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GUEST
CHEFS FOR HANKFEST 2003 JAMBALAYA COOKOFF |
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Danny
Beck graduated from Kendall Culinary School in 1993. He worked
for Planet Hollywood as Corporate Opening Team member, then opened four
restaurants for the company, including Planet Hollywood Las Vegas in
Ceasar's Palace. After a year as sous chef, he moved to Nashville and
was Executive Chef at Nashville Country Club. He returned to Chicago
in 1996, opened House of Blues Chicago as Sous Chef, then became Executive
Chef. In 1998, he became owner and operator of Toon's Bar & Grill
in Chicago's Wrigleyville neighborhood. GO CUBS!!! |
 3857 N. Southport Ave. Chicago IL TEL: 773.935.1919 |
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| Paul Fehribach began his career as chef at Chapman's Restaurant in Bloomington, Indiana in 1992, heading up the popular French-Continental kitchen for three years. In 1995, He opened the famous Laughing Planet Cafe in Bloomington with cafe owner Richard Satnick. The Laughing Planet has been featured nationally on NPR, as well as in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Paul moved to Chicago in 1996 and soon joined the hit Hi Ricky Asia Noodle Shops, where he worked until 2002. In August 2002 he joined Schubas Tavern and the Harmony Grill to do, as he describes it, "serious regional American home cooking." |
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 Craig Cameron |
Hailing from Louisiana, Craig and his co-owner brothers (Darrell and Michael) learned how to cook their amazing Jambalaya, Po-Boy sandwiches, pecan pies and other assorted masterpieces from a great teacher—their grandmother. Opened in early 2003, Jambalaya's is already making their mark in Chicago. Located in Wicker Park, this small but mighty restaurant is quickly earning its well-deserved "word-of-mouth" reputation for delicious, no-frills authentic bayou cuisine. | UPDATE:
JAMBALAYA'S WENT OUT OF BUSINESS IN 2003. We wish Craig and his brothers all the best, and hope they consider opening another fine restaurant soon. |
| Andy Vaitkus of Blue Bayou spent 12 years at Chicago's Mercantile Exchange. "Then, I decided to do what I really love, which is cooking." After completing his Professional Culinary Training at The Chicago Cooking and Hospitality Institute, Andy worked for Radisson Hotels. A special interest of his is cooking wild game and fish. When not in the kitchen, Andy is an avid golfer and outdoorsman. "We opened Blue Bayou in February 2003," Andy says, "hoping to bring a little New Orleans fun and flair to Southport. Let the good times roll!" |  3734 N. Southport Ave. Chicago IL 60614 TEL: 773.871.3300 |
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Joel Nickson |
Joel Nickson started working for a soul food restaurant at age 15 in North Carolina. He then apprenticed at French restaurants and hotels in and around New York City before moving West. In San Francisco, he worked at the Fairmont, then Ernie’s under chef Jackie Robert; in Palm Springs, he held the position of Food and Beverage Manager for two years at La Quinta Resort. Moving back to North Carolina, Joel worked as Chef in Wrightsville Beach for the Blockade Runner Hotel for another three years. At the urging of his brothers in Chicago, he came to the Windy City and opened the Wishbone on Grand Ave. in 1990. After outgrowing this original location, he now owns two separate Wishbones - one in Wrigleyville, and another in Chicago's West Loop. |
1001 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago, IL 60607 TEL: 312. 850.2663 |
Larry
Tucker dishes up some killer catfish fillet and seafood jambalaya
at L.T.'s Grill — as well as the famous Twin Marinated Pork Chop
he created while executive chef at Ditka's. In addition to working at
the coach's place, Tucker has served as executive chef at Lake View's
beloved Biasetti's, executive chef and owner of N.N. Spice Island &
N.N. Smokehouse, partner and owner of Minnie's Old World Deli, and head
chef at The Manhattan Tavern. |
 1800 W. Grand Ave. Chicago, IL 60622 TEL: 312.997.2400 |
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GUEST
MUSICIANS/BANDS FOR HANKFEST 2003 |
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"KING
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| With no way to label the music as any particular style, Lonesome Halos perform "American Maverick" music. Writing & playing what they feel, some say they hear strains of Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, Lynard Skynyrd, Blues Traveler, Neil Young, Hank Williams—even a little rockabilly, too. | 
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| Kelly
Kessler is the instigator of the Wichita Shut-Ins. She helped
frontload the Chicago country music revival during her stint with the
Texas Rubies, and stoked the flames with her Honky Tonk Living Room live
music series at the Hideout (Chicago). |
Lawrence
Peters is the most dapper of the Shut-Ins. Equally at home
with Stanley-style bluegrass and Ray Price crooners, Lawrence has a
honeyed baritone that will stop you in your tracks, power-fully recalling
the glory days of country. |
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Siderunners didn‘t grow up in the country, don't ride
horses (and don‘t pretend to), but they do play country music—and
are proud of it. |
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Kelly
Hogan & Scott Ligon |
"Find me a better singer. I dare you... Kelly's voice is so versatile it can wrap itself around any song in any style, be it torchy jazz, country weepers, soul-fueled bump and grinders or long lost pop nuggets, and transform them into something all her own." RollingStone.com | 
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| Whether touring as a member of Tanya Tucker's back-up band, subbing with the legendary Sundowners at the Bar Double R on Randolph St., or working with numerous honkytonk aggregations throughout the years, hillbilly music and Hank Williams Sr. have always played a big part in the musical vision of Kent Rose. Today, opening shows for bluesman Teddy Morgan, rockabilly wildmen The Legendary Shack Shakers, and singer-songwriters Pieta Brown and Bo Ramsey, he is a sharp-dressed smooth-talking storytelling songwriter with vocals extraordinaire and rockin' rhythm guitar to spare, more unique than any flavor of the week, loaded with yodels just add up the totals, hillbilly music as it was and always will be: soulful, rhythmic, and timeless, yet always on time, this master of rhyme, Mr. Kent Rose. | ||
| Jon Langford is a musician & artist, and serious about his cooking, too (just ask him!). Jon plays in a number of acclaimed bands, including the Waco Brothers and Mekons. | 
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Nite
Watch "Doing It All Night" |
As legions of Chicago night owls know, Nite Watch has performed nearly every weekend for 8 years in Uptown's Lakeview Lounge, with fans like Ryan Adams singing their praises. Their eclectic songlist ranges from Johnny Cash to the Ventures, and everything in between. |
TEL: 708.229.1908 (Contact Larry) |
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