Chefs Karyn Tomlinson and Yia Vang met in a church basement where Yia was the church “lunch lady” cooking for after service dinners and lunch-ins. From there they both ended up working in the same kitchen. Yia was a lunch shift cook and Karyn was the head pastry chef. Even though they came from different worlds growing up in different family traditions one thing that they was the language of food. They 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.
They’re so excited to bring this collaboration dinner to the Twin Cities by combining our love for Midwest traditions and our heart to hospitality. Join them as they dig into the old roots of iconic “church basement” fellowship dinners while also bringing family traditions to this collaboration dinner hosted at Vinai.
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