Fowlescombe Farm
Fowlescombe Farm

The UK’s best wild dining experiences

17 Jul 2026 | |By Annie Lewis

Rural supper clubs are on the rise – and are redefining farm-to-fork dining in the process

Supper clubs have long been the rage in London, with practically every restaurant worth its salt offering a private space for chefs to offer one-off menus in exclusive settings. The latest trend on the dining scene, however, is taking these supper clubs to the heart of the countryside and, in doing so, giving the term ‘farm-to-fork dining’ a whole new meaning. From sought-after supper seats at Guy Ritchie’s Wiltshire estate, to freshly-shucked oysters and champagne served from the back of a vintage Land Rover in the Cotswolds, here are the UK’s best wild dining experiences. 

Ashcombe Estate x Carousel WildKitchen, Wiltshire

Ashcombe Estate
Image: Ashcombe Estate

This summer, Guy Ritchie will reopen the gates of his private Wiltshire estate for the third year in a row, welcoming guests for an English countryside culinary experience. Running until September, each event will see just 16 guests given exclusive access to a two-night culinary retreat centred around an intimate live-fire feast at the director’s lakeside WildKitchen at Ashcombe Estate – as seen in Netflix’s The Gentlemen

In partnership with Marylebone culinary hub Carousel, the series runs across 22 weekends with each event welcoming a different guest chef to deliver a one-off tasting menu cooked exclusively over fire every Saturday, and served lakeside as the sun sets. This year, the line-up is more impressive than ever, featuring world-class guest chefs including Cinder’s Jake Finn, Roberta Hall-McCarron from Edinburgh’s Little Chartroom, and Michelin-starred Tim van der Molen, who is travelling from Amsterdam. Make a weekend of it and book one of the estate’s eight farmhouse rooms, unwind in the sauna, take part in wild swimming and yoga sessions, and enjoy food and drink workshops orchestrated by Carousel, before rounding off with a wild brunch on the Sunday. 

Visit carousel-london.com

Bushcamp, across the UK 

From the Public House Group – the team behind The Bull in Charlbury and posh London pubs including The Hero, The Hart and The Pelican – is Bushcamp: a nomadic dining experience set to pop up across the UK. Celebrating the beauty and diversity of the British countryside, these remote camp can be set up anywhere, everywhere, and in all seasons and weathers. Featuring stylish tents, open fires cocooned by chairs draped with furs, and more Defenders than you can shake a stick at, the whole experience is centred around the ritual of cooking over open fire. Start with serves from a bespoke Bloody Mary station or head to the field bar for English sparkling, champagne and British beers poured straight from the keg. 

Asado-influenced menus feature ingredients sourced directly from the group’s Bruern Farm in Oxfordshire, forming sharing plates of short rib, brown crab and cavolo nero toast, country terrine, and sharing dishes of grilled beef, scallops and fish paired with leeks, hispi cabbage and potatoes simmered on the coals. Finish with hearty and nostalgic seasonal puddings, such as apple pie and custard, and cheese with chutney and Hob Nobs. Plus, bespoke packages can be created for private events, and keep your eyes peeled for the new Summer Camp: a pop-up hotel and permanent place to eat, drink and stay in the English countryside, which is slated to open in the next few months. 

Visit thebushcamp.co.uk 

Wild at Bull, Cotswolds

Wild at Burford, Cotswolds
Image: Seb Gardner

Lovingly restored by the Freud family, who reside in the Cotswolds village of Burford, Bull opened in 2023. Inside the 15th-century, Grade-II listed building, discover a charming blend of styles and eras — the result of centuries of adaptations and additions — which helped the inn scoop a Michelin key in October 2025. From the high street, Bull occupies a small, unassuming spot within which lie cosy nooks, basement poker dens, and a rich and varied selection of the county’s most exciting food and drink experiences. 

Alongside Sl’ice – a Napoli pizza and gelato terrace from Michele Pascarella – and European restaurant, Horn, is Wild: the courtyard, live-fire restaurant from Ben Chamberlain, serving an 11-course tasting menu of super-seasonal British produce around an open fire pit to just 10 guests at a time. Named one of the best 100 restaurants in the UK by SquareMeal, sample menu highlights include suckling pig from the Wye Valley doused in honey jam and Turkish-inspired bazlama with cultured butter. Get booking. 

Visit bullburford.com 

Fowlescombe Farm, Devon

Nestled in the rolling hills of Devon, Fowlescombe Farm is a family-run, 450-acre retreat where regenerative farming, slow living, and thoughtful design come together. With just 10 beautifully designed suites and a close-knit team of 17, at Fowlescombe free-roaming animals, overflowing organic gardens, and farm-to-table, low-waste dining come together. 

Fast becoming one of the hottest places to dine in the UK, chef Elly Wentworth devises her menus week by week from the farm's estate, with a closed-loop system that sees the land feed the kitchen and the kitchen feed the soil in return. Book the intimate Greenhouse, surrounded by the plants and produce that make it onto the plate, for a soil-to-plate dining experience featuring delectable dishes of cured John Dory with Granny Smith apple, sirloin of Shorthorn beef with homemade pesto, and poached apricot with farm honey. Keep an eye on the website for the farm’s supper clubs too; the next one, on 29 July, invites guests to tour the farm before a long-table supper under the open sky, with sharing-style dishes cooked over flame, shaped by what is ready in its fields and gardens. 

Visit fowlescombe.com 

The Wild Table, Essex

The Wild Table, Essex
Image: Rebecca Hope Photography

Although the Wild Table is now closed until 2027, it deserves a mention on this list – and bookmark it now for next spring. A collaborative woodland restaurant in Tey Brook Orchard, created by Melanie Brown, head chef of Brixton's The Laundry, and fifth-generation, family-run organic farm, Browning Bros, four sold-out events have already cemented its return next year. 

To begin, guests are led through the woods for seasonal cocktails and canapés in the glade, before taking their seats under the canopy for a multi-course feasting menu in the heart of the 20-acre woodland. Those dining over a weekend are invited to stay the night in the estate’s fully-furnished bell tents, yurts, shepherd’s huts and converted grain silos, followed by a leisurely breakfast cooked by The Laundry. 

Visit thelaundrybrixton.com 

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