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About Chef Trotter
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
.
We are proud to announce the return of Chef Trotter to
Las Vegas! He opened Restaurant Charlie in The Palazzo Hotel in February 2008.
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 ps 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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