Jade Berg was cold.

It was his fourth night in the woods and the atmospheric river had just hit B.C. He was trying to sleep in a makeshift shelter that he described as 91裸聊视频渨orse than sleeping under a pasta strainer.91裸聊视频�

Everything was wet, his waterproof gloves had been wrung out too many times, his clothes hadn91裸聊视频檛 dried out since he fell in the ocean three days prior and the storm was just hitting its peak.

Still, he had to sleep, or at least try to. He dozed, sometimes for up to twenty minutes at a time, but would be woken up again when he rolled over and an icy shower of water that had accumulated on top of his waterproof hood poured into his jacket.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檝e never been that cold in my life,91裸聊视频� he said.

Berg had spent the last three days in the woods on the Sunshine Coast, but he wasn91裸聊视频檛 just camping. He was trying to make a five-star meal, and was doing it all on camera for Hulu91裸聊视频檚 new series Chefs Vs. Wild.

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Chefs Vs. Wild is a new show on Hulu which will be premiering in Canada in late October. The idea is that a fine dining chef is paired up with a survivalist somewhere in the woods on the west coast.

They have four days to gather and wild craft as many ingredients as they can while surviving on their own, then use those ingredients to create a five-star meal.

91裸聊视频淲hat they don91裸聊视频檛 show on the series is that we had no food with us, the clothes on our backs and a backpack full of sugar and vinegar to make infusions91裸聊视频� We91裸聊视频檙e not sleeping in sleeping bags. We91裸聊视频檙e sleeping on sword ferns in a shelter that we built, trying to stay out of the rain,91裸聊视频� Berg said. 91裸聊视频淲hen we came across the food 91裸聊视频� for example we found oysters on the beach one day 91裸聊视频� do we keep it? We have to do an appetizer, an entree and a dessert. Or do we eat it because we haven91裸聊视频檛 eaten anything in days.91裸聊视频�

In 2008, Berg arrived on the west coast with the dream of being a chef. He had $100 in his pocket, no place to stay, and no job, but immediately jumped in to Vancouver91裸聊视频檚 restaurant scene. After paying his dues there for a few years, and bouncing around the coast between Vancouver and Powell River, he eventually settled down in Campbell River and worked in fine dining as a chef. That was until he had a major back injury and was told he91裸聊视频檇 have to give up his dream job.

91裸聊视频淲ork Safe said 91裸聊视频榶eah, you91裸聊视频檙e never cooking again,91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淭hat led to a lot of soul searching, what was I going to do? That91裸聊视频檚 what I tied my identity to. I started driving commercially91裸聊视频� and started getting more into the wild food side of things.91裸聊视频�

It was through his appreciation for wild food that an unexpected opportunity arose.

91裸聊视频淚 started fishing a lot more and really wanted to start getting out and foraging, hunting, and doing everything I could to have that connection to the land and the food I made. I started posting pictures of it on Instagram and somehow it became my marketing. I got a message one day from ITV Casting, saying they91裸聊视频檇 like to have me on this new show,91裸聊视频� he said.

A few months later, he was dropped off in the bush, and things didn91裸聊视频檛 quite go as expected.

91裸聊视频淚n the first two weeks that I was there (before filming) the foraging was amazing, but as soon as the wind and rain started hitting the mushrooms went from being in their prime to being rotten and non-existent,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淲e had to keep it fresh, if you found a bunch of mushrooms, what are you going to keep them in?91裸聊视频�

All that time, he was subsisting on about 100 calories per day, and had to be in a cooking competition at the end of it all.

91裸聊视频淚t was only four nights, but those four nights felt way longer that that. On night two, I thought 91裸聊视频榳hat did I get myself into?91裸聊视频� On day three, I hadn91裸聊视频檛 eaten anything that day, my partner had been pulled from the game (due to hypothermia) so I was doing all of the foraging myself,91裸聊视频� he said.

91裸聊视频淚 had some sort of like, I don91裸聊视频檛 know man, change of heart or epiphany kind of thing. The first time since entering that depression after the back surgery and ending my career that I felt that alive. I was like 91裸聊视频榟oly shit man, I can feel this.91裸聊视频� I wasn91裸聊视频檛 just numb,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淚 was miserable, cold and hungry, and I don91裸聊视频檛 know if it was a combination of not eating for that many days or not sleeping. It sounds stupid and cliche, but holy shit, that was a big turning point for me. It helped me find my passion again.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 about embracing the suck,91裸聊视频� he said.

As for the cooking competition part of the show, we don91裸聊视频檛 want to give away the ending. However Berg did say he cook something unexpected with a sea urchin.

He hopes that this show gives his Wild Isle Cooking business more exposure, and helps more people realize the amount of food that is available right at their feet.

91裸聊视频淭o me it91裸聊视频檚 all about connection. You go to the grocery store and get a piece of meat, wrapped in plastic on a piece of Styrofoam91裸聊视频� . You don91裸聊视频檛 respect the ingredient and you don91裸聊视频檛 really understand91裸聊视频� that was a living, breathing, feeling animal,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淚f you91裸聊视频檙e out there91裸聊视频� picking berries for hours and hours to get enough to make the jam you want for the season, you work hard for it, and develop a connection and respect.91裸聊视频�

Chefs Vs. Wild begins streaming on Disney+ on Oct. 26, with two episodes per week. Berg is featured on episode 3, which will be available Nov. 2.

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