Our Mission and Vision

At Hunter Gatherer Cooking, our mission is to unite and empower the UK's largest network of individuals, businesses, and brands within the food, drink, and country sectors. We aim to foster a community that celebrates the rich traditions, while promoting sustainability, ethical practices, and the enjoyment of nature’s bounty. By connecting passionate enthusiasts with industry leaders and artisans, we create opportunities for learning, collaboration, and growth, ensuring that the heritage and future of country living are preserved and celebrated.

Our vision at Hunter Gatherer Cooking is to become the leading platform for the UK’s food, drink, and country sectors, where tradition meets innovation. We aspire to build a dynamic and engaged community that values sustainability, ethical sourcing, and the connection between land and table. Through our network, we envision a future where best practices, passion and top quality produce, is shared and appreciated by all. We want to be bridging the gap between rural traditions and modern lifestyles, as well as supporting a thriving ecosystem of people, businesses, and brands committed to quality and excellence.

2019 April 20th, is where it all began, with me trimming pieces of meat at home and practicing smoking and BBQ'ing in the garden on my gas BBQ. This soon led to the set up of the Youtube channel, Instagram and Facebook page. It was a safe space to post content and start this creative journey.

2020 the logo was made, the website was built and I started a blog! Things were going really well and I was enjoying leaving the recruitment life in the office and getting out and about with my firebox and cooking up meals on my own with beautiful backdrops. Later in the the "Hunter Gatherer Cooking Ltd" was born. 

2021 was the year I gained my first 1000 Youtube subscribers and saw over 150k views from the videos. Instagram saw over 10,000 followers and I launched Hunter Gatherer Sleeping. I was on stage at SizzleFest and supported Somerset Grills at Smoke and Fire Fest. I launched the BBQ school and held lessons at peoples homes as a nomadic teacher.

2022 saw a rise in Instagram followers to 35,000+ and Youtube climbed to 4000+ subscribers. Tiktok saw it's first 2000 followers. HGS saw 3 more sleeps and HGC joined Food Club Review. The BBQ lessons continued and I expanded into groups, including schools with sizes up to 40 students at a time. Boardwalk Bristol made a professional film about what I was doing and a new series of farming and vineyard life started on Youtube.

2023 was a hell of a year! Youtube climbed to nearly 70k subscribers, I applied for and was granted my firearms licence, the website had an overhaul to reflect the content creation and asado fire school days. HGC went to Germany for it's first overseas trip! I shot my first deer in Scotland! I made a 4 part special including learning about salmon farms. I made my own forged knife! I was driving Landrovers! I made 9 more HGSleeping videos. I made new fire cooking content on the Somerset Grill, Heston Everdure and Firecage. It was amazing but one of my favourite things was being nominated in the EatGame awards in two categories! Bring on the results in 2024.

2024 is unwritten but there are plenty of ideas to fulfil.