Top Chef

June 23, 2014 9:00 am EDT

There’s no shortage of fine restaurants in Chicago.

The question is whether you’ve got the time to visit ‘em all.

Here’s an easy answer: get a seat at the James Beard Foundation’s Taste of America dinner, an evening gathering the city’s best toques for your gustatory convenience, tickets on sale now.

Consider this a welcome handshake to the James Beard Awards — aka the Oscars of the culinary world — as they gear up for a move from New York to Chicago in 2015.

A preview for the bacchanals to come? We think so.

Your ticket grants mingling with award-winning chefs behind spots like the Purple Pig, Next and Naha. They serve up toothsome bites while you toss back cocktails.

The end game of the night: a collaborative four-course dinner cheffed by Grant Achatz, Thomas Lents and southern boy Sean Brock of Husk.

So grab a pair of tickets for yourself and that special somebody.

We’re sure you have no shortage of those.

Photo Credit: Alinea

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Michael Nolledo

Michael Nolledo

Michael Nolledo is the former Deputy Editor of InsideHook and the founding editor of the Chicago edition. He is now the Editorial Director of the Reference desk at Insider.
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