Ming Tsai: TV Host/Chef & James Beard Award Winner

Andrew Zimmern: James Beard Award-Winning TV Personality, Co-Creator/Host of Bizarre Foods, Chef, Food Writer

Macy Gray: Grammy-Award Winning Singer/Songwriter, Actress

Carla Hall: Celeb Chef, TV Personality, Cookbook Author

Curtis Stone: Celeb Chef, TV Personality, Restaurateur, Cookbook Author

Aarti Sequeira: Food Network Celebrity Chef, Winner of “The Next Food Network Star,” Host of shows “Aarti Paarti” & “Taste in Translation,” Cookbook Author, Judge on the Food Network’s Cooks vs. Cons

Joseph Sikora: Actor

Larenz Tate: Actor, Producer

Mayor Rahm Emanuel: Mayor of the City of Chicago

Liz Dozier: CNN star of “Chicagoland” Principal who led turnaround of extremely rough high school after student was killed by mob of kids all caught on youtube and went viral around the world, now Managing Director of Chicago Beyond

Chris Sayegh: Marijuana/Cannabis Infused Fine Dining Chef aka “The Herbal Chef”

Tony Abou-Ganim: Author of The Modern Mixologist, The Godfather of Cocktails, Three-Time Iron Chef America Winner

Paul Adelstein: Actor, Producer, Musician

Mario Rizzotti: Iron Chef America Judge, TV personality, & Italian culinary expert

Charles Joly: "World's Best Bartender" & Founder of Crafthouse Cocktails

Ming Tsai: TV Host/Chef & James Beard Award Winner

Ed Asner: Emmy Award-Winning Actor

Nick Kokonas: James Beard Award-Winning Restaurateur

Sarah Grueneberg: Top Chef & James Beard Award Winner

David Schwimmer: Actor/Director/Producer