Bill Text: IL SR2373 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Jean-Claude Poilevey of Oak Park.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-11-16 - Resolution Adopted [SR2373 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR2373-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
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| 3 | learn of the death of Jean-Claude Poilevey of Oak Park, who
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| 4 | passed away on April 9, 2016; and
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Jean-Claude Poilevey is survived by his wife, | ||||||
| 9 | Susanne,
and his three sons, Oliver, Nicolas, and Henri; | ||||||
| 10 | therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
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| 13 | Jean-Claude Poilevey, and extend our sincere condolences to his
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| 14 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 15 | further
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| 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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