In 2010 Jeremy founded Tuesday Night Dinner, an underground dining community that was committed to hosting pop up events in fearlessly creative ways. While in culinary school, Jeremy had short stints at various restaurants in Chicago including Lula Cafe, Takashi, and Bin 36, but never truly found his fit. Chef Felsenthal was Charlie Trotter's chef de cuisine for many years, and was the first person who really pushed standards and dedication to the craft of cooking upon Jeremy.

While attending the Illinois Institute of Art's culinary program, Jeremy was heavily influenced by one chef/instructor in particular: Geoff Felsenthal. It is no surprise, that after a short stint as a lawyer's assistant, Jeremy quickly ditched his law school career path for culinary school.

He remembers the outdoor gatherings of 'asados' a communal type of cookout where extended friends, family, and neighbors would all contribute food for the gatherings from their respective Latin American homelands. Jeremy spent his earliest years living back and forth between Santiago Chile, where his mother's family lived, and San Francisco where his father took his first job as a professor of anatomy.Įventually his family moved to Chicago where he found a more permanent home. Jeremy Leven’s earliest food memories revolve around community and the way food brings people together. Jeremy accepted the position of executive chef at Steadfast. In the summer of 2019, Jeremy met The Fifty/50 Restaurant owners Scott Weiner and Greg Mohr along with Steadfast executive pastry chef/partner Chris Teixeira through a mutual friend. A commitment to craft, ingredient, and technique will be the driving force behind Steadfast's fall menus. He will strive for cuisine at Steadfast that will be as timeless as the buildings that surround him. Jeremy’s new fall menu focuses on classic and elegant American fare and gastronomy that conveys a sense of time and place. Jeremy Leven is the new executive chef at Steadfast.

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