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Charlie Trotter's Restaurant Charlie
Trotter's is regarded as one of the finest restaurants in the world. For 20
years, the restaurant has dedicated itself to excellence in the culinary arts.
Never willing to rest on its laurels, Charlie Trotter's Restaurant is innovative
and progressive in the world of food and wine and has been instrumental in
establishing new standards for fine dining.
The restaurant is recognized by a variety of prestigious
national and international institutions. In 1995 Charlie Trotter's was inducted
into the esteemed Relais & Chateaux and in 1998 was accepted as a member by
Traditions & Qualité . It has also received Five Stars from the Mobil Travel
Guide, Five Diamonds by AAA and ten James Beard Foundation awards, including
'Outstanding Restaurant' (2000) and 'Outstanding Chef' (1999). Wine Spectator
named the restaurant 'The Best Restaurant in the World for Wine & Food'
(1998) and 'America's
Best Restaurant' (2000). Chef Trotter is the author of 14 cookbooks, three
management books, and is the host of the nationally aired, award winning PBS
cooking series, The Kitchen Sessions with Charlie Trotter.
In
2000, Chef Trotter opened Trotter's To Go, a take-out gourmet retail shop in the
Lincoln
Park
neighborhood. He also produces a line of organic and gourmet products. In 2004,
Chef Trotter expanded his culinary offerings with the addition of a new
Restaurant - "C", located at One&Only Palmilla in Los
Cabos, Mexico
.
Future
restaurant plans for Chef Trotter include two new restaurants in The
Elysian, a luxury hotel project currently being built in the Gold Coast
neighborhood of Chicago.
Additionally customers
flying United Airlines First and United Business to Europe and on their
transcontinental flights or United First to Asia, can
select cuisine specially created by Chef Trotter.
Beyond
his numerous culinary accolades, Chef Trotter has many philanthropic ties
to a vast number of national and international charities. Most close to his
heart is the Charlie Trotter Culinary Education Foundation. Since its inception
in 1999, Chef Trotter hosts three dinners each week for High School students, as
well as underwriting annual fund raising dinners for the foundation. To date the
foundation has raised over $1,000,000 to award to individuals seeking careers in
the culinary arts.
Chef
Trotter has received awards at the White House from both President
Bush and Colin Powell for his work with his Culinary Foundation and was named
one of only five 'heroes' to be honored by Colin Powell's charity, Americas
Promise . In 2005, Chef Trotter was awarded the Humanitarian of the Year award
by the International Association of Culinary Professionals for his overall
service to the community.
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