Blake Van Roekel ⁄ In her red cowboy boots, Blake is equal parts advocate, student, and teacher. As director of Good Keuken, she melds culinary tradition with love for Oregon’s bounty. And whether it’s in the kitchen or digging in the dirt, she remains deeply committed to the earth, to her students, and to the people she feeds → Blake’s Full Bio

David Padberg ⁄ In Padberg there are two things that will never be extinguished; an infinite curiosity and the mind to hold it all. Food knowledge, process and passion runs through the veins of this kitchen veteran, plus the keenest ability to find mushrooms of anyone we know. → David’s Full Bio

Lauren Chandler ⁄ Lauren won’t preach to you about the merits of the Mediterranean diet or the woes of wheat belly. Rather, she will inspire you to give plants center stage. → Lauren’s Full Bio

Courtney Sproule ⁄ There is a quality and a spirit of France that sits with Court. Taste it in her food at her din dins and let her show you in the kitchens and markets of Bordeaux in September. → Courtney’s Full Bio

Tray Satterfield ⁄ A lot of good things come out of North Carolina. Tray is one of them. Her passion is “to communitize food.” Learn what that means in the teaching kitchen at Good Keuken. → Tray’s Full Bio