Fire.
Food.
Belonging.
Spend the day around live fire, learn skills youโll actually use, cook food worth sharing and meet good people along the way.
- Open fire
- BBQ & smoking
- Whole-animal butchery
- Game
- Guest experts
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More than a day around the barbecue.
Forge 54 brings men together around fire and food to build skills, friendships and a real sense of belonging.
Most of our experiences are designed primarily for men. We also run selected events for couples, families, fathers and children, younger people and other specifically designed groups.
Nobody has to be struggling to belong here.
Come because you want to learn, cook, get outside, spend time with good people or simply do something different.
Whatโs coming up around the fire
From liveโfire fundamentals and barbecue skills to specialist smoking, game, wholeโanimal butchery and guestโexpert days, every Forge 54 experience is built to be handsโon, well hosted and worth showing up for.
Live Fire
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BBQ
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Butchery
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Built to be worth showing up for.
A Forge 54 day is more than instruction. We bring together practical skill, adventure, quality hospitality and the kind of shared experience that makes conversation happen naturally.
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Hands-on
You learn by doing. Build the fire. Prepare the food. Ask questions. Try things. Have a go.
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High standards
Quality equipment, good ingredients, capable people and proper preparation. Premium without pretence.
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Shared experience
Cook together. Eat together. Make room for other people. The shared table is part of the day, not an afterthought.
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Real belonging
No performance. No judgement. You can arrive on your own, with a mate or as part of a group and still feel part of it.
5:4
Five ingredients. Four outcomes.
Forge 54 is built around five ingredients that shape the experience and four outcomes we want to create the conditions for.
Brings us together and teaches patience, responsibility, skill and respect.
Gives us something to create, share and enjoy together.
Helps people relax, connect, make memories and want to come back.
Builds skill, character, confidence and responsibility through experience.
Helps us identify what matters and take the next meaningful step.
You arrive as a guest. You leave feeling part of it.
โThere is a place around the fire for you, and something in you worth bringing to it.โ
Forge 54 is built on a simple idea: belonging is not only something we receive. It is something we help create for other people. That starts with a welcome, grows through shared experience and continues after the event.
Bring your people. Weโll build the day around them.
Friends Planning something with friends?
Teams Looking for a team day that does not feel like a corporate exercise?
Community Bringing a church, charity or community group together?
Forge 54 can shape a live-fire experience around the people in front of us, with the same standards of food, hospitality, challenge and belonging.
Good experiences are built with good partners.
We want to work with brands, local producers, skilled experts and organisations we are proud to stand beside. The right partners help us raise the standard, widen access and create experiences people remember.
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Brand partner
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Local producer
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Organisation
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Photo brief: Ant at the fire mid-conversation, side-on, dusk light. Not posed to camera. People partly in frame.
Why Forge 54 exists.
For our founder, belonging is personal. After entering foster care at 15, Ant found a new sense of community in people who chose to show up, make room and help him move forward.
Forge 54 grew from that experience and from a conviction that gathering people together matters. Fire and food give us a natural place to start.
Come for the fire. Stay for the people.
Choose an experience, bring a group or simply see what is coming up. There is a place around the fire for you.
Keep the fire going.
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