Top 40 Fermentation Influencers in 2026

1. Johnny Kyunghwo Sheldrick

Bio Food 🍜, Fermentation🫙, Korea 🇰🇷
All Brand Enquiries to: *****@night.co
📍 SOUTH KOREA Instagram Handle @johnnykyunghwo Instagram Followers 1.1M Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact Request 218 Fermentation Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Sam Cooper

Bio Author, fermenter & gardener
✉️ Weekly newsletter: The Black Butter Club
📚 New book: A Year of Fermentation *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @chef.sam.black Instagram Followers 800.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +29% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

3. David Levitsky

Bio 🧠 Gut Reset First. Fermentation Always.
🥒 Master fermentation for better gut health.
🧪 Fermentation Is Health Technology.
👇 DM “START” for my roadmap. *****@dishbydavid.com Instagram Handle @dish.by.david Instagram Followers 521.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +56% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

4. Kaitlynn Fenley

Bio I’m a food microbiologist teaching people how to ferment foods & drinks for gut health.
& I love to cook with ferments.
↓ courses & recipes *****@cultured.guru Instagram Handle @cultured.guru Instagram Followers 504.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

5. Olivia Robertson-Moe

Bio 🍳Easy, nutrient-dense recipes
☀️Tips to heal your gut & hormones naturally
👇Weekly meal prep guides 🥩🍳 *****@revolveprimalhealth.com Instagram Handle @revolveprimalhealth Instagram Followers 378.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

6. David Zilber

Bio Chef, Fermenter, Food Scientist @novonesis, Bestselling Author of The Noma Guide to Fermentation, Judge on Top Chef CA, Photos @d_c_j_z. Stay Curious! *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @david_zilber Instagram Followers 144.2K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

7. Pascal Baudar

Bio Wild foods • Traditional food preservation • Wild clay ceramics
Exploring the relationship between (wild) foods & vessels
@wildcraftedceramics Instagram Handle @pascalbaudar Instagram Followers 123.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

8. Kenji Morimoto

Bio home cook in a third culture kitchen
📕FERMENT: a cookbook📕out now🫧🦠
🇯🇵 🇺🇸 📍 London
*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @kenjcooks Instagram Followers 120.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

9. Ursa

Bio 🏡Sharing our Australian homestead life
🥗Fermenting, Cooking, and Preserving
🌿Herbalism and Gardening
♻️Biodynamic & Regenerative Farming *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @homegrowing_family Instagram Followers 97.4K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

10. Sandor Ellix Katz

Bio Fermentation Revivalist. Author of: Wild Fermentation; The Art of Fermentation; Fermentation as Metaphor; Fermentation Journeys; and other books. *****@wildfermentation.com Instagram Handle @sandorkraut Instagram Followers 95.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

11. Christopher Adams

Bio USMC Veteran
Fermentation-Cooking-Foraging-Herbalism-Hiking-Brewing-Nutrition-Camping
MS Nutrition
BS Food Science & Nutrition
Revolutionary
Solarpunk Instagram Handle @the_foragers_hearth Instagram Followers 80.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

12. Ashley Adamant

Bio 👩‍🌾 Ashley | Practical Self Reliance
🌱Gardening 🏠Off-Grid Living 🌹Herbalism
🌿Foraging 🥫Preserving 🍺Fermenting
⬇LINKS TO MY BLOG⬇ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @practicalselfreliance Instagram Followers 79.2K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. Rose Maia

Bio Kombucheira desde 1995 🤩
Curso Kombucha 100% 👇 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @rosemaiakombucha Instagram Followers 79K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

14. Donna Schwenk

Bio ✨ Probiotic recipes that work
🦠 Helping you heal your gut with cultured foods
👇🏼Free guides + starter cultures
💫Transform your health from inside out *****@culturedfoodlife.com Instagram Handle @culturedfoodlife Instagram Followers 32.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

15. Paul Albert

Bio Natural Fermentation Artisan 🌾🧀🍞
📍 NANTES
Chef at @reverieforever
Teacher at @la_source_ecole
Consultings & Workshops *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @paul.fermentation Instagram Followers 20.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

16. Johnny Drain

Bio ▫️My book @AdventuresinFermentation out now ⬇️
▫️The Walter White of flavour + ferments
▫️Co-founder @winwinchoc @thisismold mag @augmentedfoodstudio *****@drjohnnydrain.com Instagram Handle @drjohnnydrain Instagram Followers 19.8K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

17. Margot

Bio FERMentatieworkshops | Fermentation tools | dutch koji maker | plantbased | vegan ferments | | foodphotography | Dutch with Polish (beet)roots *****@fermfermentatie.nl Instagram Handle @fermfermentatie Instagram Followers 15.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

18. Rachel de Thample

Bio Award-winning author. Traveller.
Fermenter. Forager. Gut Health. Wellness
Courses @rivercottagehq, London + beyond
Link below for upcoming workshops Instagram Handle @dethample Instagram Followers 14.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

19. Elena Deminska

Bio COMMERCIAL FERMENTATION
SPECIALIST / FOUNDER @fermary.uk
BRANDS, RETAIL, COMMUNITY @_f_o_o_d_for_g_o_o_d_
FROM FOOD TO FREQUENCY @elena_deminska *****@icloud.com Instagram Handle @elenademinska_ Instagram Followers 12.5K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

20. Holly Davis

Bio Teaching, writing, advocating wholefoods for over 40 years.
⬇️ Free live online class August 12 see details via link tree *****@foodbyhollydavis.com Instagram Handle @hollydaviswholefood Instagram Followers 11.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

21. Alberto

Bio Gaditano en Madrid.
Antes hacía vídeos de recetas.
Ahora tengo otras prioridades.
Consciente, privilegiado y afortunado ❤️ @atunizate *****@migahome.com Instagram Handle @migahome_ Instagram Followers 6.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

22. Julia Skinner

Bio Food writer, historian, fermenter, everyday magic maker, PhD in LIS. Founder @rootkitchens @yourrootsandbranches @culinary.curiosity.school
Cork/ATL *****@lisaekus.com Instagram Handle @bookishjulia Instagram Followers 5.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +24% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

23. Liz Crain

Bio 📚🔪Author
Out now! #cravecooknourish 🌈
Also #dumplingsequallove 🥟
@pdxfermentfest cofounder / lizcrain.com Instagram Handle @lizcrainpdx Instagram Followers 2.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

24. Katalin kocsis

Bio Just. Keep. Pushing. Boundaries. *****@hotmail.com Instagram Handle @k.kocsis Instagram Followers 1.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

25. Candace Coughlan

Bio ✨Health Coach🫶Fermentation Enthusiast🌿Urban Homesteader👩‍🌾Holistic Wellness 🔅Low-Tox Living 🍽️ Food as Medicine🐓Backyard Chickens🌏Sustainable Living👇 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @candacecoughlan Instagram Followers 1.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

26. Barbara's ferments

Bio Wild fermentation and food in Berlin, Germany 🥕
Die köstliche Welt der Fermente. Regionale, saisonale Produkte 🥬
@slowfooddeutschland Instagram Handle @barbaras_ferments Instagram Followers 1.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

27. Holly Howe

Bio Fermentation Teacher | Course Creator | Author
Use the art of fermentation to safely transform everyday veggies into flavorful, gut-healing superfoods *****@makesauerkraut.com Instagram Handle @makesauerkraut Instagram Followers 1.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +7% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

28. Theo Pavloudis

Bio .
Chillies 🌶️
Sweet potatoes 🍠
Berries 🫐
Fermentations 🧯
Vinegars 🍏
Computational physics 🖥️
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Kalamaria/Vourvourou 🇬🇷 Instagram Handle @thodoris_pavloudis Instagram Followers 1.1K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

29. Kirsten Kaminski

Bio 🍊 uncomplicate health - back to basics
🍵 home cooking • ferments • slow rituals
💌 *****@undercurrent.net | LA
🌞 join the “healthy habits” newsletter Instagram Handle @kirstykaminski Instagram Followers 723.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +9% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

30. Janice Clyne

Bio 🫶🏻creator of The Wellness Hub community
💚wise old sage, aging well and loving life
🌱fermenting, foraging, foodie
👩🏻‍🍳gut health guru & kitchen witch *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @benourishedbynature Instagram Followers 54.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +11% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

31. Kirsten K. Shockey

Bio Author | Writer | Educator | Speaker
Life fueled by ferments.
Co-author of 5 fermenty 📚
Co-founder @thefermentationschool *****@ferment.works Instagram Handle @kirstenkshockey Instagram Followers 43.2K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

32. Yoshua Greenfield

Bio Educational homestead in North Boulder. Learn from the land, live from the moment. Weekly in person classes: sourdough, fermentation, cheese and more *****@ajarose.love Instagram Handle @brothersgreen Instagram Followers 37.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

33. Karen Wang Diggs

Bio Gluten-free and fermentation recipes.
Tea + books to inspire your day, and calm your mind.
⬇️click link for recipes and more…⬇️ *****@kareniscooking.com Instagram Handle @kareniscooking Instagram Followers 2.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

34. Nate Dubuc

Bio • 🌺🌎🌊🫙🦠• RI ➰ SC 〰️ USVI ➿ RI •
• Food Preservation & Fermentation • Instagram Handle @nate_dubuc Instagram Followers 1.3K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

35. Liz Sullivan

Bio 🎥 YouTuber
🍺 Brewmaster/Owner of Kombucha Bliss
⚠️ SCOBY Sales www.kombucha-bliss.com
🔎 DM me with SCOBY photos - is it Mold *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @kombucha_bliss Instagram Followers 1K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

36. Hadar Iron

Bio Ceramic art studio. Wood-ash glazes from PNW forests. Clay and fire remembering the trees. *****@inferment.com Instagram Handle @in_ferment Instagram Followers 1K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

37. Anna Drozdova

Bio FERMENTATION educator
My approach is simple, healthy & delicious.
Your cheap probiotics are here!
Start with free recipe 👇 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @annadrozdova_ferment_en Instagram Followers 720 Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact