Daddy Bear Grills

Daddy Bear Grills 2024 British Live Fire Cooking FinalistšŸ”„ Kentā€™s Live Fire Cooking Experience Coming Spring 2025šŸ”„

One of the most beautiful fillers of fish Iā€™ve ever eaten! The John Dory fillet from Rockfish Cooked in Lumberjaxe Food ...
01/10/2026

One of the most beautiful fillers of fish Iā€™ve ever eaten!

The John Dory fillet from Rockfish

Cooked in Lumberjaxe Food Company cowboy butter over Big K Products charcoal in the Kadai - Original Barbecue & Fire Pit Combination

One Iā€™ll definitely be doing again!

01/10/2026

Just confirmed after a site visit we will be here at the annual fireworks show on Thursday 5th November.

We will be serving up visual theatre and delicious fire cooked food for the community.

šŸ”Daddy Bear Smash Burgers
šŸ„©Sizzling Steak & Dirty Onion Flatbreads with Chimichurri.
šŸ§€Maple Glazed Halloumi & Dirty Onion Flatbreads.

We will also have a marshmallow toasting area for the kids and family to have fun around the .uk

Itā€™s a free event for the community with gates opening at 7pm@and the show starting at 7.30pm.

First pop-up done. And we learned A LOT. šŸ”„This weekend we took Daddy Bear Grills to The Robertsbridge Club for their Okt...
29/09/2026

First pop-up done. And we learned A LOT. šŸ”„

This weekend we took Daddy Bear Grills to The Robertsbridge Club for their Oktoberfest event.

Live bands, plenty of b**r and us doing what we do bestā€¦ cooking over fire.

But this one was different for us.

Weā€™re used to live demonstrations, masterclasses, private events and experiences. This was our first proper test of the Daddy Bear Grills pop-up concept.

We deliberately kept the menu tight:

šŸ” Baby Bear & Daddy Bear Smash Burgers
šŸ”„ Moonshine Mango Chicken Wings
šŸ„© Sizzling Steak & Dirty Onion Flatbreads with Chimichurri
šŸ§€ Maple Glazed Halloumi & Dirty Onion Flatbreads

The food worked.

The biggest lesson?

Systems, systems, systems.

You can have brilliant food, but when ten orders suddenly land at once, the system behind it becomes just as important as whatā€™s happening over the fire.

Taking the order.
Getting the ticket to the right place.
Cooking multiple dishes at different speeds.
Building the order.
Serving it hot.
Clearing the ticket.

Then doing it all againā€¦ quickly.

We found the bottlenecks. We found things that worked really well. And we found things weā€™ll change before the next one.

Thatā€™s exactly why we wanted to test it.

Because the bigger plan is to start rolling out regular Daddy Bear Grills pop-ups across Kent and the surrounding areas.

Iā€™m particularly interested in industrial estates, business parks and large workplaces where we could arrive on the same day each week and serve a proper fire-cooked breakfast and lunch.

Fresh ingredients. Proper meat. Cooked over real fire.

Weā€™re also heading into fireworks season with several events coming up, followed by a large Christmas market, so thereā€™ll be plenty more opportunities to refine the operation.

Now I need a little help from my networkā€¦

Do you know an industrial estate, business park, workplace, farm shop, brewery or venue that needs a Daddy Bear Grills pop-up?

Tag them below or drop me a DM. šŸ‘‡šŸ”„

Flavour in every flame & memories in every meal.

28/09/2026

Cheese & Onion Toastie is the ultimate toastie for me, what about you?

agreesšŸ˜‚

The toastie is one of the legendary lunches you can have.

I took this to the woods and cooked it on my .uk using the hot plate over the fires.

26/09/2026

Weā€™re doing a pop up at today for their Okertoberfest event.

Pop down and see us for some fire cooked treatsšŸ”„

Somehow, this became my job. šŸ”„Sometimes a photo captures exactly how you feel.Standing behind a fire, cooking ridiculous...
23/09/2026

Somehow, this became my job. šŸ”„

Sometimes a photo captures exactly how you feel.

Standing behind a fire, cooking ridiculous amounts of meat, talking to a crowd of people and probably chatting far too muchā€¦

And absolutely loving it.

When I started Daddy Bear Grills, I didnā€™t have some grand plan to end up travelling around the country cooking on stages at food festivals.

It started much simpler than that.

I loved cooking over fire.

I loved being outdoors.

And I realised just how good both of those things were for me.

So I started sharing it.

One cook became another.
Then came the woodland experiences.
Private events.
Weddings.
Festivals.
Masterclasses.
Corporate days.
Pop-ups.

And somewhere along the way, this little idea started becoming a proper business.

Thereā€™s still a bloody long way I want to take it.

Iā€™ve got ideas scribbled everywhere, new experiences weā€™re developing, venues weā€™re talking to, collaborations happening and some pretty big ambitions for where Daddy Bear Grills goes next.

But every now and again itā€™s good to stop chasing the next thing and appreciate whatā€™s already happening.

Iā€™m getting to travel around the country, meet brilliant people, cook incredible food over fire and hopefully inspire a few more people to get outside and do the same.

Looking at this photoā€¦

Yeah. Iā€™m pretty bloody happy with that. šŸ”„

Whatever youā€™re building at the moment, remember to occasionally turn around and look at how far youā€™ve already come.

Forward is forward.

Photo by Jessi Lauren Studio

22/09/2026

Cooking in a castle will never not feel medieval!

Especially when hanging meat over fire asado style.

Just look at how epic this was at cooking on the in the beautiful on the Friday evening in

21/09/2026

I had so much fun cooking this beautiful produce from at stunning artistry butchering from from her demo, then I was asked to cook it all up which was a
pleasure!

Started by hanging the platted pork belly strips on the .uk asado cross, then cooked the lamb fillets, cutlets, pork chops and chicken parcel direct over the flames on the .uk

Fuelled by

19/09/2026

This was so much fun!

The Friday night party at inside the castle inner Bailey full of excitement. Live bands, local brewery, fire eaters and me entertaining the crowds with some fire cooking!

I got to play with this brilliant piece of kit from their asado grill and showcase fire cooking at its best. From hanging beautiful picanha and pork belly strips to hitting them on the flames for entertainment and a final crisp.

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