WORLD FESTIVAL 2010 & ART SMITH'S 50th BIRTHDAY!
True to his selfless spirit, Common Threads founder Art Smith will
share his 50th birthday celebration with Common Threads’ World
Festival 2010 on Monday, March 1, at Soldier Field. For the past four
years, Common Threads’ World Festival has brought together
world-renowned chefs and food-lovers to sample delicacies prepared by
culinary masters and to participate in exciting auctions. This
multicultural grazing event has always been the bread and butter for
the organization and has featured the talents of celebrity chefs, who
have mingled and served tasty specialties to sold-out crowds of more
than 600 guests.
This
year, participating chefs include: Jimmy Bannos, Jr., The Purple Pig;
Jimmy Bannos, Sr., Heaven on Seven; Rick Bayless, Frontera
Grill/Topolobampo; John Besh, Restaurant August; Graham Elliot Bowles,
Graham Elliot; David Burke & Rick Gresh, David Burke’s
Primehouse; Domenica Catelli, Be Momalicious; Maneet Chauhan,
Vermillion; Christophe David & Frederic Moreau, NoMi; Radhika
Desai, Top Chef Season 5; Tyler Florence, Food Network; Ben Ford,
Ford’s Filling Station; Gale Gand, TRU; Troy Graves, Eve; Koren
Grieveson, Avec; Sarah Grueneberg, Spiaggia; Carla Hall, Top Chef
Season 5; Jason Hammel & Lea Tshields, Lula Café; Roger
Herring, Socca; Kevin Hickey, Four Seasons; Ingrid Hoffmann, Food
Network; Brian Houston, The Publican; Stephanie Izard, The Drunken
Goat; Gavin Kaysen, Café Boulud; Bill Kim, Urban Belly; Peter
Klein, Seedlings Farm; Josh Kulp & Christine Cikowski, Sunday
Dinner Chicago; Jamie Laurita, Celebrity Food & Mood Guru; Ali
& Rob Levitt, Mado; Sarah Levy, Sarah’s Pastries &
Candies Inc.; Barbara Lynch, No. 9 Park; Steve McDonough & Dan
Smith, Hearty; Jason McLeod, Balsan at The Elysian Hotel; Mark Mendez,
Carnivale; Carrie Nahabedian, NAHA; Martial Noguier & Suzanne Imaz,
Sofitel Chicago; Chris Nugent, Les Nomades; Chris Pandel, The Bristol;
Ryan Poli, Perennial; Tony Priolo, Piccolo Sogno; Bill Reynolds, Sikia;
Toni Roberts, C-House; Mario Santiago, May Street Café; Jackie
Shen, Red Light; Kristine Subido, Wave Restaurant; Giuseppe Tentori,
BOKA; Melissa Trimmer, Nightwood; Rey Villalobos, TABLE fifty-two; Paul
Virant, Vie; Carol Wallack, Sola; Daven Wardynski, 676 Restaurant;
Carol Watson, Milk & Honey Café; Shelley Young, The Chopping
Block; Andrew Zimmerman, Sepia; Randy Zweiban, Province.
The VIP
treatment includes access to Art Smith’s swanky Southern-style
lounge, a pre-event cocktail reception (5-6 p.m.) and an invitation to
the exclusive chef after-party at The James Chicago (9-10 p.m.)!