It's a family affair!
Cook, Cork & Fork is owned by John and Mica Mahler.
While they may have opened CCF in 2015, the idea was sparked years earlier — on their very first valentine's together in 2007, when Mica surprised John with a private cooking class. Neither of them had ever heard of such a thing. They fell in love with it almost as quickly as they'd fallen for each other.
Nearly two decades, and a lot of blood, sweat and tears later, they are not only the proud owners of Cook, Cork & Fork — the premier cooking school in the northwest suburbs of Chicago — but they've also opened a beautiful wine bar right here under the same roof, The Cork @ CCF.
Combining John's love of cooking with Mica's love of wine has truly been a match made in heaven. Add their love of community, of giving back, of recognizing their responsibility to the place that has welcomed them — and what you have is a space built for humans. To connect and converse. To eat and to drink. And, when the spirit moves you, to cook to your heart's content.