Chicago Chefs Cook cordially invites you to the second annual ‘I Cook For’ Benefit on Thursday, March 26th at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago – Adorn Bar & Restaurant from 5:30-8:30pm. Enjoy a walk-around of chef stations, passed desserts, and premium cocktail offerings from top mixologists and local purveyors. Interact with chefs and restaurateurs while enjoying music, photo-ops, and other special moments.

This evening celebrates Chicago’s culinary leaders and the causes they champion. More than a traditional fundraiser, The ‘I Cook For’ Benefit highlights the impact chefs and sponsors have on our community—not only through food, but through daily civic leadership, advocacy, and service. This year, we’re focused on five causes hand-selected by the chef community:

• Immigration – Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
• Children Battling Cancer – Camp Kids are Kids Chicago
• The Unhoused and Food-Insecure – Soul & Smoke Foundation
• Women’s Culinary Leadership – Women’s Chef Exchange
• Sustainability and Regenerative Agriculture – Frontera Farmer Foundation

A portion of net proceeds will be donated to these causes, and the remainder will be retained by Chicago Chefs Cook to support its humanitarian relief operations.

• Sarah Stegner – Prairie Grass Cafe
• Rick Bayless, Zach Steen & Javauneeka Jacobs – Frontera Grill
• D’Andre Carter & Heather Bublick – Soul and Smoke
• Jason Hammel – Lula Cafe
• Niko Kapernaros – Levy Restaurants/Navy Pier Chicago
• Mary Eder-McClure – Galit and Cafe YaYa
• Diana Dávila – Mi Tocaya Antojería
• Tigist Reda – Demera
• Darnell Reed – Luella’s Southern Kitchen
• Greg Wade & Paul Kahan – Publican Quality Bread
• Sahil Sethi & Sujan Sarkar – Indienne and Sifr
• Stephen Gillanders – S.K.Y. 
• Cliff Rome & Trillis Rollins. – Peach’s 
• Zubair Mohajir & Rishi Kumar – Mirra, Mariela, and Muhajir
• Carol Cheung – Reunion by Chef Art Smith
• Brent Balika & Yudith Bustos Taleno – Executive Team at Adorn, Four Seasons Hotel
• Jeremy Foissac – Mixologist – Adorn, Four Seasons Hotel

Chicago Chefs Cook is an award-winning 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that unites and empowers Chicagoland chefs to raise money for humanitarian causes that are on the hearts and minds of the city’s culinary and hospitality communities. Since its founding, Chicago Chefs Cook has raised over $1.25 million for humanitarian causes both local and global. Previous relief efforts have supported communities across Chicago, Maui, Florida, Ukraine, Puerto Rico, Turkiye, Tigray, and most recently have supported restaurant revitalization due to the devastating

wildfires in Los Angeles.