Workshop: Fermentation: Creating Kombucha and Sauerkraut
This hands-on session is an opportunity to learn about fermentation, the benefits of fermentation and how to create ferments at home to support a healthier gut and reduce food waste. We will introduce the basics of fermentation and how fermented foods and drinks can help support a happy and healthy gut and mind, We will be sharing knowledge, skills and tips for participants on how to make a kraut using seasonal and local produce, pickling to reduce food waste as well as making a probiotic fizzy drink at home. This session is ideal for anyone who wishes to understand more about fermentation’s health benefits and for those who want to create ferments at home. No previous fermentation skills needed! Together we will cover:
Health benefits of fermentation (‘gut-brain axis’)
Safety and equipment needed to ferment at home
Making a kombucha, first and second ferment
Preparing and making a seasonal sauerkraut
Reducing food waste through pickling
Discussion about flavours and other ferments to try at home
You will leave this session with 3 ferments and the understanding and basic skills to continue at home.
Meet Raoul
Raoul Rechnitz (ANutr) is a Registered Nutritionist and Chef and Founder of Picture of Health Nutrition, a consultancy for gut health and nutrition education. As part of the Fermenters Guild, he leads fermentation classes on sauerkraut and kombucha especially, teaching about gut health and the applications of fermented foods for our overall health.
In this session, Raoul will guide you through the minefield of terminology like probiotics and prebiotics before speaking about the ancestral beginnings of fermentation and the different ways that populations have been fermenting for millennia.
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Price: £85
Note for Southwark residents: Looking to book a free place? As of May 2026, some additional funding has become available from Southwark Council, so additional free places are now available for workshops taking place in June and July on a first come, first served basis. Please complete the enrolment form and follow the next steps to secure your free place. Please note a £10 refundable deposit is required to complete the booking.