October 31, 2023 at 4:39 pm PDT2015 James Beard Foundation Awards Welcome Reception Hosted At Soho House Chicago In Partnership With Choose Chicago, The Illinois Restaurant Association And CS Magazine
CHICAGO, IL - MAY 3: Chef Thierry Rautureau, Chef Rick Bayless, and guest attend the 2015 James Beard Foundation Awards Welcome Reception Hosted At Soho House Chicago In Partnership With Choose Chicago, The Illinois Restaurant Association And CS Magazine at Soho House Chicago on May 3, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. .James Beard Award-winning chef and former owner of several Seattle restaurants, Thierry Rautureau died Sunday, according to a media release.
After he apprenticed in France, Rautureau moved to Seattle at the age of 20, where he became the head chef and owner of Rover’s Restaurant in 1987.Luc, a French-American cafe and bar followed in 2010, then Loulay Kitchen & Bar in 2013. Both restaurants closed in 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Known in Seattle as ‘The Chef in the Hat,’ Rautureau also cohosted ‘Seattle Kitchen’ with chef Tom Douglas on the radio for seven years.Rautureau died Sunday after complications from a lung transplant he received on Sunday, Oct. 1.©2023 Cox Media Group