Art, Nibbles & a Dive into the Nutrition of the Med

Step back into holiday mode and spend an evening beside the Mediterranean - without having to leave the room.

Join artist Ella Berthoud and nutritional therapist Belle Amatt for a relaxed, creative evening of painting, cocktails, Mediterranean-inspired nibbles and conversation, centred on one of the Mediterranean’s most iconic images: the sardine.

Ella will guide you in creating your own sardine-inspired painting using acrylic paints, while Belle explores how we can bring the pleasures and principles of the Mediterranean diet into our kitchens with a 21st-century mindset.

The Mediterranean diet is much more than a list of ingredients. It’s a way of eating that celebrates food, pleasure and social connection. It is abundant in plants, pulses, vegetables, olive oil, herbs and grains - and, traditionally, fish. But how might we carry that philosophy forward while making conscious choices that are kinder to our oceans?

Expect Mediterranean-inspired cocktails and mocktails, a trio of delicious plant-based dips, recipe ideas to take home, and plenty of opportunity to paint, chat and enjoy the evening.

Your evening includes:

• A guided sardine-inspired painting session

• Mediterranean-themed cocktails and mocktails

• A trio of plant-based dips

• An introduction to the Mediterranean diet and how we might rethink it for the 21st century

• Conversation about sustainability, food choices and honouring the ocean

• Recipe ideas to take home

• All painting materials

Optional dress code: A Nautical Nudge

Think Breton stripes, a flash of navy, seaside chic, fisherman-inspired or simply something that makes you feel you should be drinking a spritz beside the Med.

No painting experience is required. Just bring your appetite, your creativity and your sense of adventure.

• £50 per person

• Saturday 17 October | 7–9pm

• Location - Primrose Cottage Hurstpierpoint

• Tickets at ​A Brush with the Med - Painting, Cocktails & Nibbles - 17th Oct

• Come for the cocktails and painting. Relish the nibbles.

• Leave with your own artwork - and a slightly different view of the Mediterranean diet.