The next /r/ChicagoFood AMA will be on Monday, January 20th at 3 PM with Norman Fenton, executive chef and owner of Cariño, the newest restaurant in Chicago to earn a Michelin Star.

We are very excited to announce that the next AMA on this subreddit will be with head chef and owner of Cariño, Norman Fenton. His restaurant has become very popular on this subreddit so we thought it would be great to have him on here to answer all of your questions you might have for him. We thought the timing for this AMA was good as we our subreddit will be doing a full buyout of his restaurant in a couple weeks where we will fill it up with great members of our community to eat there for free as part of our ongoing event series program with Reddit Community Funds.

Before opening up Cariño, Norman worked in kitchens across Southeastern Michigan before moving to Chicago in 2015 working at The Aviary until eventually moving over to Schwa, eventually becoming chef de cuisine there. In 2019 he took a 9-month road trip all over Mexico where he eventually became the executive chef of WILD in Tulum. When he came back to Chicago, he worked at Brass Heart as executive chef until it closed in 2023. After that, he opened up Cariño.

I always use these AMA announcements as an oportunity to field suggestions for other guests you'd like to see on here. Many of your previous suggestions I have tried and failed lol but I will continue to try to get the guests you would all like to see on here!

Thanks!