Five area chefs to raise money for Maui

NORTHBROOK - Prairie Grass Cafe will host a fundraiser Sunday, Aug. 27, to benefit The Hawai'i Community Foundation - Chef Hui Fund to help victims of the devastation caused by the wildfires in Maui, Hawaii.

Prairie Grass Cafe, 601 Skokie Blvd., Northbrook, is sponsoring a Happy Hour from 3-5 p.m. The $50 admission includes tasting stations, passed canapes and wine. A cash bar for cocktails and beer will be available. Secondly, beginning at 5 p.m. and priced at $100 per person (not including gratuity for the staff), guests can participate in a family-style dinner, with wine, prepared by five participating chefs and served in the Prairie Grass private dining room.

Reservations may be made by calling Prairie Grass Cafe at (847) 205-4433.

The fundraiser is in partnership with Ricky Sakoda, former chef of Merriman's in Kapalua, Maui.

"Maui is a second home to me," Sakoda said. "It's where I met and married my wife. It's where my parents live. It's a wonderful community of creatives, free-spirits, chefs, farmers and the most loving people I've grown to know. And now they need our support more than ever."

Other partnering chefs are Sarah Stegner of Prairie Grass Cafe; Randall Sabado, senior executive R&D chef of Cooper's Hawk; Arshiya Farheen, chef of Verzênay; and Sebastian White, chef of The Evolved Network.