Nature's Chef

Nature's Chef Private Holistic Chef Tom Kral offers private dinner experiences, wildfood workshops, foraging tours, retreats and community events. Private Holistic Chef

He has been serving the Vancouver Island community since 2012 and has over 25 years of prosessional cooking experience🔥🔪

Big Leaf Maple Syrup🍁💧Finally having a moment to turn my collected sap from the winter into golden syrup! One liter in t...
06/19/2026

Big Leaf Maple Syrup🍁💧
Finally having a moment to turn my collected sap from the winter into golden syrup! One liter in the end, now on the menu for private dinners😋

Grand Fir Blueberry maple compote🤤
06/16/2026

Grand Fir
Blueberry maple compote🤤

Private dinners crafted to you💚MENUAppySeared Octopus,Griddled Corn Cake, Roast Tomato Emulsion,Wild Fennel, Cultured Ch...
06/12/2026

Private dinners crafted to you💚
MENU

Appy
Seared Octopus,
Griddled Corn Cake, Roast Tomato Emulsion,
Wild Fennel, Cultured Cheese,
Roasted Bull Kelp Fronds,
Seaside Arrowgrass

Main
Grilled Beef Chuck Steak, Porcini Rub,
Buttermilk Smashed Purple Potatoes,
Sea Asparagus, Roast Radish,
Nettle Powder, Kelp Kraut,
Demi Glace

Sweet
Flourless Chocolate Torte,
Nootka Rose Chantilly,
Rhubarb Gin Stewed Strawberries,
Hazelnut Maple Brittle

A little sneak peak into what a private dinner experience can look like with me☺️💚Appy🐙🌲Seared Octopus, Griddled Corn Ca...
06/05/2026

A little sneak peak into what a private dinner experience can look like with me☺️💚

Appy🐙🌲
Seared Octopus, Griddled Corn Cake,
Roast Tomato Emulsion, Fennel, Cultured Cheese,
Chickweed, Pickled Spruce tips

Main🥩🍄‍🟫
Grilled Delmonico Steaks, Uni Butter,
Chanterelle Mushroom Demi-Glace,
Milva Potato Rosti, Creamed Nettle,
Lacto-Fermented Carrots, Crispy Leeks,
Purple Sprouting Broccoli

Sweet🔥🍓
Baked Cocoa Meringue,
Nootka Rose Honey Ice-Cream,
Chocolate Chaga Sponge Cake,
Rum Flambé Strawberries

A year ago 05/25/2025 we said yes💍💞To doing the hard stuff, enjoying the little things, being present for each other, le...
05/27/2026

A year ago 05/25/2025 we said yes💍💞
To doing the hard stuff, enjoying the little things, being present for each other, levelling up, building Gods Kingdom, the new world through stewardship and connection to source✝️

I'm deeply in love and awe of this wild woman, thank you for being true .kait

And yes we married our sourdough cultures too🥰🍞

A special gratitude to for hosting our sacred union💚🏡

Seaweed Workshop🌊🌿Wednesday May 13, 3-7pm.Sooke, BC.Exploring the mysterious world of seaweeds with your guide Nature’s ...
05/11/2026

Seaweed Workshop🌊🌿
Wednesday May 13, 3-7pm.
Sooke, BC.

Exploring the mysterious world of seaweeds with your guide Nature’s Chef. Tom will introduce you to these most amazing specimens, the macro-algae that can offer an abundance of food, medicine, survival and first aid uses. Learn the 3 different classifications of seaweeds, including inter-tidal and kelp species. Where and when to harvest, ethical harvesting practices, drying and preparation techniques, and overall health benefits. You will learn how to introduce them to your diet and lifestyle. From play to spa days, this workshop has a whole lot to cover.

What we’ll cover:
- Identifying common seaweeds of the PNW
- Which seaweeds are to consume and not
- Ethical foraging practices
- How to process efficiently
- Preserving methods
- Cooking with Kelp
- Preparing them so they are delicious
- Medicinal uses
- Survival uses
- First-Aid uses
- Toys and play with seaweeds
- Spa treatment

Learn what the sea can teach us, understand as we reconnect with the water world a little bit more it can build resilient community. Nature has the amazing capability to heal us, and make us thrive!

Event hosted by
More details👇
https://natureschef.ca/calendar

Seaweed season is here 🌿🌊Over the next few weeks we’ll be getting out onto the beaches, harvesting seaweeds, teaching wo...
05/06/2026

Seaweed season is here 🌿🌊

Over the next few weeks we’ll be getting out onto the beaches, harvesting seaweeds, teaching workshops, sharing meals, and finding different ways to bring these amazing wild foods into everyday life.

If you’ve been curious about edible seaweeds, wild coastal foods, or just want an excuse to spend more time by the ocean with good people, we’d love to have you join us.

We’ve got a few events lined up this month:

🌿 Beachside Seaweed Foraging Workshop
🌊 Seaweed soaked Spa Drop-in Day
🔥 Nature’s Chef Gourmet Seaweed Feast

All the details & booking are in the links in bio.

Sea you out there ;)

This right here, is the one to start with🌸Not the fancy stuff. Not the complicated recipes.Just something simple that ac...
05/01/2026

This right here, is the one to start with🌸

Not the fancy stuff. Not the complicated recipes.
Just something simple that actually works.

Nettle cupcakes sound weird, but just wait until you make them…

Familiar enough that it doesn’t feel like a stretch, but still something completely different.

Made with nettles we picked right outside.

This is exactly why we put it in the guide.
Simple entry point, no overthinking. Just getting wild foods into ya in the most tasty ways possible 🙌🏼!!

If you’ve been curious, start here.

Comment "Wildfoods" and I’ll send you a link to the guide that's got nettles covered, plus lots more
✨🌿💫

Grand Fir Creme Brûlée🌲🍮Garden blueberry compote🫐When you heat up the creme, blitz the green needles with a high speed b...
05/01/2026

Grand Fir Creme Brûlée🌲🍮
Garden blueberry compote🫐

When you heat up the creme, blitz the green needles with a high speed blender, strain and bake like you would an ordinary brûlée.
The taste will blow your taste buds👅💥

More tree tips in my spring foraging guide cookbook, see link💚
https://stan.store/natureschef

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1543 Kangaroo Road
Sooke, BC
V9C4C6

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