Fire & Flour: A Woodland Workshop and Feast with Chiara

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Combe Head House | Chard

Combe Head House
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Fire & Flour: A Woodland Workshop and Feast with Chiara
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Fire & Flour: A Woodland Feast
Pasta, Fire & Feasting in the Blackdown Hills
Saturday 13th September | 4:30–9:30pm | £95 per person
Hosted at Combe Head House by Chiara Tomasoni
Join us for an unforgettable evening of pasta-making, fire-cooked food and open-air dining beneath the trees at Combe Head House – a thriving smallholding and beautifully restored Elizabethan manor house on the edge of the Blackdown Hills.
This unique event is led by Chiara Tomasoni, Italian pasta devotee, former Head Chef at River Cottage, and MasterChef: The Professionals 2024 finalist.
We’ll begin with a welcome drink and summer canapés before Chiara leads a relaxed and engaging pasta-making demo, where you’ll have the chance to get hands-on, rolling and shaping elements of your main course using traditional Italian techniques.
As the sun dips, we’ll make our way to the woodlamd dining table for a four-course feast cooked over fire, inspired by bold Italian flavours and seasonal ingredients grown, reared or foraged right here on the land – or sourced from neighbouring producers who share our respect for nature.
Expect a warm, communal atmosphere, long-table dining under the canopy, and food that celebrates simplicity, quality, and place.
Evening Schedule
4:30pm – Arrival, welcome drink & canapés
5:00–6:00pm – Pasta demo with Chiara (guests get involved)
6:30–9:30pm – Four-course woodland dinner by firelight
Sample Menu
Tomato & verbena ‘tea’, panelle & basil mayo
Fresh bread, herb oil, smoked whipped roe
BBQ summer vegetables, burnt lemon, gremolata
Braised Dexter beef shin, homemade pasta, smoked tomatoes, Buffalo mozzarella
Blackberries, pumpkin seed biscotti, Italian meringue
(vegetarian options available – please let us know in advance)
Details
🎟 £95 per person – includes welcome drink, canapés, demo & four-course dinner
🍷 BYOB – bring your favourite bottle
🛏 On-site accommodation available – make a weekend of it
Limited spaces available – advance booking essential.
To book, email: [email protected] or visit: www.combeheadhouse.com/events

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Combe Head House, Combe Saint Nicholas,Chard, Somerset, United Kingdom

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