Beverly KimBeverly Kim

Beverly Kim is a chef, entrepreneur, mother, teacher, volunteer, and one half of the wife-and-husband team behind two of Chicago’s most acclaimed restaurants. She is the co-owner and chef of Parachute, the Korean-American restaurant awarded a one-star rating from the Michelin Guide and will be opening a second restaurant with her husband (to be announced) in fall. Her cooking has been praised by the likes of Chicago Tribune, Eater, and Bon Appetit. Kim and husband Johnny Clark shared the 2019 James Beard Award for Best Chef: Great Lakes. She is also the Founder of The Abundance Setting, a new non profit dedicated to supporting the advancement of women and working mothers in the culinary & hospitality industry with a thriving career and a quality of life at home. They live in Chicago with their three sons.