Sarah Grueneberg is the multi-award winning Chef/Partner of Monteverde Restaurant & Pastificio in Chicago’s West Loop. You likely watched her as a competitor and finalist on Bravo’s “Top Chef: Texas” and Food Network’s “Iron Chef Gauntlet.” In fall of 2022, she published her first cookbook, Listen To Your Vegetables. In this episode, Sarah shares with our live audience about her childhood and being brought up by a single mother, what it was like stepping into her first professional restaurant kitchen, and when she realized she had made it as a chef. Sarah shares some of the work she does in the community by highlighting Southern Smoke Foundation and the extraordinary work they do for food and beverage workers. Enjoy this LIVE episode as we go Beyond the Plate… with Chef Sarah Grueneberg.

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