Gourmet Glamping Weekend
A fully catered weekend of food, flavour and sharing with Tanya Ranalow.
Fri 2nd - Sun 4th Oct, 2026 | €475 pp sharing
A weekend for food lovers, island explorers and anyone who enjoys trying something a little different.
Join us on Bere Island for a fully catered weekend centred around good food, new flavours and the pleasure of sharing a table. Flavour Makers is designed for friends and couples who love discovering new places, enjoying memorable food experiences and taking a little time out from everyday life.
Your weekend begins on Friday evening with a sharing board experience with Tanya Ranalow. Tanya will demonstrate how to put together a beautiful, generous sharing board using delicious West Cork produce, seasonal ingredients and a few of her favourite flavour combinations. You’ll then create your own board to enjoy for dinner that evening. Afterwards, you’ll take your board home with you, ready to recreate the experience and impress your friends with your new creative sharing-board skills.
On Saturday, Tanya will take you behind the scenes of her cooking, exploring the simple flavour makers that can transform everyday meals. Through an engaging cooking demonstration, discover how pickles, dressings, dips, toppings, sauces and sides can add colour, freshness, texture and depth to your cooking. There will be plenty of ideas and inspiration to take home and try for yourself.
That evening, we’ll bring the wider island community together for a vibrant Indian-inspired autumn feast. Expect fragrant vegetarian and meat curries, colourful seasonal sides and punchy pickles, all made with beautiful autumnal produce and layers of warming spices. It’s a generous, flavour-packed dinner designed to be shared, enjoyed and lingered over.
With accommodation, food and experiences all in one place, this is a chance to slow down, eat well, meet people and experience Bere Island in a different way – with the sea, landscape and relaxed atmosphere of Wild Atlantic Glamping as your backdrop.
Whether you come as a couple, with friends or simply because you love food and discovering something new, this is a weekend to come hungry and leave inspired.
Meet the Host
Tanya Ranalow is a wholefood chef from Co Clare. Growing up, Tanya was surrounded by a strong farm to fork ethos. That early connection to food became a lifelong passion when in 2012 she attended the Ballymaloe Cookery School and fully immersed herself in the world of food & cookery.
Since then, Tanya has built a varied career across the Irish food scene. From co creating and building a wellness business, working as a freelance wholefood chef, winning a prestigious Great Taste Award, hosting Healthy cookery demos & private cheffing throughout Ireland.
Tanya’s food is exciting, colorful & fresh with a big focus on nourishment & flavour. Her love of travel has helped her to develop and discover her own unique cookery style incorporating tastes and techniques from all over the world.
Weekend Schedule
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Check-in from 4pm
6:30pm onwards – Sharing Board Experience
Tanya will be around from 6:30pm to help you create your own sharing board, using delicious West Cork produce and seasonal ingredients, which you’ll enjoy together for dinner. You’ll then take your boards home with you, ready to recreate it and impress your friends with your new sharing-board skills.
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8:00am–9:30am Buffet Breakfast
Enjoy a relaxed buffet breakfast at your own pace, with fresh juices, breads served with Bere Island honey and jams, a selection of Cork cheeses, cured meats, and delicious yogurt, compote and granola pots.
10:30am-12:30pm Flavour Makers
Learn how to make store cupboard essentials that will add taste and edge to all your meals. Toppers, pickles, dressings, dips and sides that can be added to salads, soups & main dishes which will bring flavour & excitement to everyday meals.
12:30pm - 1:30pm Lunch
Enjoy a delicious lunch using the flavour makers you’ve learned to create during the morning, alongside a few extra dishes and special touches prepared by Tanya. A relaxed, generous meal showcasing just how easily these simple ingredients can transform everyday food.
Afternoon – Free Time
The afternoon is yours to enjoy at your own pace. Relax at Wild Atlantic Glamping, take a walk and explore the island, head down to the sea for a swim, or simply slow down and enjoy the peace and scenery of Bere Island.
7:30pm Dinner
Indian-Inspired Autumn Feast
Join us for a vibrant Indian inspired feast, bringing together the best of autumnal produce with fragrant curries, seasonal sides and punchy pickles. Enjoy a generous, flavour-packed dinner designed for sharing, with Tanya’s delicious food and the company of island locals.
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9:00am–11:00am Buffet Breakfast
Enjoy a relaxed buffet breakfast at your own pace, with fresh juices, breads served with Bere Island honey and jams, a selection of Cork cheeses, cured meats, and delicious yogurt, compote and granola pots.
12noon Check out
ACCOMODATION
Your home for the weekend
Stay in one of our cosy, architect-designed pods at Wild Atlantic Glamping, where comfort meets the beauty of Bere Island. Ideal for couples and friends, each pod has a private toilet and sink, heating, tea and coffee making facilities, and a mini fridge. Hot showers are available in the main facilities block, approximately 50 metres from your pod.
With a comfortable double bed and single bed, the pods are perfect for a couple or two friends, while the fully glazed front gives you uninterrupted views across Bantry Bay and towards Hungry Hill. Wake up to the island landscape, unwind after a day of food and experiences, and enjoy having everything you need right on your doorstep.
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€475 per person sharing
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Your Gourmet Glamping weekend includes two nights’ accommodation at Wild Atlantic Glamping, a fully catered experience with breakfast and lunch each day, Friday evening’s sharing board experience, Saturday’s flavour makers cooking demonstration with Tanya Ranalow, and the Indian-inspired autumn feast on Saturday evening.
Your sharing board is yours to take home at the end of the weekend, so you can recreate the experience and impress your friends with your new skills.
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The cost of the ferry to and from Bere Island is not included. As a guide, the return fare is approximately €30 for a car or €10 for a foot passenger.
Any additional snacks or drinks you would like for the weekend are also not included. Guests will have a mini fridge in their pod and a designated storage area in the communal kitchen for anything they wish to bring with them.
Alcohol is not included in the weekend price. We will have a selection of wines available to purchase, carefully chosen to complement the weekend’s meals. Guests are also very welcome to bring their own drinks if they prefer.