Full Text of HR0104 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to
learn of the death of | 4 | | Jean-Claude Poilevey of Oak Park, who
passed away on April 9, | 5 | | 2016; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Jean-Claude Poilevey was born in the
Burgundy | 7 | | region of France on February 10, 1945; he began training at 14 | 8 | | years old in
a small restaurant near the Jura Mountains, an | 9 | | area close to
Switzerland; in the mid-1960s, after serving as a | 10 | | cook in the French Army, he
moved to London and worked for | 11 | | three years at The
Colony Club and Cafe Royale; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, In 1968, Jean-Claude Poilevey and several other | 13 | | French
chefs working in London, including the late Chef Jean | 14 | | Banchet,
were recruited to work for Hugh Heffner at the Playboy | 15 | | Club in
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Jean-Claude Poilevey moved to Chicago, and in | 17 | | 1973, along with a few friends, opened a
restaurant, La | 18 | | Fontaine; in 1988, he
bought out his partners and continued to | 19 | | run the business until
he sold it in 1993; over its 20-year | 20 | | run, many chefs were
trained there, some who went on to open | 21 | | their own successful
restaurants; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In 1993, Jean-Claude Poilevey and his wife, | 2 | | Susanne, opened Le Buochon, a small 40-seat bistro in Bucktown; | 3 | | in 1998, they opened another restaurant, La Sardine, in the | 4 | | West
Loop area of Chicago; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jean-Claude Poilevey was a traditionalist
in | 6 | | French cuisine, with a
good-natured tableside manner; he was | 7 | | considered a
unifier in both the French culinary community and | 8 | | the
French expat community in Chicago; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Jean-Claude Poilevey is survived by his wife, | 10 | | Susanne,
and his three sons, Oliver, Nicolas, and Henri; | 11 | | therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 13 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 | | mourn the passing of Jean-Claude Poilevey, and extend our | 15 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | 16 | | and loved him; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented
to the family of Jean-Claude Poilevey as an | 19 | | expression of our
deepest sympathy.
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