What’s in the Box? Eat Local Cooking Challenge with Willy Street Co-op

Willy Street Co-op and Edible Madison are teaming up to celebrate Eat Local Month this September with a very special Eat Local Cooking Challenge!

Sign up and you’ll receive a mystery box featuring products from some of Willy Street Co-op’s local producers then join our virtual cooking event. Watch as talented local chefs create dishes from the mystery ingredients and maybe get inspired to cook along at home. Tell your neighbors and gather your friends for this fun Iron Chef™-style challenge.

• Date & Time: The virtual event will be held on September 26 at 6PM
• Price: $35 Includes virtual event ticket + box

Purchase a box + virtual event ticket

Pick up your box ahead of time at one of four convenient locations:

• Pick up at your local Willy Street Co-op location. 4-7pm Wednesday, Sept. 25th

  • Willy Street Co-op West (6825 University Ave, Middleton)

  • Willy Street Co-op North (2817 N Sherman Ave, Madison)

  • Willy Street Co-op East (1221 Williamson St, Madison)

• Pasture and Plenty. Pick-up available:

  • 3-7pm on Tuesday, Sept. 24th,

  • 11-7pm on Wednesday, Sept. 25th OR

  • Thursday, Sept. 26th

Shipping is not available for this event.

Each box will include a bounty of local ingredients, including local produce, meat, and dry goods. Chefs will be able to work with the ingredients in the box and a limited pantry of common ingredients.

Meet the Chefs!

Chef Paul Tseng grew up surrounded by fresh ingredients in Taiwan and developed a love for cooking in culinary school while in Chicago. He gained experience in many restaurant kitchens there and found a real passion in teaching! Paul now teaches classes at Willy Street Co-op. Paul loves eating and cooking with local food because you simply can't beat the freshness. He also thinks low food mileage is important and local food keeps the local economy going. When he cooks with local ingredients, he feels connected to the hands of local farmers and the caring of producing those foods delights his heart.

Chef Anne Thundercloud, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, has been in the chef apprentice program under the leadership of executive chef and Wild Bearies founder Elena Terry since 2019. Wild Bearies, a non-profit organization, specializes in promoting Indigenous foodways through community outreach, education, and catering services. You can learn more about Wild Bearies at https://wildbearies.org/.

Meet Your Host for the Evening!

Qwantese Dourese Winters is a leader in the local food and wellness movement, and engages in community as a food doula, writer, naturalist, urban farmer, and mixed media artist.