty-flavoured acorn tagliatte, create Thai-style Oak Forest Curry or assemble salads from the young leaves of oxeye daisy, wild spinach and sorrel.


With this exciting luxury hotels Cornwall food foraging package, a morning with Ben and Marcus will leave guests smiling and inspired to go foraging wherever and whenever they can.


Moreover, The Old Quay House Luxury Cornwall Hotel’s Food Foraging Package also includes:




  • Two nights luxury hotels in Cornwall accommodation with breakfast
  • £460 for two for a half day foraging plus dinner
For more information on these luxury Cornwall Food Foraging Packages, call 01726 833302
Or visit http://www.theoldquayhouse.com/food-foraging-package.html for more details.