Thorington in Suffolk is having a bit of a moment. In 2021 an amazing outdoor forest theatre opened (more on that later) and now it’s also home to Husk, a fine-dining supper club restaurant, cookery school and place to stay, owned by talented chefs Joey O’Hare and Katy Taylor. The doors to the beautifully converted supper club cowshed first opened in December 2022 with a series of sell-out festive feasts. Now there are around five or six different supper club dates to choose from each month with an ever-changing menu featuring dishes that reflect the season.

Husk all about celebrating produce found right on the doorstep. And what a doorstep it is! Thorington is situated within the Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB, an area known for its seafood, pork, game, veg, fruit, and dairy products. And, Joey and Katy don’t even have to leave their own land for some ingredients – many of their recipes call for pickled and preserved fruits from the farmstead, eggs from their own flock, and seasonal herbs and vegetables grown in their kitchen garden. Welcome to the good life!

If the pictures of Husk’s fine fare above hasn’t got you clearing your diary for the next supper club, then a little insight into Joey and Katy’s cooking calibre certainly will. Joey O’Hare trained at Ballymaloe Cookery School (alumni include Clodagh McKenna and Thomasina Miers), and she has worked in Michelin starred restaurants in London as well as private homes. Got a niggling feeling you’ve heard her name before? That’ll be because she made it to the final 12 of Masterchef: The Professionals in 2015. Husk isn’t her first supper club either – she also ran the successful Hare on The Hill before making the move to Suffolk.

Katy has a marketing background that has been very useful for the launch of the slick looking brand. She’s also a very talented home chef and real foodie with a passion for putting together perfect wine and menu pairings. In short, Joey and Katy are a match made in foodie heaven – and we’re lucky enough that they chose Suffolk as the base for their vegcentic supper club restaurant.

Need a bit of help in the culinary department? Joey and Katy share their cooking know how in the Husk cookery studio. There are a number of different courses depending on what you want to learn, from foraging and fermentation to vegcentric family cooking and wine pairing.

And the offering just gets better and better… Husk have recently collaborated with Thorington Theatre to provide pre-theatre picnic hampers. And, from September 2023, they will be opening luxurious boutique rooms for guests of the supper clubs and cookery school. There’ll be a choice of barns (Jack, Jill, Hind and Hart) and two converted grain silos (Emmer and Einkorn), with a picturesque natural swimming pool to enjoy on balmy days too. Just imagine waking up in crisp white sheets under the big Suffolk coast skies, to fresh local coffee and a delicious homemade Suffolk “egg plate” breakfast (Penny Bun sourdough, raw Bungay butter, homemade jam, eggs from the flock and Wells alpine cheese). Sweet and savoury heaven!

Upcoming supper club dates

Feeling hungry? Nab a seat at one of Husk’s next supper clubs by booking here.