Holistic Wild Foods Chef
“Beyond catering, Tom delivers a diverse, west coast culinary experience: from personal wild-food workshops to intimate dinners in your own home, nourishment at a retreat, or crafting backyard family fare spreads.
Kral knows how to deliver the goods, bringing a mastery to ‘nomadic kitchen arts’, improvising and attuning as nature inspires, wherever the action is! This passion for the holistic, rustic, and delicious is what has led to his greatest self-made, at-your-service creation: Nature’s Chef.”
On Vancouver Island
Nature’s Chef Tom Kral offers private dining, foraging walks, and wild foods experiences rooted in nature, season, and what the land offers – based in Metchosin and serving Greater Victoria, the wild West Coast, and beyond.
Whats on Offer:
- Private Dining & At-Home Chef Services: Intimate, seasonal meals – in your home, cabin, or retreat space.
- Foraging Walks & Wild Foods Workshops: Learn to identify, harvest, and cook local edible plants.
- Retreat & Event Cooking: Nourishing, thoughtful food for gatherings rooted in care.
- Wild Foods Education (In-Person & Online):
Courses and learning experiences guided by nature
This work is more than just cooking delicious food. It’s about true nourishment, relationship with the earth, and the freedom to connect and gather where nature leads – whether that’s over a backyard fire, on the edge of the ocean, or around a shared table.
Explore the offerings below, or learn more about the philosophy and person behind Nature’s Chef.
Private Dining & Retreats
Invite Nature’s Chef into your space and have the restaurant come to you. Fully customizable menus foraged from organic, local & wild ingredients. From intimate dinners to larger gatherings & retreats, experience the power of truly unique west coast style cuisine at your choice of venue.
Upcoming Culinary Events
Foraging workshops, community dinner events, long table wildcrafted feasts, and collaborations with health and wellness facilitators – find all upcoming Natures Chef events here.
Foraging Adventures
A 3 hour nature tour. The chef will guide you on your own private plant walk, see through the eyes of a forager. Tom will open you up to safely identifying wild plants, cooking tips, and even tool uses. Wild tea and snack included.
Online Wildfood Courses
Nature’s Chef is here to support you in the kitchen or out in nature. Tom has a wide diverse of skills to offer with over 25 years of professional cooking experience. Bring wildfoods into your diet and connect with nature on a deeper level.