When outdoor kitchens pop up in quarries, on riverbanks or even on railway tracks and a menu is conjured up using flames, embers and regional ingredients, then “Chillfood” can’t be far away.
Here, preparing a simple menu becomes an authentic (outdoor) adventure. In addition to the unique experience itself, you will be reminded once again that less is often more. Take a step back from your hectic daily routine and enter a world of soothing simplicity and a “chilled state”.
Chillfood means cooking organic ingredients from local farmers over firewood from the Bernese forest, “chilling” on furniture made of locally-sourced wood – painted with non-toxic paints – and washing up with water from the water treatment plant and phosphate-free washing-up liquids. Chillfood embraces sustainable catering, transport, building materials, waste disposal and recycling.
Cooking on open flames, they conjure up delicious dishes from all over the world in unusual places and without any electricity. This fiery adventure is fun, slows the pace down and brings the team together. Whatever the weather and whatever the season.
The ingredients are unusual too: The recipes often call for unusual ingredients, but they can also be simple treats from the farmer next door. Selected with care, the produce is cooked fresh in accordance with their own character – because flavour enhancers and convenience have no place here. The focus is on the essentials for once. As I said: less is more.