"Macy's Chefs A-Go-Go," a national food truck tour showcasing the Macy's Culinary Council is rolling into Chicago for culinary fun! Macy's first-ever food truck tour will feature Chef Rick Bayless on board at the Chicago stop, cooking his signature recipes and dishing them out for free! Yes, you heard that right.
WHAT:
Chef Rick Bayless will be serving up some Mexican...
[read more] "Macy's Chefs A-Go-Go," a national food truck tour showcasing the Macy's Culinary Council is rolling into Chicago for culinary fun! Macy's first-ever food truck tour will feature Chef Rick Bayless on board at the Chicago stop, cooking his signature recipes and dishing them out for free! Yes, you heard that right.
WHAT:
Chef Rick Bayless will be serving up some Mexican goodness from the truck at Ethyl's Beer & Wine Dive (324 S. Racine St.) from 6 to 8 p.m. on Aug. 16. While the food is free, Macy's is using the truck to raise funds for hunger-relief charity Feeding America.
If delicious free food and celebrity chefs weren't enough to get you to "go-go", visit the food truck tour when it rolls into your town. Fans that "like" Macy's on Facebook (
www.facebook/macys), or follow Macy's on Twitter (@macys and @macysevents) and the Macy's Culinary Council on twitter (@CulinaryCouncil) and tweet using the hashtag #macyschefs will receive a special gift at each food truck stop, while supplies last.
ABOUT CHEF RICK BAYLESS:
Chef Rick Bayless is the owner of Chicago restaurants Frontera Grill, Topolobampo, XOCO and Tortas Frontera at O'Hare Airport as well as Frontera Fresco, his upscale, quick-service concept at Macy's State Street, Old Orchard and Union Square. More recently, Rick took on consulting chef responsibilities at the new RED O in LA. Rick was awarded 1995 Chef of the Year by the International Association of Culinary Professionals, 1998 Humanitarian of the Year by the James Beard Foundation, and 2002 Cooking Teacher of the Year by Bon Appetit. In 2007, Frontera Grill was named America's Outstanding Restaurant of the Year by the James Beard Foundation. In 2009, Rick Bayless was crowned Top Chef Master on the Bravo network. Rick hosts Mexico-One Plate at a Time on public television, now in its seventh season and just recently released his newest cookbook, Fiesta at Rick's.
