Now We’re Cookin’s Nell Funk  Joins Friends!

This Saturday, Nell Funk, the owner and chef of Now We’re Cookin’, a culinary center focused on supporting new food businesses, will be joining us at the Friends’ tent!

As a chef, Nell offers many cooking classes there and has been a strong advocate of the Evanston Farmers’ Markets.

“We’re going to be doing two summer salads (which includes a bean and tomato salad) featuring some of the more unusual herbs that can be found at the market we’re going to be featuring Nepitella and Shiso,” she said.

We’re excited to have her as she helps us kick off our promotion of the Harvest Celebration!

A little bit more about Nell:

“After a long and diverse corporate career, Chef Nell made the leap from the corporate world to the culinary world. A lifelong home cook, she honed her skills at the Culinary School of Kendall College, and opened the Evanston-based catering company Fantastic Funktions. It was then that she began cooking up a business plan for Now We’re Cookin’. As originator of the Culinary Service Center concept, Chef Nell has a passion for working with start-up and early stage culinary businesses. Her unique combination of business savvy and culinary finesse is an asset on which her clients at Now We’re Cookin’ have come to rely.”