How Charlie Trotter Made Chicago a Culinary Capital

Chef Charlie Trotter opened his eponymous restaurant in Lincoln Park in 1987, pushing Chicago to a new culinary level. Some of today’s best chefs trained under the groundbreaking — and mercurial — chef. The documentary “Love Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Chef Charlie Trotter” talks to friends, family, and Trotter-trained chefs about what it was like to learn from him and how things started to change. Host Jacoby Cochran talks to filmmaker Rebecca Halpern about the doc, which is available to rent or purchase on Apple TV and Amazon Prime. 

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