Learn to cook with garden-fresh ingredients all summer long at the Garden Chef Series. Noted chefs prepare recipes in the Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden’s open-air amphitheater.

June 13: Parul Aneja (The Secret Ingredient)

June 14: Mary Mora (Real Foods Collective)

June 27: Devon Quinn (Eden)

June 28: Ellen King (Hewn Bakery)

July 11: Steve Chiappetti (The Albert Restaurant)

July 12: Angela Torres-Kutkuhn (Spoken Café)

July 25: Lisa Counts (The Chopping Block)

July 26: Fernando Angelina (Pixca Seasonal American Bistro)

August 8: Joel Fabugais (Lodge at Northbrook)

August 9: Mario Garcia (Hilton Chicago)

August 22: William Vena (College of Lake County)

August 23: Tom Leavitt (White Oak Gourmet)

Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden

The Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden is the Midwest's headquarters for fruit and vegetable gardening information. It exhibits the best edible plants to grow in the Chicago area. Interpretive signs explain the organic growing techniques used throughout the Garden. Through the Garden's Windy City Harvest Youth Farm program, seasonal produce from the Fruit & Vegetable Garden is used in the food in the Garden View Café.

We'll feature recipes from the Garden's participating chefs, past and present.

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2025 Schedule

Free demonstrations     
Regular parking and Garden admission fees apply for nonmembers.      
Seating in the amphitheater is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Rain policy: in the case of rain or other extreme weather, the program may be cancelled day-of by 8 a.m.