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Ellen King
Co-owner and Director of Baking Operations at Hewn Bakery
Jürgen Krauss
Celebrated participant in the 2021 season of The Great British Bake Off and cookbook author
Vince Gerasole
14-time Emmy Award winning broadcast journalist and host of CBS2’s Got Your Ticket
Rising Together: Crafting Connections Through Baking
Join us for an engaging conversation with renowned bakers Ellen King (FAN ’18), co-owner and director of baking operations at Hewn Bakery, and Jürgen Krauss, a celebrated participant in the 2021 season of The Great British Bake Off who will be visiting from his home in the UK. The dynamic duo first met when Krauss stopped by Hewn’s Evanston location during a previous visit to Chicago, and they bonded quickly over their shared passion for baking.
King opened Hewn in Evanston in 2013 with her partner Julie Matthei, and they have now expanded to locations in Libertyville and Winnetka. Recognized in the New York Times, Saveur, Chicago magazine, Forbes, and InStyle, Hewn has also been featured as the Best Bakery in the Midwest by Midwest Living and as one of the 10 Best Bakeries in the United States by Food & Wine. King is a frequent speaker and educator on the benefits and beauty of heritage wheat and small-scale milling. Her first cookbook, Heritage Baking, was published in 2018.
Krauss was born in Germany and was immersed in a family culture of music, science, and home baking. He began making bread in earnest in 2010, utilizing his passion for systematic precision. He was an audience favorite on The Great British Bake Off, displaying his talent for flavor combinations, architecture, and engineering to create his memorable bakes. Krauss teaches baking online and in person, gives demonstrations at food festivals, and his book, German Baking, was published in 2023.
King and Krauss will describe their nontraditional paths into baking: King was a classically trained chef with a keen interest in historic preservation, and Krauss has a background in music, science, and IT.
They will be in conversation with 14-time Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist Vince Gerasole, host of CBS Chicago’s weekly entertainment segment CBS2’s Got Your Ticket. Gerasole was named the Best Broadcast Reporter in the state by The Associated Press of Illinois, and his culinary reporting was nominated three times for a James Beard Award.
This event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded but not live streamed and will be available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Cookbook sale and signing at the event, and post-event baked treats, too.
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- The Alliance for Early Childhood
- The Avery Coonley School
- Baker Demonstration School
- Beacon Academy
- Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School
- Brickton Montessori School
- British International School of Chicago, Lincoln Park
- British International School of Chicago, South Loop
- Catherine Cook School
- Chicago Jewish Day School
- Compass Health Center
- Connections for the Homeless
- Countryside Day School
- Evanston Township High School D202
- Family Service Center
- The Frances Xavier Warde School
- Francis W. Parker School
- Glencoe D35
- Gorton Center
- Haven Youth and Family Services
- Hyde Park Day School
- Illinois Student Assistance Commission
- Kenilworth D38
- Lake Forest Country Day School
- Latin School of Chicago
- Leo Catholic High School
- Libertyville D70
- Lycée Français de Chicago
- Near North Montessori School
- North Shore Country Day
- Northwestern University Office of Neighborhood and Community Relations
- Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy
- Pope John XXIII School
- Regina Dominican College Preparatory High School
- Resurrection College Prep High School
- Rogers Park Montessori School
- Roycemore School
- Sacred Heart Schools
- Santa Clara University School of Law
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