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Last Chance to Purchase Tickets for Tomorrow's Green City Market Annual Chef BBQ Benefit

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    CHICAGO, IL, July 17, 2014 /24-7PressRelease/ -- With perfect July weather in the forecast for tomorrow and a fantastic chef line up, the 14th Annual Green City Market Chef BBQ Benefit is sure to be a spectacular evening you will not want to miss, so purchase your tickets now. The Green City Market Chef BBQ Benefit begins 5:30 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday) in Lincoln Park; Tickets may be purchased online until 4 p.m at http://www.greencitymarket.org. Tickets are not available for sale at the door. The benefit showcases Chicago's best culinary talent cooking food with fresh and local ingredients from the Green City Market. To complement the irresistible food served, locally made craft beer, wine, handcrafted cocktails and non-alcoholic beverages will be available. Tickets are still available for purchase on the Green City Market website. General admission tickets are $125 and can be purchased until 4 p.m. day of the event.

"The Chef BBQ is one of the most anticipated events of the summer and a great time to celebrate all of the amazing food and talent this city has to offer," said Sarah Stegner, co-president of the Green City Market board and chef/partner of Prairie Gras Cafe in Northbrook. "The Chef BBQ is very important to the operations of the market. It raises much needed money to support our operations. The market is funded by such donations and grants. We are thankful that it has grown to be one of Chicago's most popular summer events. Our guests get to experience what truly 'local farm to table' is while helping to make it all possible."

Some of the most anticipated additions to this year's lineup include:- Ina Pinkney; Barry Sorkin, Smoque; and Rob Levitt, Butcher and Larder are teaming up for the first time.- New additions to the chef lineup this year include: Tremaine Atkinson Co-founder/Distille and JP Doiron, CH Distillery; Giuseppe Scurato, Ceres' Table; MichaelSheerin, Cicchetti; Ken Carter, Gather; Nathan Sears, The Radler.

"The Green City Market BBQ is the not to be missed event of the year for almost every single person I know," said Jason Hammel, chef and co-owner of Lula Cafe and Nightwood. "Sous chefs, pastry chefs, executive chefs, cooks, managers, artisans, farmers--so many who contribute to our great Chicago restaurant scene will bet here. Look around that night and you'll see a community paying homage to the mission and vision of Abby Mandel, who saw so much potential in our city and the bounty of our local farms."

See Below for a full list of some of Chicago's top restaurants and breweries that will have a presence at the BBQ:

676 restaurant Atwood CafeAugust Hill Winery/Illinois Sparkling Co.Bar Toma Bar&KitchenGatherGoose Island Beer Company GT Fish & OysterHalf Acre Beer Company Haymarket Pub & Brewery HenriQuince at the homestead Red doorSable Kitchen & Bar Seasons Soda SeedlingSepiaBell's BreweryHickory Creek WineryShaw's ChicagoBenny's Chop HouseHoney Butter Fried Chicken &SmallBar DivisionBig JonesSunday Dinner ClubSmoque and Ina'sBig StarIntelligentsia Coffee & KilogramsolaBistronomic/LM RestaurantTeaSparrow Coffee RoasteryGroupKOVALSpiaggia/Cafe SpiaggiaButcher & Larder Cafe des ArchitectesLakeshore Beverage Laughing BirdTable, Donkey and Stick Tekla, IncCapriole, Inc. & Tekla, Inc.Limelight CateringTerzo PianoCeres' TableLula CafeThe BristolCH DistilleryMetropolitan BrewingThe Chopping BlockChilam Balam, Shaman byMidwest Wine SelectionsThe DawsonCicchettimk The RestaurantThe GageConvito Cafe & MarketNew Holland Brewing Co.The Goddess & GrocerCookies and Carnitas Crop To Cup / Asi TeaNico Osteria NightwoodThe Publican The PublicanRoasteryNoMI KitchenThe Radlerdeca restaurantNorth Pond RestaurantThe Signature Room at the 95thEli's CheesecakeNorth Shore DistilleryThree Floyds BrewpubFarmhouse TavernOne Off Hospitality GroupTrenchermenForbidden Root BreweryPark Grill at Millennium ParkTwo Brothers Brewing CompanyFox Valley Winery, Inc Fresh Coast Distributors,Pecking Order Perennial VirantUncommon Ground VeraLehman's cider, Quincy St.Piece BreweryVirtue CiderDistilleryPrairie Grass CafeWoodFrontera Grillprasino

About Green City MarketGreen City Market is a 501 (c) (3) not for profit organization celebrating its 16th 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 is funded by individual donations, corporation sponsorships, grants and fund raising events.

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