A COOKING COMPETITION WITH CHEF RICHARD BLAIS

Join us on September 29 for a cooking competition like no other with Celebrity Chef, Author & Restauranteur, Richard Blais, seen on Bravo’s Top Chef & Top Chef Amateur.

Chef Blais will be hosting our first-ever Wine Club cooking competition. Cooper's Hawk Wine Club Members will battle it out for a grand prize valued at $600.

This exciting Friends of Cooper’s Hawk event will feature a cocktail hour and delicious 3-course dinner curated by Chef Blais! We hope you can join us!

To purchase tickets for this event, please click here.


Event Menu

  • Sparkling Rose Greet
  • Passed Appetizers: Lobster Roll, Swedish Meatballs, Tuna Tostada
  • Baby Gem Caesar Salad: Marinated Artichokes, Pretzel Croissant Croutons, Avocado Caesar Dressing | Paired with Unoaked Chardonnay
  • Applewood Bacon Wrapped Filet Mignon: Parsnip Creamed Spinach, Pickled Wild Mushrooms, Steak Jus | Paired with Camille Proud
  • White Chocolate Passionfruit Buttercake: Cranberry Preserves, Toasted Macadamia Nuts | Paired with Passion Fruit Fizz Cocktail

  • Mae District
    19 E. 21st St. | Chicago, IL 60616
  • Tickets are $100 per person. Maximum of 4 tickets per Wine Club Member.
  • Tickets on sale August 16 at 10 a.m. CST.
  • Wine Club sign-in is required to purchase tickets.
  • Wine Club Guests must be 21+.
  • Please note: we are following the state/local requirements to protect our Guests and Team Members, requiring all event attendees entering the venue to wear a face covering or mask.