John des Rosiers, the acclaimed North Shore chef behind Lake Bluff’s Inovasi and the gourmet prepared foods spot Wisma in Lake Bluff and Libertyville, has recently expanded to the city. He’s opening the third Wisma in the French Market at Ogilvie Transportation Center. Specializing in food that’s local, organic, sustainable and made fresh daily, Wisma […]
Don’t have the time or energy to make dinner? Acclaimed chef John des Rosiers of Lake Bluff’s Inovasi is happy to do it for you. He recently expanded his prepared foods shop, Wisma, to include a second location. Wisma offers meals freshly made with local, organic and sustainable ingredients—with entrees like Serrano Ham Wrapped Chicken […]
The first thing John des Rosiers remembers cooking are pierogi. When he was seven, he started helping his Polish grandmother, and at Christmastime they would turn out thousands of the dumplings. By high school he had a part-time job at Gabriel’s Restaurant in Highwood. Even then, he says, “the school part meant less to me […]
