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Executive Chef/Proprietor Joncarl Lachman says, "It has always been my dream to own my own restaurant, but it had to be the kind where I could cook all the food and greet guests and have some fun. After all, many people say this is a hard business, but I think it doesn't have to be if you are in it for the right reasons." Lachman, with his hearty portions, familiar flavors and easy manner, has certainly found what those right reasons are. HB Home Bistro, his beloved neighborhood spot, isn't one of Chicago's marquee restaurants, but it is exactly the restaurant Lachman has always wanted to own.
HB Home Bistro's first incarnation was a restaurant owned by The Hearty Boys. Lachman ran the stoves then, serving up his delicious cuisine from the very beginning. He purchased the restaurant from the former owners in January 2007 and opened his own operation straight away, making changes slowly and surely. "I had always been here, it had been my kitchen from the beginning, so I wanted customers to know that the restaurant they had grown to love was still going to be there, only, I hope, maybe even better!"
A graduate of New York's acclaimed Institute of Culinary Education, Chef Joncarl Lachman came to the restaurant with over eighteen years of food and wine experience throughout the world. Prior to HB, Chef Joncarl served as Executive Chef of the Andersonville gourmet bistro and grocery Urban Epicure. When in New York, he worked at Inside Restaurant in Greenwich Village, alongside Anne Rosenzweig, the influential chef credited with marrying haute cuisine with traditional American home cooking. In Washington D.C., Joncarl worked with Nora Pouillon at Restaurant Nora, one of the country's most influential organic restaurants.
Chef Lachman draws his inspiration from his extensive travels throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. Additionally, his Dutch heritage finds its way into most every menu he produces, a bi-product of his annual trip to Amsterdam and its delicious "eetcafes." He has also lived in Spain and the United Kingdom. In 2002, Chef Joncarl won the San Pellegrino Almost Famous Chef contest at Charlie Palmer's Aureole in Las Vegas. He has previously won the Tool Jam Competition at the Calphalon Center in Chicago. His recipes have been featured in Food and Wine, Food Arts, and Plate.
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Winner of the San Pellegrino Almost Famous Chef
Winner of the Tool Jam Competition
Food & Wine
Food Arts
Plate
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