Chicago Chefsgiving: Top Chefs Unite at Venteux and Pendry

Coming back for year two, Chicago Chefsgiving is a prix fixe collaborative charity dinner hosted by luxury boutique hotel Pendry Chicago and the French brasserie, Venteux, in partnership with Chicago Chefs Cook.This year’s dinner will support nutritional education through Common Threads, the national non-profit organization dedicated to promoting cooking education in historically underinvested communities. Before to the 6 pm dinner, Chicago Chefs Cook will present a panel discussion & reception to discuss Common Threads and how guests can advance the CT mission in their own communities. The one-night-only dinner at Venteux, located on the ground floor of Chicago’s historic Carbide & Carbon building on Michigan Avenue, will feature a sensational lineup of some of the city’s top chefs including Art Smith (Reunion), Sarah Stegner (Prairie Grass Cafe), Javauneeka Jacobs (Frontera Grill), Tigist Reda (Demera), Arshiya Farheen (Verzeney), D’Andre Carter (Soul & Smoke), Rickie Perez (Logan Oyster Socials), and Carla Henriques (Hawksmoor), with host chefs Marcel Heiduk (Venteux) and Mark Shoemaker (Pendry Chicago), who will work together to create a multi-course, family-style meal. James Beard Award-winning sommelier, experiential storyteller, and lifestyle expert Belinda Chang will be the emcee for the evening.