Food 411
Bravo holds a casting call for the seventh season of “Top Chef” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday at Wells on Wells, 1617 N. Wells. Go to bravotv.com/casting for details and an application.
Birchwood Kitchen, 2211 W. North, hosts an apple-centric, four-course harvest dinner at 7 p.m. Monday to benefit the Chicago Rarities Orchard Project, which is developing a community-based fruit orchard in Chicago; $50. (619) 517-4189; chicagorarities.org.
Chef Gale Gand cooks from her latest book, Gale Gand’s Brunch!, at an Oct. 28 event hosted by the women’s board of the Chicago office of the American Cancer Society at Macy’s, 111 N. State; $95 includes hors d’oeuvres and cocktails. A 5:30 p.m. reception and signing will be followed by the demo and tasting. (312) 279-7264.
More than 25 Chicago chefs will cook at the March of Dimes Chicago Signature Chefs Auction from 5 to 9 p.m. Oct. 29 at the Sheraton Chicago, 301 E. North Water; $200. (312) 596-4724; tinytastings.com.