Willowbrook Mill in Northport will host a Beaujolais Nouveau Day Dinner on Thursday, Nov. 17, from 6-9 p.m. The five-course French meal includes wine pairings created by guest chef Guillaume Hazael-Massieux of La Becasse restaurant. Limited seating is available, and going fast. Tickets cost $129 per person and are available online at MyNorthTickets.com.
Local food aficionados know that Leelanau County and Traverse City are both hubs of talent and great ingredients. But did you know that we have a home-grown winner of the noted reality TV show headed by Chef Gordon Ramsay, Hell’s Kitchen? Kim Ryan, graduate of the Culinary Institute of Michigan won Hell’s Kitchen Season 16 in 2017. Ryan, fresh from a year of growing and defining her own catering company, Lucky Cook Catering LLC, has been brain storming with Mimi Heberlein, owner of the Willowbrook event space in Northport to organize special dinners featuring her and four of her fellow Hell’s Kitchen alumnae.