Teaching Instructor Services
Professional Guidance for schools, organizations, conferences, community groups, and private events.Dyllan Dale, owner of Wild Foods by Dyllan, is a chef, forager, and educator with nearly 15 years of professional cooking experience and over four years dedicated to wild foods, fermentation, and hyper-local cuisine. He offers engaging, educational presentations and classes for schools, organizations, conferences, community groups, and private events.
Dyllan’s teaching style is approachable, informative, and rooted in real-world experience, focusing on practical knowledge, sustainability, and reconnecting people with their food systems.
Dyllan can tailor talks and classes to fit your audience and time frame, including:
- Cooking Fundamentals
Knife skills, flavor building, seasonal cooking, and professional kitchen techniques - Cooking with Wild Foods
Incorporating foraged ingredients into everyday meals safely and creatively - Fermentation & Preservation
Vinegars, lacto-fermentation, food safety, and traditional preservation methods - Foraging Education
Ozarks-focused plant identification, ethics, seasonality, and responsible harvesting

Rates $100 per hour Half-Day Session: $300 Full-Day Session: $500 Rates may vary for travel, multi-day engagements, or custom curriculum development.
