Chef Josh Gerwin is a friend and has collaborated with Open Kitchen on several events. In 2019, Chef Hue-Chan Karels helped expand and refine the concept for the Santa Fe Farmer’s Market Institute’s annual fundraiser and farmer appreciation event, the Community Picnic. Chef Josh was one of five all-star chefs whose culinary expertise and creativity made the new “Global Flavors Local Lunch” a resounding success. And, in the Fall of 2019, Dr. Field Goods hosted two Open Kitchen hands-on cooking classes: A Taste of Northern, Central, and Southern Vietnamese Cuisine and Baguette & Beyond: French Influence on Vietnamese Cuisine.