Eco-Friendly Foraging - Plants Walk / Wild Food Tasting & Drinks

Reptacular Ranch

8828 Gold Creek Road, 91342, Sylmar, CA, United States

Pascal Baudar

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BiographyPascal Baudar is a writer, naturalist and a self-styled “culinary alchemist” based in Los Angeles.  His passion is to study wild edibles and research new culinary uses through ancient and traditional methods of food preservation as well as contemporary cooking techniques.  He also did the Master Food Preserving / Food Safety Advisor program at the University of California in 2011.From 2011 to 2014, his truly unique preserves, drinks and various wildcrafted condiments made their way into the kitchens of such star chefs as Ludo Lefebvre, Josiah Citrin, Ari Taymor, Michael Voltaggio, Chris Jacobson, Matthew Biancaniello (Eat Your Drinks) and Niki Nakayama (N/Naka restaurant)He has served as a wild food consultant for several TV shows including MasterChef and Top Chef Duels. He has been featured in numerous TV shows and publications, including Time magazine, the Los Angeles Times, L.A. Weekly, and the New York Times.In 2014, he was named one of the 25 most influential tastemakers in L.A. by Los Angeles magazine and in 2017 as offering one of the most innovative culinary classes.He is the author of 4 bestselling books - The New Wildcrafted Cuisine, The Wildcrafting Brewer, Wildcrafted Fermentation and Wildcrafted Vinegars.His next project is related to using wildcrafting and art as tools to explore environmental issues by focusing on invasive and noxious plants with the concept of making food part of the solutions being offered - Not just herbicides or throwing away the resources (food waste).