ADDIE GUNDRY AT GORTON

Grab your friends and head to Gorton for a special evening with Food Network Star finalist and Cutthroat Kitchen Champion, Addie Gundry. During this special cooking demonstration, you will enjoy tastings from her theme: festive and easy summer appetizers. You will hear interesting stories about Gundry’s culinary training, her work with renowned chefs and celebrities, and get a behind the scenes glimpse into what it is like to compete on some of America’s favorite cooking shows. You will leave with fabulous recipes to enjoy during the last sultry summer days.

Gundry received her master’s degree in Culinary Arts at Auguste Escoffier in Avignon, France. She has worked alongside masters such as Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller, and Martha Stewart. In 2015, she won Alton Brown’s Cutthroat Kitchen, and she was a finalist on The Food Network Star in 2017. She excels at easy, elegant entertaining. Signed cookbooks will be for sale night of the event.

Cooking with Addy Gundry will take place on August 20, 2020 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Gorton Community Center, 400 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest, 847-234-6060. Event tickets are available at gortoncenter.org.

A PICTURE PERFECT DUO

North Shore photographers Kerri Sherman and Heidi Clifton partnered on a creative project for long-standing local establishment, Lake Forest Food & Wine. Owner Maria Gomez entrusted Sherman and Clifton’s artistic collaboration for this visual project saluting the community.

The space has been transformed with a dramatic gallery wall, showcasing the fabulous faces of Lake Forest and Lake Bluff residents they have captured over the years. The photos will rotate with new images over time, celebrating community and the subjects they depict.

Countless hours, along with paint and materials, brought this collaborative vision to life. Of this project, the duo shares, “We believe in community over competition, and truly support each other’s work.”

Sherman and Clifton started by creating a gorgeous color palette of deep teal, shades of turquoise, and warm neutrals for the walls. A huge series of black and white photographs in modern white frames pop perfectly on the wall. Adjacent is a geometric action wall, with a pair of grey modern Barcelona lounge chairs—the perfect spot to visit with friends and watch the action on Bank Lane.

Over the next month, the space will continue to transform in color, along with a new menu design, logo, and signage. Weekly specials and wine tastings will kick off celebrating the new look and rebranding of Lake Forest Food & Wine.

Lake Forest Food & Wine is located at 645 Bank Lane in Lake Forest, 847-234-0620. To see more of photographer Kerri Sherman’s work, visit kerrisherman.com. To see more of photographer Heidi Clifton’s work, visit cecilygeorge.com.