DOWNTOWN — Chicago Gourmet is all sold out, but some cheap seats (relatively speaking) remain for the two-day food and wine festival in Millennium Park.
There are $50 tickets available to Late Night Gourmet on Sept. 25 at The Underground, 56 W. Illinois St. It's the after-party to the popular Hamburger Hop, which is sold out.
Rise & Shine Gourmet, a family-friendly morning version of the main festival, is from 8-11 a.m. Sept. 27 at Maggie Daley Park. It's $55 for adults, $15 for kids ages 6 to 12 and free for those 5 and under and includes yoga, a run/walk and a bunch of brunch fare from Hoosier Mama Pie Company, Lula Cafe, Owen + Alchemy and others. A note for adults: There will be Bloody Marys and beer mimosas.
Another new event this year, Punch Kings, Pigs 'n' Tiki on Sept. 26 at the Harris Theater Rooftop, 205 E. Randolph St., will feature boozy punches from a dozen Chicago bartenders and pork dishes from teams of farmers and chefs. Tickets are $75.
Tickets are steeper — $175 — for A Toast to Charlie Trotter, a four-course lunch at the Hyatt Regency on Sept. 25 hosted by chef Emeril Lagasse. The event will benefit the culinary education foundation of Lagasse's friend, the late chef Trotter, who died of a stroke in 2013. Lagasse will offer a peek at his new cookbook, due out in October.
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