An Evening with Kwame Onwuachi

Top Chef contestant and award-winning chef Kwame Onwuachi will discuss his cookbook My
America: Recipes from a Young Black Chef. His cookbook celebrates the cuisine of the African
diaspora, “the world’s wisest food.” Onwuachi will share stories behind his family’s recipes, and
the importance of the connections between cuisine, place, and culture.

A James Beard award-winning chef, Onwuachi was also named Food & Wine’s best new chef in
2019 and Esquire’s chef of the year in 2019. He has opened several restaurants and was the
executive chef at acclaimed Kith/Kin in Washington, D.C.

Join us on Zoom.

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libraries offering high-quality events. Illinois Libraries Present is funded in part by a grant
awarded by the Illinois State Library, a department of the Office of Secretary of State, using
funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).