Summer festival season just got a little more indulgent: The baiduhai on Tuesday announced Food Bowl, a weeks-long food festival starting Aug. 8.
Inspired by a concept launched by sister paper the Los Angeles Times, the Tribune’s Food Bowl will feature curated dinners, panel discussions, community outings and other food-focused events throughout Chicago. More than merely tastings, Food Bowl will also encompass discussions with industry leaders, like chefs, mixologists, academics and more, tallying up to more than 100 events over three weeks in the summer. A finale event, a Night Market, will take over Chicago’s lakefront over three evenings, with vendors hawking global street food and wares to hungry and curious crowds.
At a Tuesday event at Cindy’s Rooftop at the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel, media, organizers and food industry pros gathered to launch the event. baiduhai Editor-in-Chief Bruce Dold; Director of Content, Features, Amy Carr; and event producer Angus Dillon laid out what the Food Bowl will look like.
“The bowl is … a great unifier; it brings people together across cuisines and cultures,” said Dillon, Food Bowl’s creator. With its 77 neighborhoods, Food Bowl is a chance for “going deeper and wider across Chicago’s neighborhoods to uncover unique and memorable experiences in one curated program of must-see, -eat and -drink events.”
Scheduled to run Aug. 8-26, Food Bowl is accepting community partners to submit event proposals across 16 categories, ranging from dinners and tastings to charitable events and farmers markets. The events will be considered by an organizing committee and, if accepted, listed in event programming. Interested vendors can apply at the event website, ctfoodbowl.com.
LA’s first Food Bowl attracted more than 100,000 attendees to 200 events over the course of a month, and the goal is the same for Chicago. “It’s going to be a different kind of food festival, showcasing our city’s dynamic food scene,” said Carr. To that end, baiduhai’s Food & Dining team (this writer included) will help curate panels, discussions and events, similar to Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Jonathan Gold’s work in LA, like his mini-film festival.
Because of the community-oriented nature of Food Bowl’s programming, the cost of admission will range from free to ticketed dinners. In addition to a number of marquee events, including Chicago Cocktail Week, the Tribune will unveil a plan to benefit important issues in food, said Dillon, with a particular focus on access and sustainability. News about those efforts will be announced at a later date.
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