Jolly Allotment’s Fire Cooking for Wellbeing workshops empower people to cook delicious and nutritious meals outside in nature.

Gut Nourishing Weekend or Day Workshops Portland Dorset 

A weekend at the incredible Sweet Hill Farm Dorset

Saturday 28th June  - Nourish Your Gut - Interactive Workshop

Sunday 29th June - Fire Cooking for Wellbeing Workshop 

You can book one day or both days workshops here and book your accommodation at this incredible nearly wild camp site https://sweethillfarm.co.uk

reference: Jolly Allotment Gut Nourish when booking. 

This is the most beautiful place to spend the weekend, wild views, hot showers, kindred souls. 

Day Two - Jolly Allotment Fire Cooking Workshops.

DATE  June 29th 2025 - Portland Dorset

10 am - 3 pm

Location : Sweet Hill Farm Portland Dorset 

Price £105

What you will learn:

The healthiest communities in the world still gather around the fire to cook food from the ground they live on. There are many reasons why fire cooking is a healthy skill for mind, body and soul. There is much more to it than just a sausage on a BBQ.

Jolly Allotment's Fire Cooking for Wellbeing workshops equip families, corporate groups, schools, and individuals with the knowledge and confidence to enjoy cooking in the great outdoors. They empower people to cook delicious and nutritious meals outside in nature, connecting them to the community that grows the food that fuels our minds and bodies.

Fire Cooking is proven to relieve stress, help recovery from depression and anxiety, and help people feel more connected to nature.

Did you know that cooking on fire naturally detoxifies your body and relaxes your nervous system? This is one of the many powerful things you will learn. 

You will also learn how to cook some nourishing seasonal dishes overfire.

We know the power of fire cooking to bring communities together and can't wait for you to experience the glow of joy you will all take away from one of Polly's workshops.

What you will learn

While you enjoy helping to cook a delicious lunch, you will learn fire cooking skills and different ways to use fire, grilling, ember baking, and one-pot cooking. 

You will also learn all of this: 

• The benefits of fire and how to easily implement them into your life

• How to master vegetarian and vegan food on the fire.

• Why the blue zones cook on fire.

• Why it is good for your gut and your body?

• How you can connect to your primal human needs information.

• Why and how fire is good for anxiety and stress management.

• Gut Health advice and recipes.  

Fire Fundamentals

• How to light a fire in any weather.

• Why your choice of fuel and charcoal are so important for flavour and for the health of people and the planet.

• How to master the open fire so you can control the temperature.

• You will spend time outside connecting to nature.

• A little on equipment and why we choose it.

• Why we use no waste food principles on the fire.

The Menu

The menu will be seasonal, local, and 90% plant-based, following our bluezone longevity ethos at Jolly Allotment.

The course is suitable for omnivores, vegetarians and vegans and is Coeliac friendly and 100%gluten free.

Recipe examples will change seasonally and are designed to give you a plate of rainbow goodness that feeds the gut, heart, mind, and soul:

• Seasonal Veg and bean stew with grilled seasonal veg.

• Fire roasted Carrots with tahini yoghurt dressing and seasonal pesto.

• Ember roasted beetroots and Leeks

• Smoked Broth

• Sumac braised cabbages

• Jolly Allotment, famous Roasted Pepper sauce

• Grains and why we choose ancient ones: Buckwheat and Quinoa

• Homemade / chicken Pork burgers with fire-roasted pepper sauce

• Whole roast cauliflower

You will experience cooking on a fire and enjoy cooking a big lunch together. The aim is to teach you some practical skills for cooking plant-based meals over the fire. 

Empowering you and your team with some resilience, being out in nature, and achieving something new. Also, some tools for managing stress and anxiety through cooking in nature and gathering as a community. You will taste the joy and success of cooking and eating something delicious with your friends.

This event is for a group of up to 10 people. 

Dates Available:

29th June 2025

Venue: The exact venue will be sent to confirm your booking. The venue is within 20 minutes of this postcode GL15

Please note: Sadly, this venue is not designed for special access needs. We are currently trying to find a venue for this, so please keep checking back

Times: 9.30 arrival to begin the workshop at 10 am - 3.30 pm finish 

The ticket Investment:

PRICE £105 

Includes morning snacks, Tea and Coffee, lunch, drinks, and a recipe book for the day.

Facilitator:

Polly B, Founder of Jolly Allotment and Fire cooking expert. Food Activist and naturopathic fire chef. Polly is an expert on gut health, working on retreats, Corporate wellness days, large-scale festival fire suppers, and private events, and is the creator of the UK's most people and plant-friendly food truck.

This is her signature workshop that teaches you fire cooking skills, the healing properties of fire, and your connection to food. Polly has been teaching this class in schools and communities in Wales this year and continues to do so. It's a fun and powerful day! It is uniquely different to other fire cooking workshops. You get the added benefit of polls knowledge on cultivating a healthy gut, mind, body and soul.

Can't wait to see you! 

This workshop is the ultimate self-love gift for anyone who wants to reclaim their power over their physical and emotional health.