Cooking Demonstrations

We appreciate Beyond Hunger for partnering with us to produce chef demo’s this market season (2023).

Maria Delis, RN LDN has been a dietitian with Beyond Hunger since 2010. She co-leads the nutrition education program and is a preceptor to dietetic interns completing their community nutrition rotation.

Maria holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition and Medical Dietetics from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she also completed her dietetic internship. Maria loves learning new recipes and enjoys attending international culinary tours with the Food and Culinary

Professionals of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She has cooked in Bologna, Parma, Rome and Sardinia, as well as London and Paris. Her most recent culinary tour was June 2022 in Oslo, Copenhagen and Stockholm. She believes learning how to cook empowers families to eat better and cook together!

Activities and Resources for all!

Chicago Grows Food - Expanding the food growing community.

Austin Community Co-Op - Strengthen the health, wellness, and local economy of the Austin community.

Build, Inc - Mentoring young people who face the steepest obstacles.

Chicago Office Inspector General - To promote economy, effectiveness, efficiency, and integrity by identifying corruption, waste, and mismanagement in City government. 

Beyond Hunger - Provides hunger-relief programming and services to 13-zip codes across Cook County, including portions of Chicago and its near-west Suburbs.