Chefs and Restaurants

Three Chicago Chefs Packed Up and Went to Poland to Cook for Ukrainian Refugees

An early morning workout for Chef Tony Priolo of Chicago’s Piccolo Sogno this spring had him watching the news and seeing violence and turmoil unfold in the Ukraine. “I saw all of these poor people and knew we had to do something,” says Priolo, who contacted the Illinois Restaurant Association and started going through his phone contacts of chefs to help. Less than three weeks, and more than 70 enthusiastic “...