James Beard Foundation

Women are drastically under-represented as lead chefs in the restaurant business, but a new nonprofit aims to begin changing that. “I feel like the difficulties and the lack of systemic support for motherhood are a big part of why a lot of women drop out of this industry," says Beverly Kim.

In the midst of "the most brutal time the hospitality industry has ever seen," a group of women restaurateurs are collaborating to present globe- and Chicagoland-trotting tasting menus. "Who has ever done a tasting like this?" says one of the organizers.