Have you ever been so excited at the farmer’s market that you bought more than you knew how to cook? You’re not alone! Learn from Chicago’s best chefs and cooks at the Green City Market’s Ask the Chef booth.
This summer Chicago Dames Polly Peters, Mary Kay Gill and Jessica Ellington delighted Lincoln Park Green City Market shoppers with cooking tips, recipes, demos and samples. Market goers left feeling inspired and ready to cook or bake with their latest market haul!
Be on the look out for more opportunities to Ask the Chef thru October!
Pivoting to Meet the Need
Dame Susan Fallon Brennan is a certified cheese professional with a background in the culinary and pastry arts. Susan has worked in such high end New York restaurants as Eleven Madison Park and Daniel. Her focus switched to cheese while working for four years at the Kensington Whole Foods in London, England. Once stateside, Susan continued her work in the cheese industry as a sales representative at Seacrest Foods International. She is on the board of the Massachusetts Cheese Guild and became a New England Dame in 2019, currently serving on their Board.
continually broadening passion in wine, beer, spirits and service. After a few years as an assistant sommelier in New Mexico and at Chicago’s famed Pump Room, Rebekah became the Wine Coordinator at the Publican in Chicago. In the years since she has developed beverage programs for Citrine in Oak Park and her own restaurant, Twain, in Chicago.
Katie Losito is the Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Jasper Hill Farm—a working dairy farm with an on-site creamery and underground aging facility in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. There, she spends most of her days building and managing a growing sales team while working on pairings—getting the right cheese to the right customer. With 15 years of sales experience across several industries, including television, global transportation, and food and beverage, Katie specializes in sales operations and improving team product knowledge.
Sepia as one of “America’s 100 Best Wine Restaurants” by Wine Enthusiast magazine. Jenni is a huge supporter of female winemakers and female-owned wineries, featuring a fully women-led list at Proxi.
Welcome to the Dames Wine School and the first in series of five classes! Do you like wine, but don’t know your chard from your chenin? Do terms like tannin, body and balance confuse you? Do you find yourself overwhelmed in a wine store, gazing at thousands of labels, not knowing where to begin?
Have you ever had a tightly focused niche idea that just might be worth pursuing? Nearly everyone has had that one idea that feels like it fills a hole in the marketplace. But how do you take it from idea to reality? That entrepreneurial spirit runs in the Lock family.