Gerry Klaskala Cooks, Entertains Guests at “Atlanta Eats” Inside the Chef's Studio in the Sub-Zero and Wolf Showroom on August 31

Thirty-five guests will savor a heaping helping of stories, a chef’s demo, four-course dinner and great wines with Atlanta’s own legendary chef Gerry Klaskala at Inside the Chef's Studio, presented by Oxygen Financial, on Wednesday, August 31. Aria chef/owner Klaskala and “Atlanta Eats” host Steak Shapiro will spill some stories of life in the restaurant field during the 6:30-9 p.m. event taking place in one of Atlanta’s coolest kitchens, the Sub-Zero and Wolf Showroom in Buckhead. Tickets, $175 per person (plus online service fee), are available on FreshTix. Price includes complimentary valet, wine, beer, four-course meal and cooking demo. A portion of the proceeds benefits the Atlanta Community Food Bank. 

See Joey Ward of Gunshow at Morningside Farmers Market Chef Demo August 20

Joey Ward has been a Gunshow kitchen dude ever since chef Kevin Gillespie opened the Glenwood Park restaurant in 2013. While Ward is now Gunshow’s executive chef, he’s still a kitchen dude at heart, and he loves to share his creative culinary passions with restaurant guests, other restaurant chefs and farmers market-to-home-table shoppers and chefs. Ward leads the 9 a.m. chef demo on Saturday, August 20 at Morningside Farmers Market. Want more? Make reservations to sup on Ward’s innovative cuisine at Gunshow that evening.

Catch Kevin Gillespie at Peachtree Road Farmers Market Chef Demo June 18

Look for a fiery red beard among the ruby red heirloom tomatoes, bright red strawberries, juicy red watermelon chunks and shiny red peppers at this Saturday’s Peachtree Road Farmers Market (PRFM). Could only be one person: Chef Kevin Gillespie of Gunshow, Revival, Communion and Terminus City. You may see Gillespie cruising the stalls to gather locally grown produce (so local it was in the ground Friday) before putting down roots for the 10 a.m. chef demo. Stop by and gather tips and recipe ideas from this champion of pork, Southern food heritage and seasonal eating. Several recipes of his are already in the PRFM online recipe box, including tomato, melon, cucumber and herb summer salad and warm squash salad with goat feta, apples and peppers. Market hours are 8:30 a.m. until noon. Rise with the roosters for the best selection.

Andreas Müller Carries Revival to Morningside Farmers Market May 28

Kickstart Saturday morning, May 28, with a bit of Revival. Executive chef Andreas Müller is stopping by Morningside Farmers Market to lead this Saturday’s chef demo before hunkering down in his kitchen at the Decatur restaurant. The homegrown fruits, vegetables and fresh foods of Müller’s boyhood in Sweden stuck, igniting a passion for seeking farm-fresh ingredients throughout his chef-hood. Bingo. Hits the asparagus on the head for a farmers market cooking class. Shop the year-round market for locally grown organic from 8-11:30 a.m. but peel yourself away around 9-ish for this demo on the patio of market-adjacent Morningside Kitchen. Another reason to praise the morning, Morningside Farmers Market requires all produce to be certified organic.

Nikolai’s Roof Chef de Cuisine Stephanie Alderete Demos at Grant Park Farmers Market May 25

From the dining room at Nikolai's Roof atop downtown’s Hilton Atlanta, chef de cuisine Stephanie Alderete can see Grant Park, just three miles away and home to the Grant Park Farmers Market where she’ll be leading the celebrity chef demo at 11 a.m. this Sunday, May 25. Alderete will prepare charred asparagus salad with Calabrese feta and egg yolk emulsion. Shop a little, learn a lot and nibble your farm-fresh finds all the way home.

Executive Chef Javier Viera Demos 10th & Piedmont Heirloom Tomato Salad at Piedmont Park Green Market on May 17

Javier Viera is the executive chef for all three Communitas Hospitality restaurants: 10th & Piedmont, G’s Midtown and HOBNOB Neighborhood Tavern. His gorgeous heirloom tomato salad at 10th & Piedmont is a crowd favorite, and you can learn how to make it at this Saturday’s Piedmont Park Green Market. With tri-colored heirloom tomatoes, hydroponic cucumbers, red onions, feta cheese, fresh basil and balsamic vinegar, it’s destined for your own “heirloom” recipe file. Viera leads the demo on the Community Center patio at 11 a.m.

No. 246 Cooks at Junior League of DeKalb Tour of Kitchens on April 26

Look for chef demos by No. 246 while passing through the Junior League of DeKalb Tour of Kitchens this Saturday, April 26. Buy tickets online for the 11 a.m.-5 p.m. self-guided tour. No. 246 chef de cuisine Andrew Isabella prepares agnolotti from 12–1 p.m. at one of the tour stops at 401 Ansley Street in Decatur. Factor in a brunch, lunch break, cocktails or a post-tour dinner at No. 246 in downtown Decatur and feast on the locally driven, Italian-inspired dishes this talented kitchen sends your way.

Bantam + Biddy’s Shaun Doty Rises with the Roosters for Morningside Farmers Market on April 19

Shaun Doty is prince of poultry in his own roosts -- Bantam + Biddy in Ansley Mall and on Crescent Avenue and Chick-a-Biddy in Atlantic Station. His persona changes to strawberry king as he brandishes strawberries during the “Shop with a Chef” demo at Morningside Farmers Market on Saturday, April 19. Strawberries rightly claim fame as a nutritional powerhouse armed with antioxidants and phytonutrients. Market opens at 7:30 a.m., demo begins at 9 a.m. Get there early and shop first, watch and learn after.

Bantam + Biddy and Chick-a-Biddy's Shaun Doty Thinks Fast at October 5 Peachtree Road Farmers Market Mash-Up

It takes a little more than produce and local wares to host a successful farmers market. One of those requirements? A police presence. To foot the cost of this requirement, Peachtree Road Farmers Market is hosting a Market Mash-Up on Saturday, October 5 from 9 a.m.-noon. Four chefs, including Bantam + Biddy and Chick-a-Biddy's own Shaun Doty, will have 200 market dollars to create a dish that shows off the season and market ingredients. Ticket holders choose the Mash-Up Ruler during a 9:45 -10:45 a.m. tasting and can shop at the silent auction. All proceeds go toward cop coverage. $10 per ticket and only 200 tickets are available. 

Gerry Klaskala and Tyler Williams Cover Next Two Morningside Farmers Market Chef Demos

 

You don't have to wait long to start the weekend off right at the Morningside Farmers Market. Booths open shortly after sunrise (7:30 a.m. to be exact) on Saturday mornings, so you can jump in as soon as the sun starts shining. By 9 a.m., shopping bags are bulging with locally grown organic produce, herbs and craft food items. Chef demo time! Gerry Klaskala of Aria leads a lesson in working with Riverview Farm andouille sausage on May 25, and Tyler Williams of Woodfire Grill takes on the fresh taste of Woodland Gardens fennel on June 1. Be sure to stock up on these items before the demos because after these chefs share their ideas there's sure to be a run on the market.

RA Sushi Chef Heads Down the Block to Piedmont Park Green Market Demo on September 1

A RA Sushi Bar Restaurant chef has ideas for that fresh produce filling your shopping bag at this Saturday's Piedmont Park Green Market. The chef demo falls in the 10 - 11 a.m. hour, which is frontloaded with shopping time. Look and learn before you head out or home to lunch. You did buy ingredients for lunch, didn't you? If not, RA Sushi is only a few blocks away on Peachtree Street and opens for lunch at 11 a.m.