Winter Wellness: Festive Fermentation Workshop

Celebrate the festive season with delicious homemade ferments, warming winter spices and creative recipes for your Christmas table!

Discover how fermentation can bring exciting new flavours to traditional festive foods and drinks while helping you make the most of seasonal ingredients.

In this three-hour hands-on workshop, we'll explore the fascinating world of fermentation, its potential benefits for gut health and how to use simple fermentation techniques to create delicious seasonal recipes.

Whether you're completely new to fermentation or already have a few bubbling jars at home, this class will inspire you to bring something different to your festive celebrations.

What we'll be making
Winter Harvest Fermented Salad
You'll learn how to transform everyday winter vegetables into a tangy, flavourful ferment that makes a wonderful addition to festive meals, cheese boards and Boxing Day leftovers.

Sparkling Festive Punch
Discover how to make a refreshing, alcohol-free Christmas drink using seasonal fruits, festive spices and natural fermentation. We'll explore flavour combinations, carbonation and how to create a delicious celebratory drink without relying on alcohol.

Christmas Spiced Chutney
Our fermented twist on a British festive favourite! Combining seasonal fruits, vegetables and warming Christmas spices, this tangy, flavour-packed chutney is a delicious accompaniment to cheese, cold meats, sandwiches and festive leftovers. It also makes a lovely homemade Christmas gift.

What you'll learn

Throughout the workshop, we'll cover:
The principles of fermentation and its potential benefits for gut health
How to ferment seasonal vegetables, fruits and drinks safely
How temperature, salt, sugar and time influence fermentation
How to create delicious festive flavours using herbs and spices
How to recognise when your ferments are ready
How to store and enjoy your creations
Ideas for adapting recipes and using seasonal produce creatively

What's included
This is a practical, hands-on class where you'll prepare three festive recipes to take home and finish fermenting, following our instructions.

You'll also enjoy a guided tasting of seasonal fermented foods and drinks, with plenty of opportunities to ask questions, explore flavours and exchange ideas.
You'll leave with your own creations, recipe notes and the knowledge to continue experimenting at home.

Suitable for beginners and experienced fermenters alike.

What to bring
Please bring tree clean glass jars (approximately 500 ml each) and a sturdy carrier bag to take your creations home.

Reusing jars helps us reduce waste and keep our workshops sustainable. We'll provide all ingredients and other materials needed during the class.

Join us for a festive afternoon of fermentation, seasonal flavours and creative inspiration to take into your own kitchen!

Cancellations

We appreciate that there will be circumstances whereby you will need to cancel your course or change the date. Given two or more weeks notice we are happy to offer a full refund. For cancellations within two weeks of the class date a full refund will be offered if we can refill your booking or 50% refund if not. If the notice is given 1 week before the course, the refund is at the discretion of The Fermentarium. We are unable to refund cancellations with less than 24 hours notice of the start of the class.