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BENNY’S CHOP HOUSE – Aaron Lindgren

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WebsiteFacebookTwitter 444 N Wabash Ave (between Hubbard St & Illinois St) Chicago, IL 60611 (312) 626-2444 Executive Pastry Chef – AARON LINDGREN Aaron Lindgren is an executive pastry chef who received his first cooking lessons by his mother in the “gourmet ghetto” of Berkeley, California, and later was trained  [Read More]

BEURRAGE – Jeffrey Hallenbeck

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WebsiteFacebookTwitter Beurrage 773 998 2371 Email: info@beurrage.com Beurrage is a small-scale bakery headed by a sole, dedicated artisan. Our passion for baking – and great food in general – is longstanding, and we are focused on making the finest quality, European-style bakery items (croissant, pain au chocolat, panettone, tarts,  [Read More]

BIG JONES – Paul Fehribach (* 4 year BFC VET)

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WebsiteFacebookTwitter 5347 N. Clark Chicago, IL 60640 Phone: 773-275-5725 Open every day for brunch, lunch, & dinner Monday – Thursday: 11am – 9pm Friday: 11am – 10pm Saturday: 9am – 10pm Sunday: 9am – 9pm Paul Fehribach is Executive Chef and co-owner of Big Jones. Throughout his career Paul  [Read More]

BISTRO CAMPAGNE – Michael Altenberg

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WebsiteFacebookTwitter 4518 N Lincoln Ave (between Sunnyside Ave & Wilson Ave) Chicago, IL 60625 Neighborhoods: Lincoln Square, Ravenswood (773) 271-6100 Bistro Campagne is a warm and friendly neighborhood restaurant in the tradition of a true French bistro. From our beginning, Bistro Campagne has strived to capture and express that  [Read More]

BLACK DOG GELATO – Jessica Oloroso

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WebsiteFacebookTwitter 859 N. Damen Avenue Chicago, IL 60622 Phone: 773.235.3116 AND 1955 W Belmont, Chicago, IL 60657 Phone: 773.348.7935 Winter Hours:  Friday-Sunday 2pm-10pm Jessica Oloroso – Owner/Pastry chef joloroso@blackdogchicago.com Jessica Oloroso is Chef and Owner of Black Dog Gelato, where she crafts gourmet artisanal gelato and sorbet. Her scoop  [Read More]

BLACK SHEEP (The) – James Toland

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Chef James Toland – ( The Black Sheep ) Chef James Toland’s cooking career began shortly after leaving a prestigious New York arts conservatory where he had been studying acting. “I was just trying to make a living in New York City, when a roommate of mine suggested I come work with him  [Read More]

Categories: Chefs 2011, Guest Chefs

BLEEDING HEART BAKERY

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WebsiteFacebookTwitter Bleeding Heart Bakery was first opened as a tiny stand at a farmer’s market before becoming a tiny space on Chicago Avenue in 2004, and then finally moving to its current home in Roscoe Village in 2006. The idea behind BHB was to use local, organic and sustainable ingrediants to provide  [Read More]

BLT AMERICAN BRASSERIE – Aksel Theilkuhl

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WebsiteFacebookTwitter 500 West Superior Street Chicago, IL 60654 312-948-8744 info@bltabchicago.com Dinner Sunday – Thursday: 5:30 p.m. – 10 p.m. Friday – Saturday: 5:30 p.m. – 11 p.m. Brunch Saturday & Sunday: 11:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. Bar & Lounge Sunday – Thursday: 5:30 p.m. – 12 midnight Friday – Saturday:  [Read More]

BLUE PLATE CATERING

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WebsiteFacebookTwitter 1061 W Van Buren St Chicago, IL 60607 (312) 421-6666 What’s the Blue Plate Difference? Working with an array of partners and resources throughout the city, we provide boutique-style catering services to corporate, nonprofit, social and cultural institutions. Blue Plate has earned national recognition for our standards of  [Read More]

BOKA – Carl Shelton & Giuseppe Tentori

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CARL SHELTON, ( Boka ) CHEF DE CUISINE, BOKA RESTAURANT Lending a hand on an animal farm near St. Charles, Missouri, Carl Shelton grew up understanding the bond forged between farmer and buyer. Now, Shelton, the sous chef at BOKA RESTAURANT for more than two years, is on the other side,  [Read More]