PLANTS, CLAY & FIRE

// AN ELEMENTAL COOKING IMMERSION //

OCTOBER 17 - 20th 2024

Gumbaynggir Country // Valla, NSW

 

The intention of this immersion is to be in a village where we will come together in presence and connection. Sharing songs and silence, cooking and eating together, being with the sunrise and sunset, sitting in tea ceremony and connecting to the land.

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I invite you into deepening your connection to food, where it comes from and how it’s prepared. We’ll be coming together on a sacred mountain on Gumbaynggir Country, Valla NSW. This immersion is an embodied and hands on experience diving into the essence and themes of my cookbook, ‘Plants, Clay & Fire - Bring The Earth into Your Kitchen’.

Together, we’ll be dropping into a slower pace aligned with nature, where presence is our priority. I welcome you into the practices that help keep me connected to myself.

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We’ll journey through different cooking themes - using fire and charcoal, cooking with spices, making curry pastes and fresh coconut milk, fermenting dosa and grains, cooking in banana leaves, preparing lentils and legumes and cooking in clay and stone pots, plus much more…

 
 

THE LOCATION

The immersion will be held on Nunguu Mountain, at A Native Escape - a bushland off-grid retreat space set up by my friends Hugh and Jess.

The property is surrounded by native forest with ocean views. It’s very special. I’ve spent time on this land and felt the potency of it and the love and care that has gone into the creation of the place.

When I first thought of a retreat space, I envisaged it to be peaceful and quiet, away from a town and traffic and surrounded by native forest. This has it all…

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A Native Escape is a:

25 minute drive from Coffs Harbour airport

5.5 hour drive from Sydney

2 hour 40 minute drive from Ballina Airport

RETREAT INCLUSIONS

  • welcome to Country & smoking ceremony

  • 3 nights eco-luxe accomodation

  • all meals + tea / coffee and snacks (organic, plant-based)

  • interactive cooking workshops with Cade

  • clay pot cooking on fire and charcoal

  • tea ceremony

  • sacred songs around the fire with Chris Oakes

  • daily meditation, yoga & movement classes

  • bush walking

  • free time to enjoy the nature, chill, journal or swim in the natural pool

  • mornings in silence

  • sharing circles

 

FACILITATOR - CADE MCCONNELL

CHEF & PROPERTY HOST - HUGH CROWLEY

INVESTMENT

This is an intimate immersion with limited spaces.

Payment plans welcome over 2 or 4 instalments.

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A-FRAMES (shared) // SOLD OUT //

Single bed, outdoor bathroom and shower.

$1500 per person

($2800 private)

Shared Rooms (2 people) with shared bathroom

Queen bed - $1900 per person

King Single (bunk) - $1700 per person // SOLD OUT //

($3800 private) // SOLD OUT //

Master Bedroom (Queen Bed and ensuite)

$2200 per person for a couple

($3800 private)

Use code DEPOSIT for a 2 instalment payment plan.

Email me on hello@om-cade.com to organise a payment plan of 4 instalments.

I look forward to sharing this potent time in community with you,

Cade