Wisconsin Foodie

On Milwaukee’s Martin Luther King Drive, Luke visits Kinship — home to a café, urban farm and food center. He reunites with Chef Caitlin Cullen to explore scratch cooking, workforce training and dignity-centered food access — from cult-favorite fried chicken sandwiches to meals grown and shared with the community.

Fresh off Top Chef Season 22, Kat Turner returns to Door County to cook a hometown dinner at the Dörr Hotel. She visits iconic local cherry growers and producers, whitefish smokers and wild foragers, then links up with fellow Top Chef chefs to prepare a five-course, globally inspired yet Wisconsin-rooted meal.

At Kingston Creamery Co-op, Amish cheesemaker Nelson Schrock reveals how hand-milked cows and regenerative agriculture create award-winning blue cheese. The journey continues at Owl Farm, where Luke and Sanford (Milwaukee) Chef Justin Aprahamian transform Kingston blue and local ingredients into a transformational farm-to-table dinner.

June Dairy Month comes alive at the Dane County Breakfast on the Farm at Hinchley’s Dairy Farm, where pancakes, eggs and volunteers bring thousands together. The journey continues in Viroqua at Maybe Lately’s, where from-scratch biscuits, French toast and the iconic “Mr. Sandwich” showcase the care and craft behind a great Wisconsin breakfast.

The journey starts at Stoney Acres Pizza Farm, where farmer Tony Schultz turns wood-fired pizza nights into a delectable celebration. In Stevens Point, Luke and musician Adam Greuel (Horseshoes & Hand Grenades) tap trees and cook small-batch Casimir Gold maple syrup, before reflecting on food, music and community at BroKogi.

At Noble Rind Cheese Company, cheesemonger Sarah Clemens breaks down the craft of cut-to-order artisan cheese. The journey continues in Thorpe with Marieke Penterman, where raw milk travels from cow to vat, and a vertical tasting reveals the range of her celebrated Gouda — from young wheels to the famed “green card” cheese.

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At Mint Mark in Madison, Chef Sean Pharr demonstrates how seasonally-driven cooking comes together. He showcases foraging-level relationships with Vitruvian Farms, crafts next-level ramp sausage and cooks with insanely gorgeous oyster mushrooms. Watch how Pharr uses peak Midwest ingredients to craft simple, expressive plates.