benefit for swan creek farms at goose island
From the Restaurant Intelligence blog:
Local chefs will unite at Goose Island Clybourn for a special dinner on May 20 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 making deliveries to Chicago restaurants.
The family-style dinner will be held at Goose Island Clybourn’s Siebel Hall at 7:00 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.
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; Brian Huston of The Publican; Chris Pandel of The Bristol; Rob and Allie Levitt from Mado; Bill Kim of Urban Belly; Mike Sheerin and Tim Dahl of Blackbird; Amalea Tshilds and Jason Hammel of Lula Cafe; Mark Mendez of Carnivale; and “Top Chef” winner Stephanie Izard, who will be the chef of the forthcoming Drunken Goat. Rodney Alex will donate a private wine tasting at Juicy Wine Co. that will include 20 wines and a big hunk of roasted meat. The online auction kicks off at the May 20 event and will continue until May 28; the online auction link will be available shortly.
On May 28 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Goose Island will host an event to close the online auction. The silent auction winners also will be announced. Entry fee is $35 and will include complimentary beer and snacks.
Tickets for the May 20 beer dinner cost $100, inclusive, and proceeds will benefit Rasmussen. To purchase a ticket, call (312) 915-0071.
