June – October
Every second & fourth Saturday
11:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.
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.
Free; regular parking and Garden admission fees apply for nonmembers. Seating in the amphitheater is on a first-come, first-served basis.
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. Seating is first-come, first-served for these free demonstrations. We'll feature recipes from the Garden's participating chefs, past and present.
2023 Schedule
| June 10 | Miriam Virto (Windy City Harvest), Culinary Nutrition Demo featuring seasonal products fresh from our urban farms |
| June 24 | Debbie Gold (LeTour) |
| July 8 | Dominique Stevens and Paul Krysik (Windy City Harvest), Culinary Nutrition Demo featuring seasonal products fresh from our urban farms |
| July 22 | Lynn Garrett (The Lodge of Northbrook) with Erik Vawda |
| August 12 | Mary Mora (Real Foods Collective) |
| August 26 | Jesse Quinonez (Chicago Botanic Garden) |
| September 9 | Erica Fischer (One North Kitchen and Bar) |
| September 23 | Tigist Reda (Demera Ethiopian Restaurant) |
| October 14 | Paula Haney (Hoosier Mama Pie Company) |
| October 28 | Margarita Challenger (Guanajuato Mexican Restaurant & Tequila Bar) |
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