Highland Park's Ravinia Festival season is when the city's outdoor entertaining culture peaks — June through August, when lakefront estates and Ravinia-adjacent garden properties become the venue, and a private hibachi chef is the format that keeps your group at the property instead of joining the post-concert restaurant scramble. Ravinia neighborhood graduation parties, Lake Michigan lakefront estate anniversary dinners, Central Avenue-area milestone birthday celebrations, Loch Lomond community backyard events, and Highland Park High School graduation family gatherings — a private hibachi chef arrives at your Highland Park property with everything needed for the full performance.
Your chef brings the propane teppan grill, all proteins, fried rice, vegetables, miso soup, salad, house-made sauces, and complete equipment. For Highland Park graduation parties of 30–50, dual stations keep everyone eating at the same time. Complete setup, full performance, full cleanup. No gas hookup required at any Highland Park property or lakefront home.
Ravinia season and Highland Park graduation Saturdays in May and June book 4–6 weeks ahead — submit your date now for a same-day quote.
Every Highland Park event is confirmed with a deposit. Your date is locked as soon as you book — no double-bookings.
Flat rate pricing with nothing hidden — your quote is locked before the event, no add-ons required.
High school graduation backyard partiesRavinia-season outdoor estate eventsMilestone birthday family celebrationsAnniversary backyard dinner eventsFamily reunion summer gatheringsNorth Shore community milestone events
We serve Highland Park and every North Shore and adjacent suburb — Highland Park, Northbrook, Barrington, Glencoe, Deerfield, Glenview, Wilmette, and every Lake and Cook County community along the North Shore corridor.
Most Highland Park quotes are confirmed same day. Call or text (201) 565-3878 or book online.
Highland Park, Northbrook & North Shore Family Events
Check AvailabilityRavinia-season garden party at our Highland Park estate — 26 guests on a July Saturday evening. We host a summer garden party every year and this was the first one where we were actually at the table instead of managing catering. Chef arrived with everything, performed for two hours in our backyard with the garden in full bloom, and left everything spotless. Our guests are still talking about it.
Highland Park High School graduation party — 44 family members in our backyard. We live three minutes from the venue, have the outdoor space, and needed a format that kept everyone together. Dual chef stations handled the full group, the fire tricks had every age completely transfixed, and the filet mignon upgrade for our graduate made the evening feel genuinely special. Our best graduation event.
Milestone birthday celebration at our Lake Michigan lakefront home in Highland Park — 20 guests. The lakefront setting made the evening extraordinary before the chef even set up. Then the performance matched the setting: two hours of professional teppanyaki, premium proteins, fire tricks over the lake. We've been hosting events at this property for fifteen years and this format was new territory entirely.
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Not in Highland Park? We serve the entire Ravinia corridor and North Shore — Lake Forest, Evanston, Winnetka, and all of Chicagoland.
From Chicago Gold Coast estate dinners and River North corporate events to North Shore graduation parties, DuPage backyard milestones, Schaumburg Fortune 500 gatherings, and UIUC graduation weekends.
Read ArticleDuPage County has two of Illinois's busiest graduation markets, the North Shore has some of its most celebrated, and the Southwest Suburbs are growing fast. Booking windows, dual-station logistics, and what to expect.
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Ravinia-season garden parties, Lake Michigan graduation celebrations, and Highland Park backyard events — same-day quotes for any date.
