Mushroom Forage Workshop
Foraging Workshop – Mushrooms
A day to explore the wonderful variety of fungi on the Wild West Coast! Autumn is near approaching and with it comes the meaty and mystical mushrooms. Join Nature’s Chef, Tom Kral for a day of ‘mushroom fever’. He will be sharing his skills in safely identifying, sustainable gathering, preserving and cooking. Learn the best local edible varieties and medicinal conks. These gifts from nature support our immune system and allow us to connect with the earth, understand how you extract their potent powers. To the addition of our workshop there will be some samples of fungi delectables including a mushroom tea.
What we’ll cover;
- How to safely identify
- Where to find mushrooms
- Understanding mushroom families
- Reading forest ecology
- Preserving methods
- Preparing mushrooms so they are delicious
- Medicinal mushrooms
- Medicine extracting
This is a introduction to wild mushroom foraging, we will not be harvesting mushrooms with our time, but fresh specimens will be brought to view, and potentially find some fungi in the field that we are at. I’ll as well be sharing my favourite recipes with you, and how to introduce them to your kitchen.
*Foraged snacks & tea offered in the workshop. Bring water, tea, snacks or a meal if you feel you need more for our time. Dress for the weather, we are outside. Bring a note pad.
Registration;
Send e-trans to tom@natureschef.ca to confirm
Location:
Nature’s Chef HQ 1543 Kangaroo Rd. Metchosin, BC.
Short driveway up to a big blue house, please park in-front on the lawn. Then come along to the back space to the outdoor kitchen, we will have a fire going.
Upcoming in-person 2026 workshops:
Sundays, 12-4pm in Metchosin BC
*Dates to be announced one month prior.
- November – Wildfood Ferments
More details to come for each workshop, please sign up for the newsletters!
About your host:
Nature’s Chef, Tom Kral
Over 25 years of professional cooking experience and a bloodline of cooks has evolved Tom Kral into Nature’s Chef. From a child growing up in a Czech deli and spending time foraging at his family cottage, he developed a deep connection with nature. After being trained by some of the worlds best chefs and owning a renowned restaurant and catering business in Toronto, a chef burn out led to a spiritual awakening and finally to settling in BC. With his passion for connecting people back into nature and putting medicine back into our food, he now stewards land in Metchosin with his family, and offers a wide range of wild & unique culinary experiences, foraging workshops and community gatherings.
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I acknowledge that I live and work on unceded T’Sou-ke territory and Coast Salish Territories. I endeavour to honour the land and its people by strengthening our relationship and responsibilities to the land.
Let’s gather and celebrate the richness of this human experience together!