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Remembering Charlie Trotter, pioneering Chicago chef

The chef of Charlie Trotter's, which was open for 25 years, had a wide ranging impact on Chicago's culinary community and influenced many other top chefs.

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Charlie Trotter may have closed his eponymous restaurant in 2012, but the famed chef's legacy lives on through the many, many chefs around the city who worked under him over the years. Here, we take a look back at Trotter's cuisine and his influence on the Chicago dining community.