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Join us for an evening with Top Chef contestant and award-winning Chef Kwame Onwuachi. Chef Onwuachi will discuss his cookbook My America: Recipes from a Young Black Chef. His cookbook celebrates the cuisine of the African diaspora, “the world’s wisest food.” Onwuachi will share stories behind his family’s recipes and the importance of the connections between cuisine, place, and culture. Joining him in conversation is Chef Erick Williams, owner and Executive Chef at Chicago's Virtue Restaurant & Bar and winner of this year's Jean Banchet Chef of the Year award.
A James Beard award-winning chef, Onwuachi was also named Food & Wine’s best new chef in 2019 and Esquire’s chef of the year in 2019. He has opened several restaurants and was the executive chef at acclaimed Kith/Kin in Washington, D.C.
This event will take place online on Zoom. Register here: https://bit.ly/June22_KwameOnwuachi
This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present, a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering high-quality events. Illinois Libraries Present is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).
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