This page lists 32 Instagram creators whose bio names Chicago and who post mostly about food, with the follower count, engagement rate and median Reel views we measured for each one. Virev's crawler read their profiles and recent posts between August 30, 2026 and September 29, 2026. The median creator here has 10,818 followers and an engagement rate of 2.33%, which is below the 2.56% median across the 65 lists in this series and ranks 47th of 65.
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10.8K
Median followers
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Median engagement rate
Food creators in Chicago by follower count
Nano accounts (1K to 10K followers) are the largest group, at 16 of 32 creators, or 50%. Nano creators get the highest median engagement rate, 3.35%, against 0.54% for mid-tier creators, so a typical nano post draws 6.3 times the response per follower. Reach grows with size, and the median mid-tier creator's Reels get 23,836 views, against 2,472 for nano creators.
| Followers | Creators | Median engagement rate | Median Reel views |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nano (1K to 10K) | 16 | 3.35% | 2,472 |
| Micro (10K to 100K) | 10 | 3.04% | 14,666 |
| Mid-tier (100K to 1M) | 6 | 0.54% | 23,836 |
The 20 biggest food creators in Chicago
These are the largest accounts on the list, sorted by followers at our read. The biggest is Raven Hall with 377,609 followers and a 0.88% engagement rate.
| Creator | Followers | Engagement rate | Median Reel views | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raven Hall | 378K | 0.88% | 30.2K | Food and dining |
| Chicago Foodie | 304K | 0.53% | 41.8K | Chicago food and restaurant content |
| Lauren Less | 254K | 2.02% | 79.6K | Food and recipes |
| Adam Witt | 253K | 0.54% | 17.5K | Chef |
| Phillip Tang | 214K | 0.33% | 13.1K | Food and dining |
| 饾悞饾悋饾悇饾悜饾悜饾悎饾悇 饾悡饾悁饾悕 | 饾悅饾悺饾悽饾悳饾悮饾悹饾惃 饾悈饾惃饾惃饾悵, 饾悡饾惈饾悮饾惎饾悶饾惀 & 饾悑饾悽饾悷饾悶饾惉饾惌饾惒饾惀饾悶 | 101K | 0.31% | 10.8K | Chicago food and dining |
| Christine Zwolinski | 88.0K | 1.81% | n/a | Chicago lifestyle and local events |
| Pam Luna | Gordeando con Pam 鉂わ笍 | 85.5K | 9.60% | 14.7K | Food and dining |
| Yucking | 60.6K | 1.57% | 18.9K | Food and restaurant content |
| Sal Jones | 51.8K | 3.49% | 17.4K | Food and dining |
| Chicago Food & Lifestyle | Phillip Morales | 34.7K | 4.59% | 28.0K | Chicago food and lifestyle |
| ~ Zainab | 28.1K | 8.42% | 73.9K | Food and cooking |
| Ginny Krosel | 27.7K | 3.26% | 10.5K | Chicago lifestyle and travel |
| Ed Rey | 19.5K | 2.32% | 5.5K | Chicago food content |
| jazmine | chicago content creator | 14.2K | 0.91% | 1.9K | Chicago food and nightlife |
| Patty Cavanagh | Connecting Community through Local Love | 12.8K | 2.81% | 4.2K | Chicago local travel and experiences |
| Babs | Girls Who Grill & Entertaining Expert | 8.8K | 0.48% | 1.3K | Food and entertaining |
| Gabby Toro-Rosa (GTR) | Chicago Creator馃嚨馃嚪 | 8.4K | 1.41% | 2.5K | Food and dining |
| Cat the Critic | travel, lifestyle & food | 7.6K | 4.51% | 2.7K | lifestyle |
| Romeo & Brewliet | 7.5K | 1.97% | n/a | Couples lifestyle and local experiences |
What food creators in Chicago post about
The most common profile category is Food and dining, on 5 accounts (16% of those with a category), followed by Food and restaurant content with 2. The category is the one the creator or Virev's profile reader set, so treat it as a starting filter.
| Instagram category | Creators | Median engagement rate |
|---|---|---|
| Food and dining | 5 | 1.41% |
| Food and restaurant content | 2 | 2.47% |
| Chicago food and restaurant content | 1 | 0.53% |
| Food and recipes | 1 | 2.02% |
| Chef | 1 | 0.54% |
| Chicago food and dining | 1 | 0.31% |
| Chicago lifestyle and local events | 1 | 1.81% |
| Chicago food and lifestyle | 1 | 4.59% |
How we built this list
- We started from 39,669 individual Instagram creators with at least 1,000 followers and 6 measured posts, read by Virev's crawler between August 18 and October 7, 2026. Brands, media pages and businesses are not on the list.
- A creator is on this page when their Instagram bio or display name names Chicago, such as a city, a region or a flag, and the country in their Virev profile does not name another country. We removed accounts that name the place only inside another account's handle, an email address, or a team or event name, such as a baseball club or a marathon.
- The engagement rate is average likes plus comments on the 6 to 12 most recent feed posts, divided by followers at the read.
- Median Reel views is the median play count of the creator's last 12 Reels, and it shows n/a when fewer than 3 Reels had a play count. 26 of the 32 creators have one.
- These 32 creators were read between August 30, 2026 and September 29, 2026, and follower counts move after that, so check the live profile before you send an offer.
- The page shows public profile numbers only, with no emails or phone numbers.
More creator lists
Lists built the same way: Influencers in Chicago, Influencers in the US, Food influencers in Houston, NYC food influencers, Food influencers in Toronto, Food influencers in London. Related reading: Food influencers on Instagram, NYC influencers. For hand-picked lists with a recent post per creator, see micro and nano influencers.
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