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C-05 Farmhouse & Retreat Oct – Apr

Farm to Table

Pick it, then cook it. A working produce farm in Al Ain or Sharjah, a farm kitchen, and a lunch the team grew two hours earlier.

A team mid-programme on Farm to Table — Al Ain or Sharjah, working produce farm with kitchen facilities.
Illustrative
Duration
8 hrs
Ideal start time
07:30 pickup — harvesting is a morning job everywhere in the world and the UAE is not an exception
Departure window
07:00–08:00
Group size
15 min — 50 max
Emirate / venue
Al Ain or Sharjah — working produce farm with kitchen facilities
Season
Oct–Apr
Booking lead time
14 days

Why this is not the retail version

The comparison inside our own catalog is G-02 Chef's Table Challenge at AED 430 — a cooking competition in a studio kitchen, indoors, year-round, and a genuinely good package. This is AED 440 and it is not a competition.

The difference is that the ingredients are not delivered in a crate. The team picks them, which changes the day in two specific ways. First, the menu is not fixed — the chef sets it after the harvest is weighed, because what comes out of the ground in February is not what came out in November. A team that has to cook what it actually found is doing something a scripted cook-off is not.

Second, the grower. Forty-five minutes with someone who farms commercially in a country with no rain and 45°C summers is the part people repeat afterwards, and it is not available in a studio kitchen at any price.

It is also the only package in the catalog with a genuine sustainability story that is not a CSR package. Food miles, desert agriculture, water — a client who wants an ESG angle without a volunteering day can have this instead, and the story is real rather than assembled.

Sell G-02 for a competitive team and a year-round date. Sell this for a team that would rather make something together than beat each other.

The day, minute by minute

Timeline

  1. 07:30 Bus departs client office. Breakfast boxes and coffee on board
  2. 09:00 Arrival at the farm. Branded welcome, boots and baskets issued
  3. 09:15 Farm walk with the grower — what grows here, what it takes, why UAE agriculture is harder than it looks
  4. 10:00 Harvest. Teams take a crop each and pick against a list the chef has given them
  5. 11:15 Return to the farm kitchen. Wash, sort, weigh
  6. 11:30 Menu brief. The chef reveals the dishes — built around whatever actually came in, which is never quite the plan
  7. 11:45 Cook. Teams take a course each. Stations, knives, heat, real cooking
  8. 13:30 Lunch. Everyone eats what everyone made, at one long table
  9. 14:45 Farm store — teams take produce home
  10. 15:15 Bus departs
  11. 15:30 Arrival at drop point

Included

  • Return coach transfer from client office
  • Breakfast boxes and coffee on the outbound journey
  • Exclusive half-day access to a working produce farm — grower-led walk, harvest access, baskets and tools
  • Farm kitchen with a chef facilitator and assistant
  • All cooking provisions beyond what is harvested
  • The lunch the group cooks, at one long table
  • Produce bag to take home, per attendee
  • Branded welcome setup
  • Photographer, full day — 60+ retouched stills, and an edited 90-second reel within 5 working days
  • Event coordinator on site

Not included

Stated up front so there is nothing to argue about at invoice time.

  • Alcohol
  • Overnight stay
  • Recipe pack beyond the day (see add-ons)
  • 5% VAT

Weather & backup plan

Trigger
Rain (which makes the fields unworkable and the crops unpickable), or a forecast high above 34°C — harvesting is outdoor physical work.
Fallback
The kitchen half of the day runs regardless, using farm produce picked by the growers that morning; the farm walk moves to the greenhouses and packing shed, which are covered. The day is shortened by roughly 90 minutes and a AED 60/person reduction applies. Full cancellation reschedules free within 90 days.
You are told by
By 17:00 the previous day.

Customisation options

Printed recipe pack with the day's menu, per attendee AED 55
Extended produce box delivered to homes AED 120/person
Beekeeping or dairy module where the farm has one AED 90/person
Sustainability and food-security briefing, 30 min AED 1,400
Upgrade to a chef-led plated finish AED 70/person
Team competition format with judging AED 900/event
Videographer + edited reel AED 1,200
Extend into an evening at a nearby farmhouse Priced on C-03

Questions about Farm to Table

How much does Farm to Table cost per person?
AED 500 per person for 15–29 people; AED 440 per person for 30–49 people; AED 400 per person for 50+ people. All figures exclude 5% VAT. Smaller groups are welcome and are billed at the band's minimum chargeable persons (25 for the 15–29 band).
How long does Farm to Table take, and when does it start?
8 hrs. 07:30 pickup — harvesting is a morning job everywhere in the world and the UAE is not an exception Departure window: 07:00–08:00. The published timeline is door-to-door and already includes the transfer.
What is not included in Farm to Table?
Alcohol; Overnight stay; Recipe pack beyond the day (see add-ons); 5% VAT. These are stated before enquiry rather than raised at invoice time.
What happens to Farm to Table if the weather turns?
Rain (which makes the fields unworkable and the crops unpickable), or a forecast high above 34°C — harvesting is outdoor physical work. The documented fallback is: The kitchen half of the day runs regardless, using farm produce picked by the growers that morning; the farm walk moves to the greenhouses and packing shed, which are covered. The day is shortened by roughly 90 minutes and a AED 60/person reduction applies. Full cancellation reschedules free within 90 days.. By 17:00 the previous day.
How far in advance do we need to book Farm to Table?
14 days. Ramadan and December dates book out first.

Who you are actually booking with

Written terms
Inclusions and exclusions on every package
Settled before signature, not at invoice
Contingency
Named fallback on every outdoor programme
Weather trigger and notification deadline on record

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