<p>Well said, Poetgrl!!!</p>
<p>I have an uncle who is also a well known Chicago chef (although not as well known as Trotter) in a high-end establishment. They were friends, and my uncle posted pics of them together on Facebook last week. Very sad.</p>
poetgrl
November 12, 2013, 2:58pm
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<p>[Charlie</a> Trotter’s funeral draws world’s greatest chefs | WBEZ 91.5 Chicago](<a href=“http://www.wbez.org/news/culture/charlie-trotters-funeral-draws-cream-culinary-world-109124]Charlie ”>http://www.wbez.org/news/culture/charlie-trotters-funeral-draws-cream-culinary-world-109124 )</p>
<p>wow shrinkrap, why would you post that article in #19 ?</p>
<p>A critic in NYC who says a Chicago chef doesn’t matter? In other news, many new yorkers believe they are the center of the universe.</p>
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French chef Daniel Boulud, one of many who flew in for the occasion, said “Charlie was unique to himself and he showed that you don’t need to be so conventional to make the greatest restaurant in the country.”</p>
<p>Ray Harris says he dined in Trotter’s restaurant 424 times. Before jumping in a cab with famed Australian chef Tetsuya Wakuda (who flew in from Australia) he offered his remembrances of the chef.</p>
<p>“Great chef, great visionary, great man and great personal friends,” Harris said. “When I get to the pearly gates I will be so glad that I met him in my time in Chicago.”</p>
<p>Other food industry luminaries in attendance included: Bill Kim, Homaro Cantu, Thomas Keller, Rick Bayless, Emeril Lagasse, Art Smith, Gale Gand, Rick Tramonto, Mindy Segal, Paul Kahan, Matthias Merges, Kevin Hickey, Alpana Singh, Todd English, Rich Melman, Gordon Sinclair, Debbie Sharpe, Jean Joho, Martial Noguier, Didier Durand, Larry Stone, Takashi Yagihashi, Carrie Nahabedian, Michael Kornick, Michael Taus, Dean Zanella, Della Gossett and more
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