June – October
Every second & fourth Saturday
11:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.
Garden Chef Series
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.
2024 Schedule
June 8 | Mary Mora (Real Foods Collective) |
June 22 | Laura Piper and Erica Fischer (One North Kitchen and Bar) |
July 13 | Miriam Virto (Chicago Partnership for Health Promotion) |
July 27 | Paula Haney (Hoosier Mama Pie Company) |
August 10 | Jeannine Wise (Good Food is Good Medicine) |
August 24 | Ellen King (Hewn Bakery) |
September 14 | LaShawn Miller (Finding Justice A Flower and Vegetable Garden) |
September 28 | Mario Garcia (Hilton Chicago) |
October 12 | Sam Cline (Windy City Harvest) |
October 26 | Lee Kuebler (Elawa Farm) |
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