In The Weeds showcases the thrill and skill of foraging for fresh food. The show follows several groups of talented chefs on an adventure to hunt for specific ingredients. At the end of each excursion the chefs prepare a meal in the wilderness and feast on their treasures. In The Weeds gives viewers more than just a taste of the foraging experience. It taps into the minds of Canada’s leading chefs and show how they transform their foraged goods into restaurant worthy dishes.
SEASON 3

Season 3 features chefs from Canoe Restaurant, Langdon Hall, Drake Catering, Montogomery's, Actinolite and Saturday Dinette!

SEASON 2

Season 2 features chefs from The Drake Devonshire, Toronto Yacht Club, Woodlot, Thoroughbred, Bar Fancy, and Candide.

SEASON 1

Season 1 features chefs from La Carnita, Catch, Edulis, Raymonds Restaurant, Porzia and the arctic!

Société Orignal

Alex Cruz co-owner of Société Orignal in Montreal, Canada shows us his latest project - developing a curing salt from torching dried wild coltsfoot.

Pheasantback Mushrooms

Toronto Chefs from the wildly popular mexican restaurant La Carnita learn how to forage for Pheasant Back mushrooms with Dyson Forbes of Forbes Wild Foods.

Mulberries

Chef Charlotte Langley, of Scout Canning, spends a sunny afternoon foraging for Mulberries in downtown Toronto with Becky Lamb of Wild Foragers Society.

Chokecherries

Chef Michael Caballo from Edulis Restaurant and forager Jonathan Forbes from Forbes Wild Foods forage for chokecherries at the breathtaking Mad Maple Country Inn in Creemore, Ontario.

Winter Chanterelles

Chef Jeremy Charles of Raymonds Restaurant St. John’s, along with his sous chefs - Chef Kyumin Hahn and Chef Peter Burt - forage for Winter Chanterelles in beautiful Newfoundland and Labrador and have a cookout by the edge of a cliff.

Fiddleheads

Chef Basilio Pesce of Porzia Toronto, along with forager Nicholas Stark and mixologist Leah Mucci battle through spring showers to forage for fiddleheads in Creemore Ontario.

Lobster Mushrooms

Expedition chefs Philip Heilborn and Katie Mathieu, and longtime friend and hunter Joel LeCruyere, hunt grouse, forage for Lobster Mushrooms and cook an unforgettable wild dinner over Thanksgiving weekend.

Peppergrass

Chef Suzanne Barr and Sous Chef Kamoy of Saturday Dinette meet up with urban foragers Becky Lamb and Lee Earl to learn the ins and outs of foraging in the heart of a metropolitan city.

Juniper

Food activist and chef, Justin Cournoyer of Actinolite Restaurant, teams up with biodynamic farmer Shane Harper to utilize wild edibles during the off season of foraging.

Oyster Mushroom

First time forager and hipster chef Matt Ravenscroft invites his friends out of their element and into the wild to learn about picking wild food and creating an epic cookout in the middle of the woods.

Watercress

Chef Jason Bangerter of Langdon Hall Country House Hotel & Spa explores the luxurious side of foraging for fresh wild watercress in a picturesque setting in Cambridge, Ontario.

Oxeye Daisy

Toronto chef Guy Rawlings visits his longtime friend and farmer Mark Trealout to learn all about cultivating wild plants on farmed soil.

Morel Mushroom

The Godfather of foraging, Jonathan Forbes, teaches Executive Chef John Horne of Canoe Restaurant how to hunt for the most sought after mushroom, the morel, on his family’s Parry Sound property.

Milkweed Pod

Matthew DeMille, Head Chef of the recently opened Drake Devonshire, and friends Henry Willis of Humble Bread and Chef Neil Dowson of Agrarian Speakeasy spend a day visiting their favourite local Prince Edward County producers before foraging for an unbelievable provincial park cookout on the shore of Lake Ontario.

Wild Ginger

Rory White, former Top Chef Canada Contestant and chef at the Toronto Yacht Club, ditches the city to spend the day at forager Nicholas Stark’s farm. Together they forage for wild ginger and invite friends to enjoy a wild BBQ

Black Raspberry

Chef David Haman, owner of Woodlot in Toronto, travels to beautiful Niagara Ontario to forage for berries. His guide is off-the-map forager, Deirdre Fraser who teaches him the do’s and don’ts when it comes to foraging for wild edibles.

Wild Leek

Forager Dyson Forbes, of Forbes Wild Foods, explains the importance of chefs educating the public about how to utilize wild foods. Watch as Chef Ariel Caplan, owner of Thoroughbred in downtown Toronto, as well as Jonathan Poon, of Bar Fancy, show us their take on how to cook with wild leeks.

Golden Chanterelle

Chef Jonathan Winter Russell spends a rainy day fishing and foraging for golden chanterelle mushrooms in Tremblant, Quebec with friend and food photographer Xavier Girard Lachaine.

Cattail

Filmed on the La Gal Family Farm in Northern Quebec, father daughter team Gerald and Ariane Le Gal explain how they cultivate wild edibles on their property and whip up a beautiful salad with their wild ingredients.

Donald MacGilicutty has directed features, pilots, documentaries, webisodes, commercials, PSA’s, music videos and an award winning short film “MAX”. "MAX" was honored as Best Short Film at five film festivals along with being an International Cinematographer's Guild Showcase Award Winner. He continues to combine his directing skills with expertise as a cinematographer, editor and producer and is currently in development on TV and feature film projects. Donald is an adjunct professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and was a 2012 nominee for the Steven B. Sample Teaching and Mentoring Award. He is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Donald is married to Jane Parsons a television and film producer and production accountant, and they have four fabulous kids and reside in Pasadena, CA.