Save the Date: Big Sur Foragers Festival 2025!
We are excited to announce the dates for the 2025 Big Sur Foragers Festival, benefitting the Big Sur Health Center! Mark your calendars for an unforgettable weekend of culinary exploration, local flavors, and community spirit.
🗓️ Festival Dates: Friday, January 24th – Sunday, January 26th
Join us in celebrating the unique bounty of Big Sur with top chefs, local restaurants, and the finest wineries and breweries. This is a fantastic opportunity for culinary professionals to showcase their talents and connect with fellow food enthusiasts!
🌟 Sponsorships Available!
Support this wonderful cause while promoting your business. We invite local businesses to become sponsors of the festival. Download our sponsorship form to learn more about how you can get involved: Sponsorship Form.
🍴 Calling All Chefs, Restaurants, Wineries, and Brewers for the Big Sur Foragers Festival Fungus Face Off Saturday, January 25th, 2024!
If you are interested in participating in this year’s Fungus Faceoff, don’t miss out! Sign up today to join us in showcasing your culinary creations. Check out the following forms to get started:
🎟️ Tickets Go On Sale November 1, 2024!
Get ready to secure your spot at this beloved festival!Stay tuned for more updates on events, hikes and more, and we can’t wait to see you in 2025!
Foragers Festival 2025 Offering Four “Wild Foraging Walk and Talk” Hikes
-- Two Days of Hikes Saturday, January 25th and Sunday, January 26th
Big Sur Foragers Festival 2025 is excited to bring back its popular “Wild Foraging Walk and Talk” mushroom hikes. There will be 2 hikes of 30 people each on both Saturday and Sunday, January 25-26, 2025, 4 hikes total. Hikers will meet at 9:30 a.m. at The Big Sur Lodge in Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park (subject to change pending road and weather conditions) for a talk and display of wild mushrooms, then set off on guided hikes with our mushroom experts. Cost is $75 per hiker. NO REFUNDS.
Hikes will be led by mushroom experts Mark Gillespie, Anthony Gerbino, Todd Spanier, and Dr. Phil Carpenter. Lisa Haas, assisted by Maryia Crabbe, will provide an incredible display of local wild mushrooms and discuss identification, medicinal and culinary use, and many other interesting facts.
The Foragers Festival has traditionally served as a fundraiser for the Big Sur Health Center. The community's non-profit health center will receive the proceeds from the foraging events to continue to support the presence of local health care services in the Big Sur area.
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Tickets available here:
Featured Participants:
- Alta Bakery
- Bernardus Winery
- Big Sur Lodge
- Big Sur River Inn
- Chalone
- Chesebro Winery
- Esalen
- Fernwood
- Ibrand
- Joyce Wine Company
- LadySomm
- Martha's Hopyard
- Morgan Winery
- Paul Lato Wines
- Post Ranch’s Sierra Mar
- Sammichd
- Scheid
- Ventana
- Cafe Carmel
- Twisted Roots
- Flywheel Wines
- Bitter Ginger
- Woody's
- Solstice
- Indigené Cellars
- Paul Lato Wines
- Deetjens
- Big Sur Vineyards
- Rio Grill
- Montrio
- Wrath Wines
