Stock Dinner Party with Chef Jennifer Kim

Thursday, March 27 @ 7pm
$250 per person for four courses, all inclusive

This March, we're thrilled to partner with Chef Jennifer Kim for the March installment of our dinner party series. 

Chef Jennifer is currently serving as the Chef de Cuisine of Proxi, where they works alongside chef-owner Andrew Zimmerman. 

Chef Jennifer joined Proxi in 2023, bringing countless accolades with them from their award-winning solo ventures Snaggletooth and Passerotto. Their creativity and innovation have been a perfect fit for Proxi's globally-inspired cuisine. 

Chef Jennifer will be cooking in the Firehouse Lounge alongside their guests, sharing stories and inspiration over dinner. Seated at the space's long marble countertop, guests will get a front-row seat to Chef Jennifer's award-winning cooking.

This will be a chance to experience Chef Jennifer's cuisine in a totally unique, intimate (11 tickets!) environment — don't miss it!

Ticket price includes food, beverage, and service for the evening.

Jennifer Kim is a second-generation Korean American, born and raised in Chicago.  Growing up as a latchkey kid, food and cooking were rarely seen as anything beyond a mundane part of daily life.  It wasn’t until their time at the University of Illinois–where they were attending to study pharmacy–and a kitchen mishap that almost set a dorm room ablaze, when learning how to cook became more than something to check off the to-do list.  After dropping out of college and gathering a few years of retail management experience (parlayed with a copious amount of partying), Jennifer made the decision to enroll in culinary school.  During their time at Kendall College, they simultaneously started working under David Posey at Blackbird, whom they cite as the kitchen that built a formidable and steadfast foundation for the first three years of their career.  From there, they traveled to the south of France to spend a summer at one-Michelin-starred Le Bistro des Saveurs before returning back home to work at Avec while helping to open One Off Hospitality’s Nico Osteria.  

In 2015, Jennifer opened their first solo venture – Snaggletooth – to much acclaim, snagging a Jean Banchet Rising Chef of the Year award during the tail end of its two year run.  With renewed confidence and an itch for a “real deal” restaurant, they opened Passerotto in 2018, garnering two consecutive Michelin Bib Gourmands, another Jean Banchet, an Eater Chicago Chef of the Year, and a 2019 James Beard nomination. Jennifer recently joined the Proxi team as the Chef De Cuisine where they will work alongside Chef Andrew Zimmerman.