Wild Food Gathering | The Remembering | Whitby

Nicky brings warmth, grounded presence, and deep ceremonial experience. 

She has spent years holding space for women’s circles, Oh My Goddess retreats, and ceremonial cacao journeys — guiding people back into connection with body, land, and spirit- that is her thing!

At each gathering, Nicky leads the morning ceremony, introducing the plant of the month and setting the tone for the day with simple ritual and intention. She gently steers the flow from foraging to making, from shared meal to sauna, weaving in moments of stillness, gratitude, and story.

As evening falls, Nicky tends the closing fire circle, inviting reflection, and spontaneous sharing as the day softens into night. Her humble guidance is calm, inclusive, and intuitive — holding safety without control, and inviting presence rather than performance. 

Lucy Cuzzocrea is the founder of Wild Roots Foraging and Wild Roots Wild Women. A forager, teacher, and storyteller, she bridges the gap between the wild edges of the land and everyday life — showing that nature’s abundance isn’t only found in deep woods, but in parks, gardens, and the cracks in the pavement.

At the Wild Food Gatherings, Lucy leads the forage walk, guiding participants in plant identification, folklore, and ethical harvesting. She prepares and introduces the plant of the month during the morning ceremony, setting the tone for the day’s relationship with the land.

Throughout the afternoon, Lucy helps with the processing and preservation of collected materials — drying herbs, fermenting greens, and creating special wild concoctions that carry the flavour and spirit of the season. She supports people in learning how to work confidently with what they’ve gathered, encouraging curiosity and respect for the plants that sustain us.

Lucy’s passion lies in helping people see that the plants growing all around us are not weeds to be feared, but food and medicine to be celebrated. Around the fire, she becomes the alchemist — blending leaves, roots, and stories into food and drink that reconnect people to the land, their ancestors, and the quiet, enduring wisdom of the wild.

Andrea is a graduate of the Lucy Cuzzocrea School of Foraging and a wonderful friend and supporter of everything we do here at Whitby Wellbeing. She loves her horses and has the field right next to us!

A true fountain of knowledge when it comes to foraging, Andrea knows the surrounding woods and hedgerows like the back of her hand. She’s deeply connected to the beautiful landscape around her hometown and can’t wait for her two favourite wellbeings to come together creating a fantastic community of wellness support

Tom and Evie bring warmth, rhythm, and a touch of wild family life to the gatherings. Partners in both work and life — and now parents to little Nettle — they’ve spent years cooking together in restaurants, running street food kitchens, and living afloat on a riverboat in York, learning the art of doing a lot with very little space and plenty of heart.

At the Wild Food Gatherings, they manage the fire and the kitchen from dawn until the embers fade — overseeing all baking, fermenting, and cooking around the fire, and ensuring the shared feast comes together with ease and abundance. From slow-roasted roots to flatbreads in the coals, they turn raw, foraged ingredients into food that feels both grounding and celebratory.

Their energy is calm and welcoming — they keep the hearth alive, help people cook confidently over flame, and remind everyone that good food and good company are the simplest kind of magic. Together, Tom and Evie hold the kitchen as the heart of the circle: warm, nourishing, and full of life.

Daniel is the founder of Whitby Wellbeing and the driving force behind the Wild Food Gatherings. With years of experience hosting wood-fired sauna sessions along the coast and leading group breathwork, he creates spaces where people can slow down, reconnect, and meet themselves and each other with presence.

At the gatherings, Daniel tends the wood-fired sauna and guides the breathwork practice, inviting people to move from making and doing into stillness and release. His work is about restoring rhythm — the deep breath after the busy day, the warmth after cold water, the quiet after conversation.

Daniel’s background combines outdoor wellbeing, sustainable business, and community building. He brings a steady, practical energy to the circle, keeping things simple, safe, and real. As night falls, he holds the sauna space as a place of integration and reflection — a soft ending where the day settles, and the fire continues its quiet work long after words are done.

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