Stockport Fungi was founded by Alex Williams back in 2022. Having spent 17 years as a puppet maker for stop motion animation working with Wes Anderson, Tim Burton and Guillermo Del Toro amongst others, she decided to follow her other passion: fungi and mushrooms. She rented a disused building in Stockport, built a farm and was soon supplying some of the most renowned restaurants in Manchester. 

Wanting to share what she knew, Alex began running workshops for adults and children and has since gone on to work with organisations such as the National Trust, HOME Mcr, Eat Well Mcr and the Proud Trust, to name a few.

Last year she expanded the operation and moved to Manchester city centre where her, Hannah and Nathan supply a host of restaurants, and run workshops and community projects from their new farm.