04/22/2026
Before she became Best Chef Midwest for the …10 years ago and I met literally in a church basement where I was the church “lunch lady” cooking for after service dinners and lunch-ins. From there we both ended up working in the same kitchen. I was a lunch shift cook and she was the head pastry chef. Over the years we were able to do collab pop-ups at Lowry Hill Meats () then she went to become the executive chef of Corner Table then later opened her very own spot, .
Even though we came from different worlds growing up in different family traditions one thing that Karyn and I shared was the language of food. We both believe that through fellowship, food and hospitality you can invite people to the table and we can share a little bit of grace with each other.
We’re so excited to bring this collaboration dinner to the Twin Cities by combining our love for Mid-west traditions and our heart to hospitality. So join us as we dig into the old roots of iconic “church basement” fellowship dinners while also bringing our very own family traditions to this collaboration dinner that we’re hosting at Vinai.
May 4th
Two Seatings: 445pm and 730pm
Get your tickets at www.vinaimn.com click Reaervatipns!
