Garden Chef Series

now - August 23, 2026  11:30am and 12:30pm
Chicago Botanic Garden - Burnstein Hall
1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL 60022   
(847) 835-5440

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. Every second & fourth Saturday and Sunday  June – August  11:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. 
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: Nikolaos Kapernaros (Pierless Hospitality/Levy Restaurants), 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).