Max Jones
24th & 25th August - Bastecamp Demos
Max Jones is a traditional food conservationist who seeks out to learn and live with true artisans and obscure makers of traditional food, documenting essential practices that are at risk of becoming forgotten. From supporting producers of rare cheeses to the traditional wild salmon smoking of Ireland, he seeks to retain this valuable knowledge to then share with others so they might be inspired to propagate the use of ancient techniques that are steeped in tradition, offering reconnection to the land and sea through pre-industrial processes.
Max is an alpine transhumance guide, writer, photographer and food producer who runs a traditional food event space called in the Booley in West Cork. This year at Big Grill he will be running sessions to reawaken our inherent ability to preserve food with salt and smoke, using all-natural methods based on traditions from eastern Scotland and the west coastline of Ireland.
