Green City Market presents its ever-so-local and seasonal fall fundraiser

A (Mostly) Veggie Affair: Cheat on Meat or Go Whole Beast!

ABOUT

Green City Market's A (Mostly) Veggie Affair celebrates the vibrant flavors of our farmers' local, seasonal produce. Six local chefs will represent #TeamVeggie and put their best veggie dishes forward to square off against the ever-so-lustful #TeamMeat dishes from GCM Junior Board chefs. Guests will have the choice to Cheat on Meat or Go Whole Beast, or indulge in both! And everybody gets to go sweet:)

This year, the event introduces a VIP hour from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. in which a limited number of guests will have early access to try the offerings of the chefs, bartenders and brewers participating. In addition:

Sponsored by Moet Hennessy and utilizing Moet & Chandon Imperial Brut and Belvedere Vodka, the mixology team at Maple & Ash will be creating a speciatly cocktail just for VIPers
#TeamMeat will be enticing guests with an exclusive dish, and
Boisset Collection wineries will be pouring a premium tasting, featuring a flight of their sustainable, biodynamic wines

DJ Megan Taylor will be spinning the night away.

SPONSORS A Mostly Veggie Affiar is generously sponsored by:

CHEF PARTICIPANTS

Go Whole Beast (#TeamMeat)

Jared Batson (The Nomad Food Company)
Scott Manley (Table Donkey and Stick)
David Ochs (Maple & Ash)

Cheat on Meat (#TeamVeggie)

Paul Virant (Vie / Perennial Virant / Vistro)
Eric Mansavage (Farmhouse)
Nathan Sears (The Radler)
Chris Davies (Homestead on the Roof)
Lawrence Letrero (Sable)
Sean Pharr (Bristol)

Going Sweet

Aya Fukai (Sixteen at The Trump)
Andres Padilla (Xoco)

BARTENDER PARTICIPANTS

We've enlisted four of the city's most talented bartenders, who will pour creative libations featuring Green City Market product and local distilleries' spirits*.

Will Duncan (Punch House)
Billy Helmkamp (The Whistler)
Chef Riley Huddleston (I|O at The Godfrey Hotel Chicago)
Freddie Sarkis (Broken Shaker)
Juicer Extrodiares (Owen & Alchemy)

*Spirits for the cocktails generously provided by:

BEVERAGES

Photography: Flint Chaney

PURPOSE

The (Mostly) Veggie Affair supports the Green City Market and its mission 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.

Proceeds from the (Mostly) Veggie Affiar go specifically toward the GCM's Link Card Assistance Program, which matches dollar for dollar, purchases made by customers using their Link Card (Illinois' Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly 'Food Stamps') at the market. This initiative increases the affordability and accessibility of healthy, nutritious and sustainably produced foods to low-income Chicagoans, while supporting small agricultural producers and bolstering the local economy.

ONLINE AUCTION NOW LIVE!!!!!!!!

One-of-a-kind experiences from the Chicago restaurant community! The auction includes experiences such as dinner at Grace followed by a stay at the chic SOHO House; an invitation to the friends & family for Rick Bayless's new craft brewery; a trip to Leaning Shed Farm in Michigan for a 'Crop Mob' and many more great packages.

This year, our goal is to raise $20,000 through our online auction to support the educational and outreach programs of Green City Market, a 501(c)3 charitable organization.

Bid early, Bid often and remember all proceeds go to support Green City Market!