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Youth Mental Health Gets Spotlight at Evolved Network Dinner Event

  • Writer: Bob Benenson
    Bob Benenson
  • Jun 29
  • 2 min read

July 22 Fundraising Dinner to Take Place at Prairie Grass Cafe



The Evolved Network is a Chicago non-profit that that works in schools to provide underprivileged youths with food education, culinary skills and life skills through farm to table experience. If you know chef/founder Sebastian White's background, it is no surprise that mental health is incorporated into his programming; Sebastian is a clinical psychologist who formerly counseled at-risk youths.


It is also never a surprise when Sebastian schedules a fundraiser for The Evolved Network with Chef Sarah Stegner, co-owner of Prairie Grass Cafe in the north Chicago suburb of Northbrook. Sarah — a Board member of the Green City farmers market since its 1999 founding — is a leading advocate for a better, fairer, more equitable food system. She also adopted The Evolved Network as a personal cause and has acted as a culinary mentor to Sebastian, a self-taught cook.


The Evolved Network and Prairie Grass Cafe again are joining forces for a fundraising dinner, titled Nourish the Future: A Night of Food and Wellness, which will take place from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the restaurant located at 601 Skokie Blvd in Northbrook.


The highlight of the night will be a discussion between Sebastian and Ben Shabad, a mental health therapist. And if you find yourself thinking of The Bear, the restaurant-centered hit series on Hulu, it's probably because Ben (upper right in the poster above) so resembles star Jeremy Allen White that he won a lookalike contest.


Their discussion will be moderated by Sylvia Perez, television news anchor at Chicago's Fox32.


This family-style dinner will feature dishes by Chef Sarah & Chef George Bumbaris from Prairie Grass Cafe, Chef Sebastian White from the Evolved Kitchen and Garden, and two longtime friends in the Chicago restaurant scene, Chefs Christine Cikowski and Josh Kulp from Honey Butter Fried Chicken.


Click the first button below to buy tickets for the event soon — there are limited seats still available.



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