Gilchrist Farm welcome chefs

Gilchrist Farm in Suttons Bay launched a new menu with the help of award-winning chefs Jennifer Jackson and Justin Tootla.

Jackson and Tootla are Detroit-based celebrated chefs that have cooked all over the United States. The powerhouse chef couple are trying their hand on the Leelanau Peninsula as they embark on a new journey with Gilchrist Farm.

“We’ve always tried to find a way to move back up here, but we realized that for what we wanted to do, the environment, the culinary scene hadn’t really caught up yet,” Tootla said. “I think we’re finally at a point where owners and operators are willing to take a risk and cater to different palates and more creative cooks these days than they were.”