Winter Chefs' Residency
Damian Clisby
18th February 2023
Join Olia Hercules for a spectacular ast over fire and good companyin a beautiful, relaxed setting.
Olia’s menu celebrates the best of her heritage and lifelong love of Eastern European flavours and techniques, all with a unique Glen Dye twist.
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We hosted supper clubs and food demos in The Byre and Garden Camp.
There was be hiking, campfires, wild swimming, dog walking, stargazing, laughter, friendship and endless fresh air.
Our guests learnt in the company of true experts.
Meet Olia Hercules
Olia was born in the south of Ukraine and at the age of 12 moved to Cyprus. After moving to the UK to study, she trained at the renowned Leith’s School of Food and Wine and then worked as a chef de partie in various restaurants, including Ottolenghi, and as a recipe developer before landing a book deal.
She is the author of four books: Mamushka, Summer Kitchens, Kaukasis & Home Foods.
In 2022, Olia joined forces with her friend, and Russian chef extraordinaire, Alissa Timoshkina to start #CookforUkraine, a global initiative to raise funds for those affected by the war in Ukraine.
To date the campaign as raised over £1.8million.
This Seasonal Feast event isn’t available right now, but we are always planning for our next Chef’s Residencies.
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Packages
Welcome Drink
Ukrainian sourdough rye bread, meat: Salo (lardo made by Olia’s mum)Vegan: Mint adjika and nut cream,and fermented tomato
Central Asian rose dumpling, pumpkin and sour cherries, brown butter, crispy shallots and garlic yoghurt
Crab, fennel, dill and orange salad
Vegan: Celeriac, fennel, dill and orange salad
Transcarpathian stew cooked over fire Meat: Venison bogracz | Vegan: Mushroom bogracz and mashed potato
Lithuanian buckwheat cake, cream and rhubarb
Need a place to stay?
We have a handful of perfect holiday cottages and a contemporary, upmarket B&B called The Coach House.
Glen Dye is a private estate of around 15,000 acres and our cabins and cottages sit slap bang at its centre, surrounded by wilderness forest and moorland on the banks of the River Dye. The location is fabled; watched over by the massive granite tor of Clachnaben and at the northern end of the Cairn o’ Mount mountain pass. This is where the Howe of the Mearns finally gives in to the Highland boundary fault; Wild, beautiful and very, very quiet.
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The Coach House
Book the whole house for exclusive use, or book by the room as a bed-and-breakfast- Sleeps 12
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No 4 Steading Cottage
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No 5 Steading Cottage
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Events past and yet to come!
We have hosted some fantastic seasonal feast events for our guests creating some great memories with amazing dinners with incredible chefs. View our Seasonal Events