Course Description
Miles Irving is an internationally renowned wild foods expert, public speaker and the author of ‘The Forager Handbook’ - hailed by many as ‘the forager’s bible’. He has worked with some of the world’s best chefs and restaurants. These include Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck, Rene Redzepi, Magnus Nilsson and the Hix restaurants. He has been a pioneer in the Wild Food Renaissance and has extensive knowledge of the unique flavours and stories of wild foods.
Miles’ celebrates new yet ancient flavours, rediscovering the nutritional properties of wild plants and reconnecting with the land. This vital link means we thrive, eating well and working with the wild ecology of places.
Whilst examples used in this course are in Miles’s own food web, a habitat which happens to be in the UK, the principles of this course apply to foraging all over the world. You are encouraged to share your own environments and discussion on wild foods throughout the course, wherever you’re located
Course outline
Foraging Near Home
Preparing Wild Foods, Part 1
Preparing Wild Foods, Part 2
Health & Well-being
Identifying Plant Characteristics
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The Expert option
RecommendedDevelop your learning further with marked assignments and personal tuition from Miles Irving
- Start course whenever you like
- 5 weeks tutor access for personalised assignment feedback & coaching
- 5 assignments marked by Miles Irving
- Certificate of completion from Miles Irving
- Online classroom with up to 20 classmates
- 5 lessons with expert videos & notes
- Group chat & direct message with tutor & classmates
- Lifetime access to videos, notes & classroom
$299The Peer option
Discover the benefits of group learning in an online interactive classroom of no more than 20 people. Get the most from shared knowledge and community study
- Start course whenever you like
- Practise what you learn with your peers
- Online classroom with up to 20 classmates
- 5 lessons with expert videos & notes
- 5 course assignments
- Group chat & direct message classmates
- Lifetime access to videos, notes & classroom
$99
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Test yourself
Practice what you learn with assignments after each lesson
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Share
Share ideas with classmates from around the world
Meet Miles Irving
Miles’s interest in foraging goes back to his childhood but a chance conversation led to him turning this interest into a career. Miles was able to start supplying restaurants with foraged plants and this quickly expanded, ultimately leading to him to supplying well-known chefs and restaurants such as Jamie Oliver, Mark Hix, Heston Blumenthal and The Ivy.
His company Forager Ltd has expanded to source nearly 500 wild ingredients and Miles has grown to be one of the most respected professional foragers. Miles continues to push the boundaries of wild food and advocates the reintroduction of foraged foods into regular diets. His Foraging Manifesto is truly an innovation in this field, and a must read for aspiring chefs