Archive: Tom Kral's October 14 mushroom workshop in Sooke
This preview covered a workshop scheduled for October 14, 2026. That date has passed.
By The Westshore · Oct 13, 2026 · 1 min readCorrection?
Archive notice, October 15, 2026: The workshop date below has passed. This article preserves the advance listing; it is not a report confirming that the session took place. It is no longer an invitation to register.
EMCS Community Programs listed an introductory mushroom workshop with Nature's Chef founder Tom Kral for Wednesday, October 14, 2026, from 3pm to 6pm at SEAPARC Bike Park in Sooke.
The advertised program
The organizer's listing described identification, mushroom families, forest ecology, preserving and cooking. Fresh specimens were to be brought for participants to examine. The session was advertised as an introduction to foraging, with no mushroom harvesting during the workshop.
The listing included mushroom tea and snacks and asked participants to dress for the weather and an afternoon outdoors. The advertised fee was $133.33 plus GST.
EMCS described Kral as a chef who stewards land in Metchosin and offers foraging workshops and community gatherings.