POP-UPS + EVENTS
Each month we’re inviting some incredible local Chefs to pop-up in the Miss Kim kitchen and share their incredible food with you! These chefs, alongside some of our favorite local producers, will also be collaborating with Chef Ji Hye Kim to bring you a tantalizing line-up of one-of-a-kind meal kits to take home and enjoy.
Current and upcoming events
Visiting Chef Series:
Chef Paula Endara
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Chef and mixologist Paula Endara, originally from Quito, Ecuador, has been in the hospitality industry for the last 13 years all over the globe. She is on this season's Top Chef where you can see her work her magic!
Throughout her endeavors, Paula has focused on identity, culture, and sustainability while advocating for community-centered sourcing and improving food systems.
Now, at The Manchester Hotel in Lexington, Kentucky, which features two restaurants: Granddam and Lost Palm.
Book your spot now to enjoy an incredible night of delicious and comforting dishes brought to you by Chef Paula!
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Instagram Live with Our Pop Up Chefs
Every once in a while we’ll jump on Instagram Live to showcase our new chef pop-ups, talk with one of our favorite chefs or announce a new product line. Follow our IG @misskimannarbor and turn on notifications to know when we’re live!
PAST POP-UPS
World Central Kitchen
Restaurant Week
February 18-24
Join us February 18-24 to help fundraise for World Central Kitchen!
World Central Kitchen is first to the frontlines, providing meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises.
During this week, we will be featuring an exclusive cocktail that will donate all proceeds to WCK. We will also have a happy hour that will donate a certain percentage of fund to their project.
Milk Street Small Group Workshop:
Korean Mother Sauces 201
Join Chef Ji Hye Kim on March 3rd for a livestream Small Group Workshop where you’ll learn to make three must-have sauces that Korean chefs always have on hand—but that are near impossible to find at stores in the U.S.
You’ll see how a combination of time and technique transforms simple ingredients like chilies, soy, herbs and vinegar into flavor-packed, ready-to-use sauces that make it easy to make great weeknight dinners.
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Visiting Chef Series:
Chef Sam Fore
Chef Sam is a Sri Lankan-American Chef cooking up her mother's recipes (with some new takes) out of her restaurant Tuk Tuk Sri Lankan Bites.
She was named one of Plate Magazine’s Chefs to Watch (2018), was one of Southern Living’s inaugural Cooks of the Year (2020), and was named one of Taste of the South’s Taste50 (2022).
In 2021, she joined the cast of Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street, which airs nationally on PBS stations!
In 2023, Fore was named a Finalist for Best Chef: Southeast by the James Beard Foundation Awards.
Visiting Chef Series:
Chef Christine Lau
Enjoy a 5-course curated tasting menu by the sensational Chef Christine Lau.
Christine Lau was raised in Oakland, CA by parents who emigrated from Hong Kong. Her Chinese American cuisine is strongly influenced by her upbringing in the Bay Area, her years working in New York City, and the cultural diversity that defines both..
Miss Kim + AMRIKAN
In July of 2024, we welcomed Khushbu Shah and celebrate the release of her new book, AMRIKAN!
Khushbu Shah is a food writer and journalist who resides in Los Angeles, California. She was most recently the restaurant editor at Food & Wine magazine. where she crisscrossed the United States several times over on the hunt for the country’s best new chefs. She is the youngest person and the first person of color to ever hold that title. Khushbu grew up in Michigan, where her immigrant parents raised her with a deep appreciation for spices and good fruit. Amrikan is her debut.
Koreaworld + Korean American Book Dinner at Miss Kim
In April 2024, Miss Kim celebrated Matt Rodbard's new book, Koreaworld, and Eric Kim's book, Korean American, with an exclusive dinner at Miss Kim.
CHEF TONI FROM CEDAR CAFE
in August of 2023, Chef Ji Hye and Chef Toni collaborated on a special dinner featuring Middle Eastern dishes inspired by Chef Toni's heritage.
Chef Toni and Chef Ji Hye were cohorts in James Beard Foundations’ Chef Bootcamp for Policy Change in 2020 where they hit it off with the same passion for food and value driven businesses.
SEEDLINGS WITH TAMCHOP FARM!
This pop-up benefit the Asian American Feminist Collective .
Saturday, April 24th, 2021, Farmer Tammie of Tamchop Farms had 5 varieties of seedlings for sale.
SAMESA RESTAURANT
samesa visited Miss Kim Ann Arbor in October of 2020 for a great pop-up featuring shawarma and mediterranean pizza. Catch up with them on Instagram @samesarestaurant
