Feather and Fur
Wild Game Butchery & Cookery

Join us in our woodland kitchen for a day spent learning how to butcher and cook a selection of seasonal wild game

Learn how to pluck, draw and butcher feathered wild game such as pigeons, pheasants or duck or skin and joint small game like rabbits and squirrels. You will be surrounded by the crackle and pop of fires as you graze your way through the day with a feast over fire cooked by yourselves in a relaxed and informative environment.

Our food-filled adventure starts with a foraging walk up to our woodland glen, gathering a selection of wild ingredients on our way. We will give you tips on how to identify seasonal hedgerow edibles, highlighting the tasty morsels that nature’s larder has to offer. Depending on the season and the (ever-changeable) Great British weather, you may want to bring wellies to change into and a good waterproof is recommended.


After a restorative cuppa in our woodland kitchen (recently equipped with a shelter in case of particularly uncooperative weather), we will then turn our attention to the main business of the day; skinning and butchering our seasonal game.


 Using the whole animal from nose to tail and showing you how to reduce waste getting the most from the animal, we will talk through multiple ways of preparing each cut, stocks and sauces and the best ways to store your meat. Whilst all this is happening our team will cook up delicious snacks over fire to quell your hunger before we spend our afternoon cooking up a feast over fire.


Fires crackling and curiosity sparked, we will then introduce you to a medley of different cooking methods, using your new skills to create a magnificent lunchtime feast. And what better place to lunch than under our woodland canopy, surrounded by the snap, crackle and pop of the fires?


Keen to pass on methods that are safe for the environment and for yourselves, we will give you tips on how to sustainably source your firewood and also advise you on how to practice your new skills as safely as possible.

Expect to head home smelling of wood smoke, with plenty of food and fire in your bellies. We’ll send you an email recipe pack so that you can get started at home straight away.

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Corporate Away Days & Team Building
wild game cookery course

What's Included

  • Freshly brewed tea, coffee and sweet treat on arrival
  • 20 minute Foraging Walk
  • Fire-lighting workshop, using natural tinder
  • Butchery workshop led by our experienced tutors
  • A selection of freshly cooked dishes
  • Digital recipe pack
  • Salt Box Field Notebook & Pencil
  • All ingredients, equipment and apron will be provided

£150 pp

What We Cover

  • The benefits of eating wild game and the effect it has on our natural environment.
  • How to skin and butcher a selection of wild game.
  • Using the whole animal from nose to tail (or beak to bottom!) and showing you how to reduce waste getting the most from the animal.
  • How to cook a veritable feast, with a chance to try lots of different techniques ranging from making pigeon saltimbocca with flamed peppers, fried rabbit with jack-by-the-hedge mayo, squirrel tacos with hawthorn berry hot sauce…to rabbit, coppa and butterbean stew with crispy polenta.
  • Cookery and knife skills, which can easily be translated into your day to day cooking at home.
  • Fire lighting and fire management for extended cooking periods.

Upcoming Dates

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Our 2022 Course dates will be launched on the 1st October.

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Our Customer Reviews

"The wild venison butchering day was excellent. Totally absorbing and fascinating. Learning where your meat comes from is so important and makes you appreciate what's involved in all the preparation. Friendly atmosphere and lovely setting for the day - full belly by end of the day too with all the cooked venison! Just brilliant."
James M.
"Thoroughly enjoyed venison butchery and wood fired cooking. Wonderful setting, glorious food (sustainable and appreciated), professional set up and relaxed company, very knowledgeable, just really loved every minute. Thank you Christian and Beckie!"
Penny W.
"A wonderful experience and worth every penny. It’s a lovely position in the Surrey Hills! The staff are great, they obviously know their stuff and their enthusiasm is addictive. You learn bushcraft as well as cooking over fire that you have made yourself (no matches!) and eating some fantastic food."
Paul S.
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About Us

Sustainably minded cooks dedicated to curating unique Feasts Over Fire and Cookery Workshops

The Salt Box is a celebration of seasonal food and open-fire cookery through the coming together of people beneath the trees, creating delicious food from nature’s humble ingredients. We celebrate locally sourced and wild ingredients through our wide range of courses and dining events, in the great outdoors surrounded by crackling fires.

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