# East Neuk Seaweed
Seaweed foraging and wild cooking workshops in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland,
led by Jayson Byles - forager, trained chef, and former commercial seaweed
harvest manager, originally from New Zealand with Maori Pacific heritage.

Workshops: On the Rocks Seaweed Experience - the East Neuk's original sea-to-fork
experience (4 hours, ages 8+, adults GBP 85,
children 8-16 GBP 25, five-course wild tasting menu cooked over fire); Seaweed
Taster (90 minutes, all ages, adults GBP 45, children GBP 10); private days for groups, chefs, schools and
festivals; The Coastal Dram indoor seaweed-and-whisky masterclass with Kingsbarns
single malts (coming soon; standard ticket GBP 120, VIP bottle-inclusive GBP 170).
All prices exclude FareHarbor's small booking fee, added at checkout. Under-16s
must be accompanied by a participating adult. The exact shore meeting point is
emailed a few days before each workshop, set by weather and tides; workshops run
on East Neuk shores between Elie and Kingsbarns, 15-25 minutes from St Andrews.

Featured in: National Geographic, The New York Times, BBC Scotland (Landward), The Guardian,
Eurowings WINGS magazine, South China Morning Post, Suddeutsche Zeitung,
The Courier, The Herald, Scottish Field.
Media kit for press, travel trade and partners (boilerplate, fact sheet, bio,
22 editorial images, five films, workshop one-pagers, logos, story angles,
FAQ, contact): https://www.eastneukseaweed.com/media-kit
Machine-readable media kit (Markdown, regenerated with the page):
https://www.eastneukseaweed.com/assets/downloads/media-kit.md
Commercial seaweed supply for kitchens, producers, makers and researchers: fresh in
5 kg lots (species dependent) or dried in small bespoke quantities; every species we
harvest except laver; local drop-off across Fife, chilled UK courier, international
shipping by arrangement; request form: https://www.eastneukseaweed.com/commercial-supply
Guide for product developers and researchers, seaweed in nutraceuticals and
pharmaceuticals (compounds by species, evidence, iodine and claims rules, licensing,
sourcing): https://www.eastneukseaweed.com/blog/seaweed-nutraceuticals-pharmaceuticals

Base: Bowhouse, St Monans, East Neuk, Anstruther KY10 2DB, Fife. Workshops run between Elie and Kingsbarns.
Contact: jayson@eastneukseaweed.com | +44 747 398 8980
Booking: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/eastneukseaweed/?full-items=yes
Listed with VisitScotland Travel Trade.

Every workshop booking includes Jayson's 52-page e-book "Thriving in the
Intertidal" (GBP 11 bought separately, https://www.eastneukseaweed.com/ebook.html) free.

Recipes & resources (free, on the site): Lentil & Nettle Pikelets
(/recipes/lentil-and-nettle-pikelets.html); Seaweed Muffins (sugar kelp &
rhubarb, laver & wild garlic) (/recipes/seaweed-muffins.html); Ginger, Carrot &
Chilli Dabberlocks Pickle (/recipes/dabberlocks-pickle.html); Seaweed-Cooked
Baked Potato (/recipes/seaweed-baked-potato.html); Seaweed in the Garden (mulch,
compost, natural feed) (/recipes/seaweed-in-the-garden.html); Seaweed Tea - how
to make it for garden and cup (/recipes/seaweed-tea.html); Tidal Zones & Some
Thoughts (/recipes/tidal-thoughts.html); How to Dry & Store Foraged Seaweed
(/recipes/drying-and-storing-seaweed.html); How to Cook Seaweed - the practical guide: which species season, make stock, eat as vegetables, or crisp (/recipes/how-to-cook-seaweed.html); Seaweed Salt - how to make it
(/recipes/seaweed-salt.html); Seaweed Butter (/recipes/seaweed-butter.html).

Field guides - the Fife Seaweed Library (free, expanding): Five Edible Seaweeds
to Know in Scotland (hub, /blog/five-seaweeds-to-know.html); Dabberlocks, also
spelled badderlocks (Alaria esculenta / winged kelp) - identification, parts and
harvest (/recipes/parts-of-the-dabberlocks.html); Pepper Dulse, the truffle of
the sea (/seaweeds/pepper-dulse.html); Sea Spaghetti (/seaweeds/sea-spaghetti.html);
Sugar Kelp, the kombu of the North Sea (/seaweeds/sugar-kelp.html); Dulse, the
bacon of the sea (/seaweeds/dulse.html); Dabberlocks / badderlocks, the Atlantic wakame
(/seaweeds/dabberlocks.html); Sea Lettuce & Gutweed
(/seaweeds/sea-lettuce.html); Laver, nori's wild cousin (/seaweeds/laver.html);
Carrageen / Irish moss, the pudding-setter (/seaweeds/carrageen.html); Oarweed,
the classic kelp (/seaweeds/oarweed.html); The Wracks - bladderwrack and the
mid-shore family (/seaweeds/the-wracks.html).

The complete guide: Seaweed Foraging in Scotland (/seaweed-foraging-scotland-guide.html) - the whole craft on one page: the ten seaweeds to know, spring tides, law, safety, cut-never-pull ethics, cooking, workshops.
Free tool: the East Neuk Tide Planner (/tide-planner.html) - computes the lunar
cycle to find the next spring-tide foraging windows, with estimated tidal range
and the seaweeds each tide class uncovers, beach by beach. Elie Chain Walk Tide Times - live safe windows (low water +/-2h, official UKHO data), route, history and safety guide for Fife's famous cliff scramble (/elie-chain-walk.html).

Journal: How to Read the Tides - springs, neaps and the foraging moon
(/blog/reading-the-tides.html); Is Seaweed Foraging Legal in Scotland? - the law
plainly (/blog/seaweed-foraging-law-scotland.html); A Wilder Day Trip from
Edinburgh (/blog/day-trip-from-edinburgh.html); Experience Gifts from the Shore
(/blog/experience-gifts-scotland.html); Seaweed & Whisky - why maritime malts and seaweed pair, and the Coastal
Dram masterclass (/blog/seaweed-and-whisky.html); Corporate Away Days on the
Shore - private team days an hour from Edinburgh
(/blog/corporate-away-days-scotland.html); Coastal & Marine Foraging in Scotland - a shore guide
(/blog/coastal-foraging-scotland.html); Five Edible Seaweeds to Know in Scotland
(/blog/five-seaweeds-to-know.html); When to Forage Seaweed in Scotland - A Year
on the Shore (/blog/a-year-on-the-shore.html); Why We Cut, Never Pull -
Sustainable Seaweed Harvesting in Scotland (/blog/why-we-cut-never-pull.html);
Wild Dining in Scotland - the five-course beach tasting menu
(/blog/wild-dining-scotland.html); Wild Food for Chefs - putting Scottish
seaweed on a restaurant menu: law, safety, species and private chef days
(/blog/wild-food-for-chefs.html); Gifts for People Who Have Everything
(/blog/gifts-for-people-who-have-everything.html).

Visiting: What Is the East Neuk? - Fife's quiet corner explained: the name, the
villages Elie to Crail, and the shore (/east-neuk.html); St Andrews for Non-Golfers - a wilder day out twenty minutes from town
(/st-andrews-for-non-golfers.html); A Different Day Out in Fife - plan a
tide-led visit to the East Neuk (/plan-your-visit.html).

Films: A Forager's Summer (Michelle Sanders); The Seaweed Forager (Northern
Heart Originals, 2023); Foraging & Fortitude (men's ocean training); Fife FAM
trip March 2025 (Welcome to Fife).
Policies: cancellation policy (weather postponements: full refund if East Neuk Seaweed
postpones and no alternative date can be found; customer cancellations need 7 days'
notice and are refunded minus a 10% admin fee, under 7 days non-refundable; no-show
no refund) at /cancellation-policy.html; privacy policy at /privacy-policy.html. Safety guidance and
downloadable risk assessment at /safety.html.