Chat Room: Food 2026
Chat Room: Food
June 18, 2026
Swedish American Hall
2174 Market St.
Doors: 6 p.m.
Show: 6:30 p.m.
Entry includes free flow beer and wine from 6:00-9:30 p.m. This event is 21+.
Food will be available for purchase from pop ups.
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We’re excited to announce that we’re returning to a most important topic for the last Chat Room of our second season: food.
What’s for dinner? What’s for lunch? What’s for breakfast? How did it get there? Who made it? How much were they paid? Where were the ingredients sourced?
Also, what’s the next matcha? The next ube? The next Dubai chocolate? What’s the hottest Japanese-Filipino vinyl listening café in San Francisco?
Food inspires so many questions.
On June 18, Chat Room returns to chew over this scrumptious subject with San Francisco’s top food industry folks.
At our first Chat Room: Food event in 2025, the crowd munched on pop up fare while taking advantage of the open bar and being delighted by insightful panels.
This year, we’re serving up new dishes and talking to some new favorites.
Acclaimed food writer Paolo Bicchieri will serve as MC and we will be assembling some of the best pop ups in the Bay to satisfy every kind of appetite.
Confirmed panels include:
The Korean food renaissance is here to stay
In the last few years, Korean culture has flooded the mainstream consciousness, and our social media feeds, thanks to an explosion of interest into the country's music, movies, and cuisine.s this surging trend a flash in the pan, or a sign of more to come? Find out at Chat Room: Food, where Gazetteer SF city reporter Eddie Kim will discuss with leaders of SF’s Korean dining scene, including Thomas Etheve (San Ho Won), Hwanghah Jeong (Jilli), and Ina Jungin Lee (Korner Store, Matko).
Recipes from the front lines: The making of ‘Ukraїne’
Chef and recipe creator Anna Voloshyna chats with Gazetteer SF food & drink reporter Olivia Peluso about her forthcoming cookbook, Ukraїne.
The chef's role in transforming food systems
So many inputs affect what ends up on our plate — location, climate, culture, farmers, ranchers, fisherfolk, food scientists, restaurant operators, corporations, subsidies, technology, laborers, transportation, artisans, legislation, global trade, wholesalers, consumers. For those interested in redesigning and improving that system, where do we even begin? Gazetteer SF food & drink reporter Olivia Peluso will discuss with chefs Kevin Chen (Four Kings), Andrew Koh (Outta Sight Pizza), and Gary Podesto (Chez Panisse).
Full program, including pop ups, to be announced soon.
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