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Event Mon May 18 2009
Chicago Chefs Unite to Help Local Farmer
This Wednesday, May 20, local chefs will unite at Goose Island Clybourn to prepare a special dinner to benefit Swan Creek Farm's George Rasmussen, who lost his truck, trailer, generator and a substantial amount of food in a fire on April 24 while delivering his quality, artisanal meats to Chicago restaurants.
The family-style dinner will be held at Goose Island Clybourn's Siebel Hall at 7 p.m. and will be a nose-to-tail, farm-to-table meal with Goose Island beer pairings. The meal will feature dishes from John Manion of Goose Island Clybourn; Chris Pandel from The Bristol; Rob and Allie Levitt from Mado; and Mindy Segal and Mark Steuer from HotChocolate.
The evening will include a silent auction for a barbecue extravaganza in which Chefs Paul Kahan, Koren Grieveson, Mike Sheerin, Tim Dahl and Brian Duncan are all donating their cooking skills to make a dinner for 15 people. Bidding for the barbecue package will only be available at the beer dinner.
As if this event wasn't awesome enough, in addition, that night organizers will launch an online auction where guests can bid on opportunities to have individual chefs come to their homes and cook them a beer dinner. Participating chefs include Food & Wine's 2007 Best New Chef Paul Virant of Vie; Dirk Flanigan of The Gage; Troy Graves of Eve; Suzy Crofton of Crofton on Wells; Cary Taylor of Chaise Lounge; Ryan Poli of Perennial; Randy Zweiban of Province; Food & Wine's 2008 Best New Chef Koren Grieveson of avec; Food & Wine's 2008 Best New Chef Giuseppe Tentori of BOKA; Tony Priolo of Piccolo Sogno; Rick Gresh of David Burke's Primehouse; Carol Wallack of Sola; Gil Langlois of Chalkboard; and "Top Chef" winner Stephanie Izard, who will be the chef of the forthcoming Drunken Goat. The online auction kicks off at the May 20 event and will continue until Thursday, May 28; the online auction link will be available shortly.
Tickets for the May 20 beer dinner cost $100, inclusive, and proceeds will benefit Rasmussen. To purchase a ticket, call (312) 915-0071.
