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Mar 31, 2027 6-9 pm Berkeley, CA 

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About Our Speaker

Paul Stamets, D.Sc. (Honoris causa) is a speaker, author, mycologist, medical researcher, and entrepreneur who is considered an intellectual and industry leader in fungi. He is the founder and owner of Fungi Perfecti, LLC, and Host Defense Mushrooms supplement line. Paul Stamets is the author of eight books. His latest book, published in June 2025, is Psilocybin Mushrooms in Their Natural Habitats. He named numerous new species of psilocybin mushrooms. In 2023, a new psilocybin mushroom species was named after him to honor his lifelong work: Psilocybe stametsii. He is an invention ambassador for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and was inducted into The Explorer’s Club in 2020. He has received numerous awards, including the National Mycologist Award (2013) from the North American Mycological Association (NAMA), the Gordon & Tina Wasson Award (2015) from the Mycological Society of America (MSA), The Disruptor Award from NextMed (2023), and the SynBioBeta Lifetime Achievement Award (2024). He was acknowledged at the United Nations as one of the 100 Disruptors for positive change. In the latest Star Trek: Discovery series on CBS, the science officer is portrayed by an astromycologist, Lt. Commander Paul Stamets, whose concepts became a central theme of this science fiction. He served as the primary guide to the mushroom documentary Fantastic Fungi, released in fall 2019 on Netflix, achieving a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

About Our Chef

Chad Hyatt (he/him) has made a name for himself in Northern California and beyond by sharing his delicious spin on wild mushroom cookery at public and private events. Both an expert forager and classically trained chef, he has cooked in a variety of restaurants and private clubs around the San Francisco Bay Area, where he can often be found putting on wild mushroom-themed dinners and teaching mushroom-related classes.

Chad's cooking career began after leaving an engineering career for culinary school. He has cooked in a wide range of kitchens, from Michelin-starred fine dining to opening a BBQ restaurant, and from country club to gastropub. He is passionate about approachable comfort food, based on local, seasonal ingredients, and, of course, wild mushrooms. He has been working as an independent freelance chef since the middle of 2018, with a focus on special events.

Ticket Options: The Talk

In-Person Tickets

$65 Pay it Forward (I'd like to support someone else to come)

$50  Standard Ticket (regular price)

$35 Community Supported (these are supported by Pay it Forward tickets) 

Livestream Tickets

$15

Dinner Tickets

Tapas Tickets by Chef Chad Hyatt are sold separately and can be purchased here. ADD LINK.

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Accessibility

Our space is wheelchair accessible