Episode 484: In The Seats With....Rebecca Halperin and 'Love, Charlie: The Rise and Fall Of Charlie Trotter'

The quest for perfection can take its toll....On this episode we dive headlong into that ever eternal quest for success and the costs that it can extract from people.  It's time for Love, Charlie: The Rise and Fall Of Charlie Trotter.In the 2000s, chef Charlie Trotter was the toast of Chicago, his eponymous restaurant one of the world's top fine-dining destinations. A gastronomic revolutionary and a culinary bad-boy, Trotter paved the way for the likes of Anthony Bourdain and Gordon Ramsay, yet his tempestuous, competitive nature alienated many. With never-before-seen archival material and new interviews with those who loved and loathed Trotter—who died from a stroke in 2013 at age 54—this absorbing, unvarnished profile chronicles the passions of a master chef and the consequences of pursuing perfection at all costs.A fascinating deep dive into the eternal search for perfection that ultimately lead to Trotter's death, we sit down with writer/director Rebecca Halperin about the origins of the project, what made Charlie Trotter such an engaging subject and the psychological makeup of the blind drive for success at all personal costs....