If you have a passion for food then you’ve come to the right place. We offer gourmet cooking classes, featuring different chefs and international foods every Wednesday evening.

Please see our calendar page for information on upcoming events and to sign up for our email newsletter.

Looking for a hard to find kitchen tool or perhaps an exotic ingredient to complete that recipe you’ve been wanting to try?

You will likely find all you are looking for and more at our store on 1st Avenue in Ladysmith.

Owner and operator Jenny Jarvis has a passion and love for food. She has worked for 9 years in the film industry as a chef, serving most major stars coming to B.C.

A certified baker, Jenny owned the Trincomali Bakery on Galiano Island for 10 years. She has traveled the world and taken cooking classes in all the countries that she’s visited.

The Worldly Gourmet is located in a beautiful 1944 heritage building in Ladysmith, B.C.

Jenny and her husband Cal carefully researched then revitalized the building using heritage colours as well as exposing the 12x12 beams to reveal their original splendor.

Finally, the old aluminum doors were removed and replaced with local, handmade old growth fir doors to complete the restoration.

Think of us when trying to find a special gift for that hard to buy for person.

We invite you to come in and browse our wide selection.

• International food - Japan, Greece, Italy, México, Thai, UK, Spain, France.
• 5 different olive oils - nuts oils, avocado oil and truffle oil
• Callebaut chocolate, Bensdorp cocoa, Ibarra chocolate
• 9 varieties of dried and smoked peppers
• Vanilla
• Rare spices and herbs from a round the world
• Mauviel copper pots & pans
• Calphalone pots & pans
• Le Creuset
• Victorinox knives
• New Zealand-made Simmer Mats
• Mircoplane files
• Stainless steel roasters
• Hard to find commercial tools and equipment, such as a Japanese Benringer slicer.