Wild food
Healthy, packed with flavour and easy to cook, wild game meat is the ultimate free-range ingredient for your table.
What is wild food
Game as food is indisputably one of the key justifications for game shooting. Therefore, promoting the benefits of eating more game as a sustainable and healthy alternative to farmed meat is an important part of BASC’s work.
To deliver our vision, we bring together partners from shooting and food production/marketing organisations to ensure game meat is recognised as a healthy alternative protein source.
We also support other sectors of the food industry through sponsorship, particularly where we can encourage adding value to game such as charcuterie, butchery and pie making.
Shooters need to promote and eat game meat to ensure the future of shooting. This means eating what you shoot and sharing it with others, perhaps by gifting game to friends and family, or cooking a dish which features game meat.
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Wild food features
What’s cooking at the BASC Wild Food Kitchen Theatre
Find out what’s in store as Marco Pierre White and other top chefs bring their take on wild game cookery to The Game Fair this July.
Great British Menu star shines at Eat Game Awards
Callum Leslie took home the title of Game Chef of the Year at the Eat Game Awards 2026, while Ross Horrocks from The Caddy Mann was named Champion of Champions.
Book your free BASC shoot visit and small game meat hygiene training
Regional officer Ryan Darby gives an update on BASC shoot visits, which are free to BASC members and now incorporate small game meat hygiene courses.
Game handling guide
The latest news from BASC
Natural England general licences survey: BASC guidance
Natural England’s survey on how GL40, GL41 and GL42 work in practice closes on 1 February 2027. We explain what it covers and how to take part.
Irresponsible access risks undermining Scottish deer and game management, warns BASC
BASC Scotland is calling for a review into the Scottish Outdoor Access Code, following concerns it falls short for shooting and conservation.
Anna Hare recognised with BASC Special Award
The award recognises Anna’s outstanding contribution to outdoor education and pivotal role in the success of Let’s Learn Moor.