Wild Cheesemaking and Breadmaking
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Explore ancient and modern cheesemaking techniques in a woodland setting, using natural ingredients and simple equipment. Your team will make fresh cheese, shape curds for hard cheese, craft woodland mozzarella, and bake sourdough and flatbreads in clay ovens — a hands‑on, collaborative food‑craft experience.
About the event
Wild Cheesemaking & Breadmaking offers a rich, sensory team experience rooted in traditional food‑craft. Drawing on Pam and Francis Gimblett’s 25 years of hosting interactive, high‑engagement events, the day blends practical learning, shared creativity and woodland atmosphere to create a memorable corporate programme.
Using milk from a local herd of small‑breed cows, participants explore a range of ancient cheesemaking methods that can be easily recreated at home. The session includes making fresh lactic‑set cheese, cutting and moulding curds for hard cheese, and crafting Pam and Francis’ woodland mozzarella — enjoyed on site as part of the experience.
To accompany the cheeses, teams prepare Wild Weald flatbreads and sourdough enriched with foraged seeds, baked in clay ovens. The process is tactile, collaborative and deeply satisfying, often sparking the desire to build a clay oven at home. Throughout the day, participants enjoy tastings of woodland cordials and shrubs and take part in additional seasonal woodland activities as time allows.
The event format draws on Pam and Francis’ background in cheesemaking for hotels, delis and restaurants, combined with their long experience designing fun, informative and humorous interactive sessions. Delivered as a half‑day or full‑day programme, Wild Cheesemaking & Breadmaking offers teams a grounded, creative environment where shared making leads naturally to stronger connection, clearer thinking and a welcome shift from the pace of corporate life.
Your objectives
Strategy: Use the structured food‑craft process to explore sequencing, resourcefulness and adaptive thinking — a practical analogue for strategic clarity and disciplined execution.
Connection: Emphasise shared making, collaborative tasks and communal tasting to strengthen rapport, trust and informal team communication.
Respite: Lean into the sensory, hands‑on rhythm of cheesemaking and breadmaking to offer a restorative pause that reduces cognitive load and supports wellbeing.
Please enquire on 07798 672 422 for a proposal for your event or send us a message below
"I felt very lucky to be able to attend the wild cheese and bread making workshop yesterday at Wild Weald lead by Francis and Pam. We were learning how to make both from scratch around a fire in the peaceful woods; it was informative, hands on, relaxed and really fun.
It was a truly immersive way to learn about these ancient, yet everyday foods." Emma Leach Google Review
"Fantastic day on the cheese and flatbread making course. Such wonderful and knowledgeable hosts. Beautiful place can't wait to practice the skills I've learnt and return to wild weald for another learning day! Truly enjoyed every moment of the day!" Emma Beadle Google Review
"We have just had the most fun and interesting day here learning about bread and cheese making in the beautiful woodland setting. Francis and Pam are so engaging we had delicious lunch too. Amy was also great fun and helpful and so all in all a fantastic day was had. I’m reluctant to recommend in case I can’t get booked on to their next courses! " Lucy Stephens Google Review