Tantalizing and Tasty Truffles: Biology, Foraging, and Culinary Craft in BC
About the Workshop
Discover the secrets of the world’s most luxurious ingredient — the culinary truffle. Meet BC truffle aficionados, learn about edible truffles, smell and taste truffles, and tour a producing truffière with truffle hunting dogs during the local fruiting season (Jan-Feb). This workshop is offered by members of the Truffle Association of British Columbia (TABC). TABC, established in 2004, is a group that brings together amateur and professional mycologists, agrologists, students, foragers, growers, chefs, restaurateurs, and enthusiasts interested in wild and cultivated culinary truffles in British Columbia. The TABC is an unincorporated, not for profit, volunteer run, members and donors funded society registered with the Government of British Columbia. The TABC, in collaboration with the University of British Columbia (UBC), in 2013 established a university truffle orchard (truffière) for culinary truffle research and cultivation demonstration.
About the Instructor
TABC President, Dr. Shannon Berch, will lead presentations made by TABC members. Dr. Berch has had an illustrious career in mycology. She is an Emerita Research Scientist with the British Columbia Ministry of Environment and adjunct professor with the UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems. Dr. Berch completed her BSc and MSc at the University of Waterloo, earned her PhD at Laval University, and did post-doctoral research at Oregon State University. She is a Founding Member of the South Vancouver Island Mycological Society and the Truffle Association of British Columbia.
Date and Time
Saturday, February 28, 2026, from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Location
UBC Farm
Cost
- General: $65.10 (includes GST)
- Students and seniors: $57.75 (includes GST)