Kristian Brask Thomsen, aka Ambassador Bon Vivant, is the owner of Bon Vivant Communications and a producer of the films Michelin Stars: Tales From The Kitchen and Michelin Stars: Nordic By Nature.

Rob Connoley is the Chef of Bulrush in St. Louis, Missouri, which does in depth research on the food and ingredients of the Ozarks. He is also the author of the cookbook Acorns & Cattails.

Chilean food writer Isidora Díaz is the editor of digital magazine Revista Fondo and the co-author of the cookbook Todo a la Parilla.

Born in Chiclayo, Peru, Valerie Chang runs the restaurants Itamae and B-Side Sushi in Miami, Florida alongside her brother and father.

Ernie Solorzano is a sommelier, wine importer, and the owner of Hotel Mopelia in Playa El Tunco on the coast of El Salvador.

Laura Hernández Espinosa is the sommelier of the restaurant Leo in Bogotá. She is also the executive director of FunLeo, a foundation that creates sustainable development projects through food throughout Colombia.

Fjölla Sheholli and Junayd Juman are the owners of the restaurant Honey Badger in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens in Brooklyn, New York. They are best known for their use of wild foods on their menu, foraged for from throughout the northeastern United States.

Liz Furlong is a Canadian mixologist based in Costa Rica specializing in jungle bartending. She is the owner of the bars Bebedero and Curandero.

Mario Castrellón is the chef of the restaurant of Maito in Panama City, as well as a co-owner of coffee roaster Café Unido, with locations in Panama and Washington D.C.

Peruvian chef Diego Muñoz is the chef of the restaurant Popular in New York City, and the former chef of Astrid y Gastón in Lima, Peru.