Guest Chef Night with Chefs John Sundstrom & Jordan Hilliard of Lark

Chef John Sundstrom & Sous Chef Jordan Hilliard of LarkPlease join us as we welcome Chef John Sundstrom and Sous Chef Jordan Hilliard of Lark for a special evening as we celebrate our students, build community and enjoy an incredible meal. Guest Chef Night pairs premier local chefs with FareStart students to create a three-course meal served by volunteers. All revenue and donations from Guest Chef Night support FareStart’s job training programs.

John Sundstrom is a James Beard Award-winning (Best Chef Northwest 2007, Semi Finalist Best Chef US 2014, Lark Outstanding Restaurant Semi-Finalist US 2016) Seattle chef known for his thoughtful use of foraged and wild ingredients. In 2003, two years after being named one of Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs in America, Sundstrom opened Lark in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. In 2014, he relocated Lark to a larger space and opened Slab Sandwiches in the same building.

In 2013, Sundstrom published his first cookbook, Lark: Cooking Against the Grain, which was awarded an IACP Judges Choice Award. In August of 2016, Sasquatch Books published Lark: Cooking Wild in the Northwest, a new paperback edition that includes a chapter on favorite larder items. Sundstrom was honored to be a speaker at René Redzepi’s MAD5 Symposium in Copenhagen in the summer of 2016. John and his partners also operate Cora Pizza + Plates, Sundstrom’s foray into wood-fired pizza, opened in the original Lark space.

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Event Details

Date: August 13, 2026 Time: 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm Location: FareStart Restaurant, 2004 Westlake Ave, Parking info. Cost: $60
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Menu: 

First Course: Billy’s Tomato and Watermelon Gazpacho

heep’s milk feta, spiced pepitas

Second Course: Herbed Pork Roulade

charred corn, bacon, king oyster mushrooms, smoked honey mustard glaze

Third Course: Summer Berry “Pavlova”

vanilla mascarpone, Meyer lemon meringue shards

 

Vegetarian and gluten-free options will be available upon request.

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