Cooking British sunshine fayre at Wilderness with Hix

We lent one of our grills to Hix Restaurants for the marvellously mad Wilderness Festival in Oxfordshire.

Wilderness is a festival with a refreshing concept and a different drive. Designed to combat the busyness of everyday life and restore balance through forests and feasts combined with a deep love of artistry and artisans set in the rolling Oxfordshire countryside.

With a strong philosophy that food is nourishment for the soul Wilderness laid on long table banquets, a food forum and a debating venue entirely devoted to the pleasures and practices of cooking, eating and drinking co-curated by Wilderness treasure Angela Hartnett. It’s no wonder many of the world’s best chefs, restaurants and food critics flock to Wilderness.

In the spirit of our own passion for food, we lent celebrated chef, restaurateur and food writer Mark Hix, who’s known for his original take on British gastronomy, and his skilled team one of our lovely grills (an SG630) to cook up British fayre for the good folks at Wilderness.

Here’s what Mark has to say about Wilderness: “It’s a great food-led summer festival that embraces street food, restaurants and bars seamlessly.” 

You can see their beautiful creations below:

Here’s a full line up of the restaurants, chefs and food critics that featured at this year’s Wilderness:

Angela Hartnett
Bee Wilson
Berry Bros
Bubbledogs
Christian Puglisi
Duck & Waffle
Gluts & Gluttony
Grace Dent
Hix
Jack Adair Bevan
Kurobuta
Frances Quinn
Ella Woodward
Stefano and Naoko Vallebona
Lee Westcott
Luca Dunsi
Moro
Noble Rot Magazine
Oliver Rowe
Ollie Hutson, The Pig Hotel
Patty & Bun
Petersham Nurseries
Pitt Cue
Raw duck
Raymond Blanc OBE
Robin Gill
Skye Gyngell
The Quality Chop House
Tomos Parry
Tristram Stuart
Virgilio Martinez
Zoe Williams