Retreat Chef Kirsten | Taking care of your guests with tasty food
Hi, I'm Kirsten. As a qualified retreat chef with a passion for plant-based foods, I would be thrilled to prepare delicious, nutritious meals for you and your retreat guests.
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Take the headache out of your retreat planning by booking me to:
- plan your plant-based menu with dietary requirements in mind
- buy all ingredients with a focus on seasonality
- prepare a fantastic range of delicious main meals and snacks
- wow your guests with tasty, nutritious food
- and take care of all clearing up, so you can concentrate on your guests
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- Fully insured & compliant with health & safety regulations
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​Simply complete the contact form with your enquiry and I will get back to you as soon as I can.
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Below is a bit more about my background and my Terms & Conditions page can be found here.
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I very much look forward to working with you,
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"I can't thank you enough for all your delicious food and hard work - it was wonderful to work with you." - Yoga retreat Wales
"Your food is amazing - beautiful, wonderful flavours and truly nourishes the soul. Thank you!"
Retreat guest Bedfordshire
"The retreat food was really really great - varied, delicious and comforting."
Retreat guest Bedfordshire
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"Thank you so much for the amazing food at our retreat - everyone loved it so much"
"Kirsten's food was so lovely. I enjoyed everything and there was lots of it, including snacks."
"I can't remember the last time I felt this nourished and looked after." Retreat guest West Sussex
My early childhood memories are of my mum cooking and baking in the kitchen and humming a tune. I was always there with her. But I must have been around 7 when I started helping more in the kitchen and preparing simple dishes by myself. Well, I guess I have never stopped since then.
Nutrition
I trained as a fitness instructor and lifestyle nutrition coach to start running health and wellbeing courses in South Wales/UK in 2018. The goal was to give participants small sustainable steps to better health. I did cooking demos to show how to include more plant foods whilst keeping in mind how individual nutritional needs are.
Chef training
I have honed my chef skills through courses including a vegan diploma course at Demuth's in Bath, a retreat chef course in London with Bettina's Kitchen and short courses including at Le Cordon Bleu, London. And lots of practical experience from cooking at home and on retreats. I've also run supper clubs locally and look forward to doing more events like that outside of retreat season.
Retreat chef services
I have been catering for retreats since 2019 in a variety of settings from boutique retreats to larger groups. Based in Wales, I travel across the UK and Europe (including Iceland and Italy) with most of my jobs being repeat bookings. I have also set up a retreat chef directory at www.retreatchef.co.uk to help more organisers find suitable retreat chefs. I love connection and service - it's at the heart of what I do.