Sea Food
Differently
Workshops, Experiences & Events
Seafood centered workshops, events, and experiences designed to inspire and empower fish-curious folk to learn and love your local catch
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I’m Trish Whetstone, a cross-disciplinary creative exploring the creatures, cultures, histories, and food systems behind our seafood.
I blend culinary skills, storytelling, and hands-on experiences to help people build confidence with seafood and better understand waters it comes from.
Through workshops, events, demos, creative experiences, and (unnecessarily ambitious but always worth it) festival activations, I create opportunities and spaces where people can get curious, ask questions, and try something new.
Upcoming Events
Help the Kelp! Experience Booth @ World Ocean Day
June 6 2026 . 11am - 4pm
Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site . Richmond, BC
Shuck Yeah!
June 20 . 11am-3pm
Art of the Creek Pottery Studio . Roberts Creek, B
The zombie urchin mob is taking over the Pacific coast, and the kelp forests need your help!
Step into the game and work together to rebuild a kelp forest ecosystem by balancing predators, prey, helper species and giant kelp. Through collaborative play, curiosity, and hands-on building, participants explore the interconnected world of Pacific kelp forests and the real conservation efforts helping restore them.
Presented at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery World Ocean Day celebration. Find us alongside the BC Dive Fisheries Association booth.
Steveston Spot Prawn Day ~ Spot Prawn Rockin’ Roll Demo
June 6 2026 . 4pm
Steveston Fishermen’s Walk & Wharf . Richmond, BC
Celebrate spot prawn season in Steveston Village! Dock sales! Dine-out specials! Live music! Circus performers! Free activities for all ages all day long!
Stop by the Culinary Tent where chefs from across the lower mainland will be demoing recipes and sharing tips for selecting, prepping, and cooking locally caught seafood.
Grab a seat at 4pm to learn how to make a saucy, savory spot prawn roll while I yap about fish and show how to make seafood simple and fun.
Presented by Tourism Richmond and the Steveston Harbour Authority.
Fish Tales Cannery Community Cookbook Launch
June 7 2026 . 2pm - 4pm
Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site . Richmond, BC
Celebrate the launch of Fish Tales: Cannery Community Cooking, Past & Present. A free community gathering with BTS talks from collaborators, a tinned fish focused grazing lunch, and culinary storytelling.
I’ll be sharing a simple soul-filling seafood recipe from my personal archives while sharing a salty true tale of love, heartbreak, and drunk baby clams from a far off shore.
Art 🤝 Ocean
Join us for a special creative collab workshop!
We’ll dive straight into it with oysters, sharing why they’re amazing, how they’re out there doing the lord’s work for marine ecosystems, and how to shuck safely to avoid a trip to the hospital and a free tetanus shot.
Then we’ll sample a selection of oysters through a simple introduction to merroir and learn how place, water, and environment shape flavour.
Then transition into creative mode, and make your own ceramic Oyster Tray or Seacuterie Board to take home. You will you be led through a step by step demonstration and then be let loose to add your own special touches!
This event is SOLD OUT
Check back for more collab workshops soon!
More workshops and events are on the way!
But while we wait for that ship to come in…
check out my Instagram for upcoming events, seasonal seafood ideas, shenanigans, and to find out what’s catching!
