Nourish & Nurture: Food, Wellbeing and Sustainable Living Festival

Across the day, you can:

• Join hands-on workshops making kimchi and kombucha
• Taste a wide variety of fermented foods and drinks
• Learn from a Michelin-trained chef about flavour and reducing food waste
• Hear from a nutritionist on gut health, hormones and inflammation
• Discover simple ways to improve your wellbeing through food
• Explore tasty food and drink from local producers

You can purchase full day Nourish & Nurture and Nourish by Night tickets on this page.
Use the links below for morning/afternoon-only tickets:

• Morning-only sessions, 9am to 12.15pm - a focused, energising start with hands-on fermentation workshops, including kombucha and expert-led sessions designed to build confidence and understanding. Get tickets here.
• Afternoon-only sessions, 1pm to 4pm - a relaxed, flavour-filled experience with tastings, practical learning and space to explore new ideas around food, wellbeing and sustainability. Get tickets here.

Nourish & Nurture Festival has collaborated with some of the most exciting independent producers from Cambridge and beyond!

• The Honest Fig
• Burwash Larder
• Natoora
• Sweetpea Market Garden
• Cambridge Organics
• Cambucha
• Cheese and Food Boxes
• Katinka Horn

Meet our headlines featuring at the festival:

• Sandor Ellix Katz – World-renowned fermentation expert
• Rachel de Thample – Food writer and sustainability advocate
• Amanda Ryder – Specialist in gut health and nutrition
• Rowen Halstead – Michelin-trained chef
• Catalina Brumann – Founder of FermenTABLE

This event is for you if you love food and want to try something new, enjoy workshops and learning about wellbeing, and want to join a vibrant community.

Location: Storey’s Field Centre, Cambridge

Date: Saturday 16 May

Time: 9am – 4pm

Please note, this event will take place on Saturday 16 May. No tickets are available for Sunday 17 May.

If you’re looking for a day that combines great food, new skills and a genuinely different experience, Nourish & Nurture is it.

As the day winds down, Nourish & Nurture transforms into something more intimate. This separately-ticketed event is a dining experience at King’s College, Cambridge University with some of our headliners – including the legendary Sandor Katz.

Nourish by Night is a relaxed, atmospheric evening experience centred around exceptional food, fermentation and connection.

This is where everything you’ve explored during the day comes to life on the plate.

Catalina Brumann is the founder of the Nourish & Nurture weekend and FermenTABLE. Through FermenTABLE, she runs workshops, delivers speaking events about the health benefits of fermentation, and develops delicious recipes. Catalina has been fermenting food for more than 20 years. She believes in the benefits that a healthy diet does to support the immune system, and she wants to help raise awareness of sustainability, zero waste and good gut health through fermenting food.

Info: Join fermentation expert Sandor Katz to learn the science behind kombucha, how to safely brew your own at home, and the small tweaks that make a big difference to flavour and gut health. Leave with a starter culture to make your own bubbling brew and the confidence to keep it going.

Info: With Sandor Katz, Rachel de Thample, Franco Fubini and Catalina Brumann
Join world-renowned experts, including the "godfather of fermentation" Sandor Katz, for a fresh, evidence-led look at why fermentation is vital for a healthy future. Together, they’ll unpack what fermented foods really do for our gut, our health and our food systems. Expect fascinating insights, practical takeaways and an honest conversation about why fermentation has stood the test of time.

Info: Join Michelin-trained chef and food waste expert Rowen Halstead for an engaging, head-spinning session of demos and tasters where he’ll show you how to turn food that often gets thrown away into gut health-boosting ferments that also provide a mind-blowing flavour punch.

Info: During the break you'll be able to purchase food and drink from one of our local produce stalls.

Info: A clear, science-informed understanding of how gut health underpins energy and weight stability — with practical strategies they can implement immediately.

Info: Master the art of fermentation as Sandor and Rachel guide you through a hands-on kimchi workshop featuring seasonal ingredients from Natoora. You’ll be guided step-by-step through making one of the most popular and nourishing ferments around. All hands on deck for this immersive session that’ll see you go home with your own jar of Sandor-kissed kimchi.

Info: An intimate evening inside the historic halls of King’s College for a one-of-a-kind dining experience with Sandor Katz, starting with a fermented welcome drink. You’ll enjoy a beautifully crafted menu, thoughtful conversation, and the chance to share a meal with the experts shaping how we eat and live well. Only 20 places available

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