Food & Drink

Located at Westerlands, Woodfire Camping serve the most delicious award winning meals made with locally sourced ingredients and cooked on an open woodfire grill.

Think less a restaurant, more like going to theirs for breakfast or supper. Dinner itself is like a big, relaxed family meal. Tables are moved around, kids come and go or play nearby while adults can chat and linger to watch the sun set.

Stella & Griff

Stella & Griff set up Woodfire Camping at Westerlands in 2018. They began cooking for campers on Friday nights, knowing from experience that travelling from work, putting up a tent and then having to produce a meal can test the most patient of souls.

They now cook breakfast and supper most days and their food is so good they have built a reputation for it (BBC GoodFood Magazine, The Guardian, The Telegraph Food & Drink etc).

Visit their Facebook page to find out more about them and what to expect when you visit Woodfire.

How it works

Pre-order your food a few days before you want to eat. Then Stella and Griff can order only what they need from their suppliers so there's very little waste. Don’t forget to let them know if you have any allergies or if they need any extra information regarding your order.

They always cook a bit more in case the delicious smells lure latecomers so it's worth ordering even after the deadline in case they can accommodate, but once it's gone, it's gone!

Bring your own plates, glasses and cutlery and soft drinks (not alcohol). You can buy chilled beers, cocktails and wines at the Kitchen.

Timing

Woodfire have two or three sittings, depending on how busy the campsite is: 

6.30pm

Get the kids fed so you can relax! Eat together or have a drink and nibbles board and order a later sitting for the grown-ups. 

7.30 to 9.30pm ish

8.30 to 9.30pm ish

Prices

Woodfire cook one meal each evening, just like at home but with a meat and vegetarian/vegan option. There are two portion sizes: standard or half (kids over 8 with a healthy appetite probably need a standard).

£20 for meat/fish dishes (£10 for half portions)
£16 for veg dishes (£8 for half portions)
£7 for desserts

You don't pre-pay for your order (sometimes people are ill/kids aren't hungry etc). You can pay as you go or keep a tab and settle up when you leave with card payments.

  • Friday 4 April

    6.30pm & 7.30pm

    MAIN

    Sussex beef & badger bean tagine
    OR
    Royal Oak Farm root vegetable tagine

    WITH

    Ember-roasted sumac, onions with beetroot molasses, tabbouleh salad, labneh yoghurt, flatbreads

    DESSERT

    Ringden Farm apple crumble with woodruff custard
    OR
    Sodt Bakery chocolate brownies, warmed over the fire, with cream

  • Saturday 5 April

    6.30pm & 7.30pm

    MAIN

    Line-caught cod steamed over fire with pickled mussels and wild garlic
    OR
    Oyster mushrooms steamed over fire with pickled shiitake and wild garlic

    WITH

    Ember-roasted parsnips in brown butter, butterhead lettuce with caesar dressing, Woodfire ciabatta

    DESSERT

    Todoli Citrus Foundation Lemon Posset
    OR
    Sodt Bakery chocolate brownies, warmed over the fire, with cream

  • Sunday 6 April

    6.30pm & 7.30pm

    MAIN

    BBQ mutton shoulder/chops, wild garlic and sicilian lemon sauce
    OR
    Asparagus with miso dipping sauce

    WITH

    Pink fir potatoes and onions, rocket and radish salad, ember-roasted leeks

    DESSERT

    Barley pudding with Earl Grey & cider brandy prunes
    OR
    Sodt Bakery chocolate brownies, warmed over the fire, with cream

  • Monday 7 April

    6.30pm & 7.30pm

    MAIN

    Bavette steak with salsa verde
    OR
    Asparagus with smoked salsa verde

    WITH

    Spinach and red onion stew, chalk-stream watercress and crushed new potatoes

    DESSERT

    Rhubarb and rosemary Fool
    OR
    Sodt bakery chocolate brownies, warmed over the fire, with cream

  • Tuesday 8 April

    6.30pm & 7.30pm

    MAIN

    Chalk stream trout cooked over embers with Sussex vermouth and tarragon
    OR 
    Ember roast swede steak

    WITH

    Purple sprouting broccoli, crushed new potato salad, ember roasted leeks

    DESSERT

    Waste coffee tiramisu
    OR
    Sodt bakery chocolate brownies, warmed over the fire, with cream

  • Wednesday 9 April

    6.30pm & 7.30pm

    MAIN

    Mutton curry
    OR
    Crown prince squash curry

    WITH

    English grains, Sussex slaw, Woodfire siracha, flatbreads

    DESSERT

    Montezumas chocolate mousse, Two Fields olive oil
    OR
    Sodt bakery chocolate brownies, warmed over the fire, with cream

  • Thursday 10 April

    6.30pm & 7.30pm

    MAIN

    Leghorn chicken kofte
    OR
    Sussex sheep halloumi

    WITH

    Smoked carrot hummus, Woodfire harissa, pickled red cabbage, ember-roasted beets, Knepp Estate winter purslane, flatbread

    DESSERT

    Woodfire Mess - chewy homemade meringue, plum, cream
    OR
    Sodt bakery chocolate brownies, warmed over the fire, with cream

  • Breakfast Menu

    8am to 10am

    South Downs bacon and local eggs cooked over wood fire in various combinations:

    Egg sarnie £3.50

    Bacon sarnie £3.75

    Bacon & egg sarnie £4.75 

    Pastries £2.50-£3.50

    Tea £1.00

    Coffee £2.50