This week on my YouTube channel we’ve got a special guest, Chef Jay, teaching us how to prepare a Frontera favorite! This is a recipe you do not want to miss.
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Chef Collaboration: Javauneeka Jacobs & Zach Steen
Gaijin is honored to welcome Chefs Javauneeka Jacobs and Zach Steen of @fronteragrill on Wednesday, May 20, for the twentieth installment of our Chef Collaboration series. For one night, their perspective meets the griddle with a special take on Osaka-style okonomiyaki, available exclusively at Gaijin.
One night only. Reserve your table at the link in our bio!
A recap and a huge THANK YOU to Chicago Chefs Cook for our participation and helping us raise enough money to add another grant to the Frontera Farmer Foundation. The addition of a grant means that Chicagoland family farm will receive what they need to become more productive and provide Chicago farmer’s markets and chefs with more local products. Thank you for your continued investment in the future of regenerative agriculture! 🌱
5 courses. 5 chefs. One farm.
Peak Season 2026 tickets are on sale now! Find the link in our bio.🥬🔗
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This is the one event people ask about all year.
July in Southwest Michigan is a turning point. Cherries, blueberries, raspberries. The first peaches. The fields are full. Squash, cucumbers, tomatoes coming in strong. The menu follows the harvest, built around what’s coming in that week.
We’ll gather at @mickklugfarms , a third-generation family farm in Southwest Michigan that has been growing for this region for decades. Fruit is picked at peak ripeness and brought straight to market, with a deep, long-standing commitment to the land and the people it feeds.
It’s simple in the best way. Good food, grown well, cooked with care, shared outside.
Your ticket includes a five course meal that reflects the height of the season and the relationships behind it.
This is a fundraiser for Green City Market. Every ticket helps make this work possible. It supports the farmers behind the stands, brings people closer to the food on their plate, and keeps this market open and accessible to more of our community.
Saturday, July 25, 2026, 4pm-8:30pm
200 seats
This year’s lineup:
@stephanieizard ( @valleygoatsv@girlandthegoatla@girl.and.the.goat@littlegoatdiner@duckduckgoatchi@cabrachicago )
@chef.cesarmurillo ( @northpondchi )
@javauneeka_i ( @fronteragrill )
@chefdevonquinn ( @edeninchicago /
@paramountevents )
@leighomilinsky ( @daisieschicago )
We’re grateful for this group. These chefs who show up for farmers and for this community.
Vegetarian and gluten free options will be available.
Round trip transportation from Chicago will be available for purchase.
@chicagochefscook At its finest 🫶
"I Cook For" Benefit Event
So thankful for all of you
#chefkapernaros #trusttheprocess #chicagochefs #chicagochefscook #pierlesshospitality
Join us for the first gathering in the reimagined Eat & Evolve series.
Set inside the BSH Experience & Design Center at The MART, this intimate evening brings five chefs together, each presenting a course with wine pairings throughout the night.
Each chef brings more than skill. They bring perspective, intention, and a way of engaging with food that reaches beyond the plate.
Featuring:
✨Sarah Stegner — Prairie Grass Cafe | 2× James Beard Award Winner @prairiegrasscafe
✨Javauneeka Steen — Frontera | Banchet Awards Rising Star ‘26 @fronteragrill
✨Carrie Nahabedian — Brindille | James Beard Award Winner @brindillechicago
✨Maya-Camille Broussard — Justice of the Pies | James Beard Award Finalist @justiceofthepies
✨Sebastian White — Evolved Kitchen & Garden | named one of the 6 Best Private Chefs in Chicago (Modern Luxury, Chicago Magazine); InsideHook “Chefs to Watch 2024” @sebastians.kitchen
📅 May 28 | 6–8:30PM
Your presence supports The Evolved Network’s work with young people across Chicago.
Tickets: theevolvednetwork.org/vault_dinner
#getinvolvedwithevolved #chicagofoodandwine #chicagochefs
Come join us on a fun night to help students further and elevate their dreams! Italy is a great place for these students to gain knowledge. The dinner is a stacked lineup too:
Chef Donald Young One of the youngest chefs to be awarded a MICHELIN star in the US and Kendall Alum IG @donaldduckconfit
Chef Danny Bullock International Private Chef, Creator of Bull Young Bourbon and Executive Chef and Partner of Flossmoor Social Club AND Kendall Alum IG @chefdannybullock
Chef Ethan Lim owner of best cambodian restaruant in Chicago Hermosa and Chef Lim is an award winning restaurant and Chef IG @ethan.e.lim
Chef Javauneeka Jacobs Co-Chef at Frontera Grill, 2023 Food Networks Julia Child Chopped Winner and contestant on Nextflix Next Gen Chef IG @javauneeka_j
Chef Gino Mina Visting Chef from Italy’s Culinary School, 2018 started a collaboration with Norways Bocuse d’OrTeam, 2022 designed cake for Pope Francis
Get you ticket from @kendallcollege now! Italy 🇮🇹 🍝
Today was quite Exquisite! Stating out of Fox with @anitablantonlive Thank you for always championing and showcasing @letstalkwomxn and our annual Chicago Bash
Hanging @greencitymarket with the Chefs and Farmers is always the best time. I look forward to future collaborations with this incredible group.
Each dish is more than a meal—it’s our chance as Chefs to tell a story.
What you see here isn’t just food—it’s conversation, history, and respect. It’s the aroma of kitchens we grew up in, the hands that taught us, and the journeys that brought us to this table together.
Grateful for the talent, the passion, and the stories we were able to share last night between the Chefs from CIMA, Prairie Grass Cafe and Frontera Grill. This is why we cook.
