The 2026 Devour Summer Chefs Series brings together local dining heavyweights Lori Hashimoto, Justin Beckett, Bernie Kantak, Stephen Jones and Gio Osso for a five-part run of collaborative dinners around Phoenix. Little Miss BBQ’s Scott Holmes joins the lineup as a guest chef. Together, they’ll create monthly dinners built around big flavors, creative freedom and plenty of local restaurant love.
Running through September, the series features monthly, four-course pairing dinners hosted at five different restaurants. Each one gives diners a rare chance to see some of Arizona’s most respected chefs cook together outside their usual lanes, using seasonal ingredients, unexpected pairings, and menus that may shift right up until dinner service.
There is a larger purpose behind the plates, too. Devour, an initiative of Local First Arizona, created the series to help spotlight and support independent restaurants during the summer months.
“Summer is the most challenging season for independent restaurants in Arizona,” said Kimber Lanning, founder and CEO of Local First Arizona. “The Devour Summer Chef Series is our way of celebrating the chefs, teams and industry that pour their hearts into this work all year long. It’s a chance to support local in the most delicious way possible.”…