Alysia Vasey

Alysia Vasey, also known as The Yorkshire Forager, is a botanical expert and wild food consultant known for working with the top Michelin chefs in the hospitality industry. Her extensive botanical expertise has seen her consult for prominent brands such as Grey Goose Vodka, where she helped with brand innovation. Over the years, Alysia has accumulated an in-depth understanding of how to balance flavours, compose recipes and sustainably forage the land, whilst also selecting the best quality ingredients. When booked as a speaker she enjoys sharing her knowledge of wild ingredients with her audience.

Hailing from West Yorkshire, Alysia lives 1100ft above sea level, surrounded by sheep and beautiful West Yorkshire countryside, abundant with wild ingredients of the finest quality. Growing up in this serene landscape, Alysia began foraging at a young age and inherited the family traditions and prized knowledge of how to select the best quality ingredients in the most environmentally friendly fashion. Her impressive knowledge of the seasons and how to forage the meadows, moorlands, woods, and forests have positioned Alysia to be a highly sought-after supplier of wild ingredients and a botanical consultant, whose advice is used by some of the top Michelin chefs in the hospitality industry.

For the past four years, Alysia has been an integral part of the James Martin Saturday Morning Show. She has also made frequent appearances on Steph’s Packed Lunch, Countryfile and This Morning. More recently, Alysia appeared with Ainsley Harriot on his new show Good Mood Food and she is regularly featured on several prominent news items, radio stations, and magazines. In 2020, Alysia published her autobiography The Yorkshire Forager, where she delves into her upbringing in the West Yorkshire moors, sharing fascinating anecdotes and her extensive knowledge of the UK plant lore.

Alysia’s impressive botanical knowledge has seen her develop award-winning gins, that have won Best in The Show at the World Spirit Awards and double gold at the San Francisco Sip Awards in Alcohol Innovation. Incredibly passionate about wild ingredients, Alysia’s expertise in foraging and her understanding of botanicals is truly unrivalled. This highly prized knowledge has been built over generations of her family and is valued and used by the best Michelin chefs in the hospitality industry. Now, Alysia reveals this treasured wisdom in her speaking engagements, where she wows and inspires her audience with her understanding of the British plant lore.