Thursday 26 November & 4 March · 18.00–21.30 · At The Pepper Quest
Fermentation is one of the oldest ways to bring flavour to life. Add the right spices and something ordinary becomes something extraordinary.
Join chef Markus Junkala and The Pepper Quest for a hands-on evening of lacto-fermentation and spice. Markus will guide you through the craft of fermenting vegetables. We will take you on a journey through single origin spices and how to use them to build depth, warmth and character in every jar.
You will make three ferments of your own and take them home in glass jars, ready to keep developing in your kitchen.
About Markus
Markus Junkala has a deep background in lacto-fermentation. He has worked in R&D at both of Kadeau’s restaurants in Denmark. Kadeau Copenhagen holds three Michelin stars and Kadeau Bornholm holds one. In the kitchen he is known as a true fermentation magician. Few people can coax as much flavour out of a vegetable, a little salt and time. Now he is bringing that knowledge to our table for one evening.
What’s included
- An introduction to lacto-fermentation: the science, the safety and the techniques
- A spice talk from The Pepper Quest: origin, terroir and how to season ferments
- Hands-on work as you create three ferments of your own
- All vegetables, spices and glass jars
- Recipes to take home so you can keep fermenting
- A light dinner served during the evening
Good to know
- Location: our own space at The Pepper Quest, Atlasmuren 16, 113 21 Sthlm
- Limited to 16 participants so everyone gets proper hands-on time
- No previous experience needed
- Please let us know about allergies when booking
- Our space is reached by a steep staircase and is unfortunately not wheelchair accessible
Price: 1,395 SEK per person (early bird 1,195 SEK until 6 November)
The perfect Christmas gift
Can’t make it in November? The workshop returns in March 2027. Give the gift of fermentation this Christmas and let someone you love discover a whole new world of flavour.
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If your order is damaged or broken in transit, we are happy to refund/re-send, simply email us your order # and images to hello@thepepperquest.com
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Please note that the policy lasts 30 days. If 30 days have gone by since your purchase, unfortunately we can’t offer you a refund or exchange.
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We love food, we love the discovery, flavor combinations and we want to learn, spread that knowledge and collaborate. We asked questions that no one could answer, so we had to go and find the answers ourselves. We love that it is a rediscovery of something very known to us all , yet has the possibility to teach us something completely new. We love what food brings to the table, the meeting, the ceremony, the bridging of cultures.
We are so proud to work closely with top restaurants in Scandinavia, focusing on quality and taste.
We recommend that you head over to Mattias Dahlgren and Rutabaga, Resturant AG, Airia, Frantzens, Warung, Nour, DoMa and many more if you like to bite into one of our peppercorns and spices. But hey, send us an email if you think your favorite restaurant should have our pepper.
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We work closely with our small scale farmers who uses traditional methods when growing their pepper and spices, like organic compost and no usage of pesticides. The usage of pesticides directly affects the flavor of the product.
We have connected with our farmers directly, meaning no middle hand. But this also means that they run smaller farms with no organic certifications. As our business grows we will able to take the next steps towards certifications. Stay tuned!
Finding the source, is finding the answer. We quest for unique high quality pepper and spices. We work harvest based and single origin only, meaning we only sell pepper from farmers we know. Many times we have tasted and smelled a spice knowing that there are more more lines of inquiry before reaching the very origin of the spice and the people who are cultivating it. Our way of working is special because we actually go to the farmers and we don't stop questing until we found the best of the best.
Mostly it is curiosity, openness and intuition that leads you to the right path.
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We research, always knowing that it's when we go local we actually meet the right people. We make sure to live, eat, listen, dream and drink with our farmers and partners. From here we can start to see where we have common ground so we can create a value based foundation that support both of our needs. It is also very important that the partners and farmers we work with are anchored within their communities, so that generative development and liveihoods can be supported by our collaboration.
