Kimchi know-how
At 92 St Thomas Street, Wells, Somerset.
Are you curious about kimchi? Perhaps you have heard how delicious it is and about all the ways it can benefit health, but you have never tried it yourself? Maybe you are buying it and want to make your own? Or perhaps you have experienced a health event and are seeking delicious ways to take back responsibility for your wellbeing? Join Jo (nutritionist, medical herbalist, fermentologist and mum) to see how kimchi can enliven YOUR life.
Overview
Price £115 for 1 ticket, £200 for 2.
Date Saturday 14 June 2025
Time 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Location 92 St Thomas Street, Wells, Somerset BA5 2UZ
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Join Jo Webster for a mind and taste-bud-expanding, hands-on kimchi experience. We will learn a little about the origins of kimchi, the ways in which it might benefit health and different ways you can weave it into your home life.
Of course, you will also make your very own batch of kimchi to take home. And you will have the opportunity to eat kimchi in more ways than you might imagine! By the end of the day, you will be ready to continue your kimchi adventure at home, with your mind brimming with ideas and possibilities.
Remember, Jo is actively researching kimchi for her PhD and shortly before this class, she will have recently returned from a PhD-related trip to Korea, the home of kimchi, so you can expect enthusiasm, experience and some level of erudition!
A delicious meal involving kimchi (in different forms) (and other ferments) awaits you at the lunch table to ensure you are inspired and energised for this unique event.
Once you've got the bug, there's no going back! Come and take a little power over health back into your own hands by making kimchi for yourself.
I have some capacity for concessionary places where they are needed. Please email me if you would like further information.
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Come appropriately dressed in comfortable clothes and footwear ready make kimchi. Please wear covered toed shoes.
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There is no train station in Wells. The nearest train station is Castle Cary (Wells is 25 minutes drive from the station). Bath station is 40 minutes away and Bristol around 50 minutes. There are buses from Bath and Bristol to Wells
If you come by car, there is parking at no. 92 or on St Thomas Street, itself.
If you want to make a weekend of it, the historic city of Wells is beautiful, with its breath-taking cathedral, ancient market square, a thriving Saturday market, Bishop's Palace (and gardens) as well as the second oldest inhabited street in Europe (Vicar's Close). There is a range of pubs and great eateries as well as places to stay in central Wells and surrounding villages. So, there are lots of good reasons to make a weekend of Kimchi know-how.
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The venue is Jo's 18th century home, with its wonderful, double height great hall and its busy, well-designed kitchen. During this event, you will inhabit both spaces and all those in between. You might even get a break to relax in the walled courtyard alongside the wood fired bread oven, too.
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Jo is an AFN registered associate nutritionist, a medical herbalist with a special interest in gut health and a fermentologist. She is currently working on her PhD, focussing on kimchi. She also enjoys combining her love of fermenting and herbs through her work with oxymels, a traditional form of herbal medicine that has somewhat fallen out of favour. Jo’s previous career was in law.
Jo is a proponent of being the change we want to see in the world. She works with people one to one as well as running events relating to nutrition, herbs and microbes and she teaches nutrition and elements of herbalism for Betonica School of Herbal Medicine. Jo is mother to 4 amazing children. She loves being in the woods, learning, asking questions and laughing. In 2018, she jointly set the first ever Guinness World Record for making the largest dish of bacterially fermented sauerkraut.
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Just wanted to say a massive thank you for Friday. Your passion and contagious enthusiasm truly inspired both the chefs and me. We had an incredibly enjoyable training session and gained a wealth of valuable insights about fermentation and gut health. I can't wait to see what the chefs do going forward with their newfound knowledge and skills within the BM restaurants. - BM Caterers
Thank you for such a wonderful time over the past few days. Thanks for being so generous and open with your knowledge and for the great atmosphere you created. I left inspired by your beautiful energy and the many conversations we had. - Lyson Marchessault
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