The Speakeasy Throwback - A Summit of Local Spirit Producers

The Palmer House Hilton and Lockwood Executive Chef Phillip Foss will be hosting The Speakeasy Throwback: A Summit of Local Spirit Producers & Chicago Chefs in the property’s Empire Room on August 5, 2010 from 6 – 10 p.m.

The prohibition-themed charity event will feature prominent local chefs and distilleries for an evening of live music, food and cocktails. Participating distileries include Koval Distillery, North Shore Distillery, Death’s Door Spirits, and Templeton Rye, along with Hum Botanical Spirits, Rare Tea Cellars, The Paramount Room and La Colombe as a coffee provider.

Each beverage station will feature a corresponding chef. Participating chefs thus far include Frank Brunacci of Sixteen, Curtis Duffy of Avenues, Dave Carrier of Kith & Kin, Mike Sheerin of Blackbird, Andrew Zimmerman of Sepia, Jerome Landrieu of Callebaut Chocolate Academy and Stephanie Izard of Girl and the Goat. In addition, the following chefs will participate in serving passed hors d’oeuvres; Paul Fehribach of Big Jones, Ryan Poli of Perennial, Koren Grieveson of Avec and John des Rosiers of Inovasi.

The event will benefit the Shawn Koch Foundation, a local charity supporting Shawn Koch, former beverage manager who has been fighting a rare form of brain cancer.

The event is open to the public. Tickets are $95 per person and can be reserved by calling Lockwood restaurant at (312) 917-4962 or online at http://web.me.com/shawnkochfoundation/Site_1/Welcome.html.

Hello all!
Just to make you aware in hopes of joining, I have been organizing a unique event that will pair all of our local spirit producers with some of the city's best chefs. All proceeds to the event will go directly to the Shawn Koch Foundation to help pay the medical bills of Shawn Koch, a local bar manager who has been stricken with a rare form of brain cancer.
It's going down on August 5th and promises to be a riotous time, so please visit here for full details: http://thepickledtongue.com/?p=6219
Hope to see you here!