Food Network star, Oak Park native Jeff Mauro makes beef sandwich on Cooking up a Storm

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Tracy Butler was Cooking up a Storm Thursday with a chef whose culinary skills have catapulted him onto the national stage.

He was also born and raised in the Chicago area, and he definitely knows sandwiches.

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Jeff Mauro is the "Sandwich King" and on Food Network's "The Kitchen."

He made a Chicago classic Thursday: the Mauro Beef Sandwich.

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He talked about how giardiniera is essential.

Mauro grew up in Oak Park.

He's also in a band, called Jeff Mauro & the Jewel Bags, and is performing soon in Forest Park.

Fans can meet Mauro from noon to 1:30 p.m. Friday at Time Out Market Chicago.

The Mauro Beef Sandwich is available at Stefani's Bottega Italiana locations, which include Gladstone Park and Time Out Market in the West Loop.