Green City Market Welcomes James Beard Foundation Award Chefs at Outdoor Opening Day May 2

    CHICAGO, IL, March 27, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Chicago's nationally renowned Green City Market will host top chefs from around the country when it opens its 17th season Saturday, May 2. Green City Market, located in Lincoln Park between Clark and Stockton Drive (approximately 1817 N. Clark) provides organic and sustainably raised products for well over 200,000 shoppers annually including Chicago's top chefs, residents and visitors.

In honor of the 2015 James Beard Foundation Awards, visiting chefs will gather and be joined by Chicago's chef community at Green City Market beginning at 9:30 a.m. The market opens at 7 a.m. and runs until 1 p.m. every Wednesday and Saturday.

Green City Market board members and fellow past James Beard Award winners Sarah Stegner (Prairie Grass Cafe and co-president of Green City Market board), Carrie Nahabedian (Naha and Brindille) and Bruce Sherman (North Pond) are the hosting chefs.

Tastings of Abby's Crepes and Jared Batson's Nomad Food Co.'s wood fired, pizza can be enjoyed as the chefs browse and shop the market's fresh and fabulous ingredients.

"It is quite an honor for the Beard Awards to be taking place in Chicago," said Stegner. "As this is the first time the Awards are being held outside of New York City, it clearly indicates that Chicago is recognized as a world-class culinary center. Green City Market is considered one of the top green markets in the United States, and we think it is an especially appropriate place to honor the occasion. We know that our guest chefs and our many shoppers will have a great time on May 2. We hope everyone will come out to meet these talented and inspiring chefs."

The James Beard Foundation Awards recognizes those who do outstanding work in all aspects of the food industry: chefs and restaurateurs, cookbook authors and food journalists, restaurant designers and architects, and more. This is the 25th anniversary of the James Beard Awards, and for the first time ever the Awards ceremony and gala reception will take place in the city of Chicago.

About Green City Market
Green City Market is a 501 (c) (3) not for profit organization celebrating its 17th anniversary. The mission of Green City Market is to provide a marketplace for purchasing sustainably grown food and to educate, promote and connect farmers and local producers directly to chefs, restaurateurs, and the greater Chicago community. Green City Market values education about quality food and its source. Green City Market values farmers who take care of the land; the preservation of sustainably farmed land; a vibrant thriving community of local farms; and consumption of locally grown foods.

Green City Market's incredible momentum comes from its broad base of support including conscientious and caring farmers and producers, consumers, chefs, restaurateurs, and other culinary professionals. It also reflects Chicagoans' increasing concern for a more sustainable food system by improving the quality of food on the table, produced by local farmers using organic and sustainable practices that preserves the environment for future generations. GCM's support of these local artisan farmers and producers increases the density of fresh, high-quality, locally produced food in Chicago, and provides the basis for a regional cuisine.

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