Full Text of SR2373 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
| 3 | | learn of the death of Jean-Claude Poilevey of Oak Park, who
| 4 | | passed away on April 9, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jean-Claude Poilevey was born in the
Burgundy | 6 | | region of France on February 10, 1945; he began training at 14 | 7 | | years old in
a small restaurant near the Jura Mountains, an | 8 | | area close to
Switzerland; in the mid-1960s, after serving as a | 9 | | cook in the French Army, he
moved to London and worked for | 10 | | three years at The
Colony Club and Cafe Royale; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, In 1968, Jean-Claude Poilevey and several other | 12 | | French
chefs working in London, including the late Chef Jean | 13 | | Banchet,
were recruited to work for Hugh Heffner at the Playboy | 14 | | Club in
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Jean-Claude Poilevey moved to Chicago, and in | 16 | | 1973, along with a few friends, opened a
restaurant, La | 17 | | Fontaine; in 1988, he
bought out his partners and continued to | 18 | | run the business until
he sold it in 1993; over its 20-year | 19 | | run, many chefs were
trained there, some who went on to open | 20 | | their own successful
restaurants; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, In 1993, Jean-Claude Poilevey and his wife, |
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| 1 | | Susanne, opened Le Buochon, a small 40-seat bistro in Bucktown; | 2 | | in 1998, they opened another restaurant, La Sardine, in the | 3 | | West
Loop area of Chicago; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Jean-Claude Poilevey was a traditionalist
in | 5 | | French cuisine, with a
good-natured tableside manner; he was | 6 | | considered a
unifier in both the French culinary community and | 7 | | the
French expat community in Chicago; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Jean-Claude Poilevey is survived by his wife, | 9 | | Susanne,
and his three sons, Oliver, Nicolas, and Henri; | 10 | | therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
| 13 | | Jean-Claude Poilevey, and extend our sincere condolences to his
| 14 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 15 | | further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented
to the family of Jean-Claude Poilevey as an | 18 | | expression of our
deepest sympathy.
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