Alinea

Yannick Beaudoin, Alinea International’s director of climate change and nature-positive solutions, talked about the inadequacy of Western knowledge systems alone in tackling the complexity of change processes needed to provide lasting climate solutions.

Alinea’s stature often made Kokonas a spokesperson nationally for Chicago fine dining and occasionally a lightning rod for controversy.

At 23, I moved to NYC and worked at WD50 in Manhattan, before moving to Chicago and working at Charlie Trotters, Tru and Alinea which at the time was the best restaurant in the world.

Executive Chef Zachary Geerson’s intricate cuisine isn’t copycat food, but it is inspired by the progressive likes of Michelin-level kitchens such as Chicago’s Alinea, Copenhagen’s Noma, and Vespertine in Los Angeles.