Alan Bergo

Chef Alan Bergo is a Midwestern native. A 15 year veteran of the Culinary Industry, he worked for a decade under chefs from Italy, including the former personal chef to the princess of Monaco, as sous chef to Chef Lenny Russo at St. Paul’s 6-time James Beard-nominated Heartland. Was executive chef of The Salt Cellar, and finally, executive chef at farm to table cornerstone Lucia’s in Minneapolis.

Bergo is best known as a leading authority on foraging and cooking wild mushrooms and plants via his website Forager | Chef: the largest resource on wild mushroom cookery on the Internet, drawing millions of annual visitors from across the globe.

His long awaited book debut: The Forager Chef’s Book of Flora, was released in June 2021 by Chelsea Green Publishing. The book is an exploration of wild plants, herbs, garden vegetables, nuts and starches and is the first in a three part series including Funghi and Fauna.