If you're ready to take your fermentation skills beyond the cabbage jar then come and join us for a relaxed, hands-on intermediate vegetable fermentation workshop in Crick, Monmouthshire. We’ll explore tempeh, brined veg, fermented condiments, wild drinks and plenty more besides.
Our Beyond Kraut & Kimchi Workshop is for those who've already had a go at fermentation and want to build their confidence making a wider range of delicious ferments at home. Expect plenty of making, tasting, chatting and new ideas for your kitchen.
This Workshop at a Glance
- Price: General ticket: £100 per person, Student or Child ticket: £90 per person
- Location: Crick, Monmouthshire
- Best for: those who've dipped their toe into fermentation, food lovers and curious fermenters
- What you'll get: Welcome kombucha, fermented-food tastings, a light fermented lunch and hands-on tuition.
- You’ll take home: Your own brined vegetables, fermented condiment and fermented soda, plus instructions for looking after them at home
- Length: 4 hours
- Bring: Nothing required, but a bag to carry your ferments home is handy
- Booking: Places are booked through Cademy
What Will I Learn?
You’ll learn how to make a broader range of vegetable ferments at home, from brined vegetables to punchy condiments as well as looking at wild fermented drinks and an introduction to tempeh.
Examples of the ferments we'll explore are lacto-fermented dilly beans, cucumber pickles and brined garlic, alongside fermented salsa, relish, hot sauce and Branston-style pickle. We’ll also look at living sodas, tepache and other low-alcohol drinks made through wild fermentation.
There'll be extra tips for levelling up your sauerkraut and kimchi too, so you can take what you already know and have a proper play with it.
What Happens in the Workshop?
This is a practical, hands-on workshop with plenty of time to make, taste, ask questions and talk fermentation.
We’ll start with a welcome drink of house-made kombucha and tasters from our core range of sauerkraut and kimchi. We’ll also have an introduction to tempeh, including a demonstration and tasting, and chat about the science and history of fermentation, nutritional facts about fermented foods and ways to include them in everyday meals.
What's Included in the Workshop?
Your workshop place includes a welcome kombucha, tastings of The Crafty Pickle Co. ferments, a light fermented lunch, hands-on tuition and the ferments you make to take home.
The lunch features a selection of fermented foods, so it is all part of the experience rather than just something to eat between jars.
What You'll Take Home
You’ll take home your own handmade lacto-fermented brined vegetables, fermented condiment and fermented soda, along with instructions for looking after your ferments at home.
That means you’ll leave with both some tasty things to enjoy and the confidence to keep experimenting in your own kitchen.
Who's this Workshop for?
This fun, friendly hands-on workshop is for curious home fermenters who want to move beyond the basics of vegetable fermentation.
You do not need to be an expert, but this workshop will be most useful if you have already made a ferment or understand the basics of sauerkraut, kimchi or vegetable fermentation.
Children aged over 10 are welcome to attend with an adult.
Where is the Workshop?
Our in-person workshops are held in Monmouthshire. We are roughly 30 minutes from Bristol and Newport and about 45 minutes from Cardiff.
Please check the Cademy booking page for the exact date, time, venue details and availability before booking.
Upcoming Beyond Kraut & Kimchi Workshop Dates
Our next Beyond Kraut & Kimchi Workshop is:
- 11th April 2027, 10:30am to 2:30pm
Dates can sell out, so please check the booking page for the latest availability. We run workshops throughout the year so if you can't join us on this date check back for updates.
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Buy Beyond Kraut & Kimchi Workshop as a Gift
This workshop makes a brilliant gift for the food lover, curious cook or fermentation fan in your life. It is practical, a bit different and comes with the joy of sending someone home with their very own hand-crafted ferments.
If you're not sure which date they can attend, you can buy a workshop gift voucher with the value of your choice to use towards any of our courses.
