So, Dustin loves Rick Bayless. Simple as that. Well, maybe it's not so simple. Dustin absolutely adores Rick Bayless. He watches his shows, uses his cookbooks, dreams about him...well, maybe not. Anyway, you get my drift. While in Chicago, we have to eat at Frontera Grill - which is one of three restaurants owned by Chef Bayless.
Well, his restaurant gets crowded very quickly, so it was recommended that we get there before they open to guarantee immediate seating. So, as we are standing outside his restaurant, Dustin looks in the window and sees the wait staff surrounding this chef. We think nothing of it except that they're probably having their staff meeting before opening. Dustin makes a comment that the chef could be Rick Bayless. Now, we're all curious and wonder if that could be him, but his back is to us. Well, lo and behold, he turned and Dustin saw his face and wouldn't you know it, but it was RICK BAYLESS! I told Dustin he had to covertly take a picture of him because this will probably never happen again, so here it is.
The picture reminds me of those Sasquatch sightings. :) Rick Bayless is the blurry guy in the center of the picture wearing a chef's coat.
Anyway, it was totally awesome that we saw him and really made our night.
Andrew wasn't feeling so hot that night. He was running a fever and had a snotty nose and no appetite, but he was very well behaved in the restaurant and loved the cold walk back to our hotel.
So, this will probably be our one and only Rick Bayless sighting (unless Dustin finds our where he lives), but I don't regret our blatant staring through the window to catch a glimpse of him. :)
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