When the now-familiar Ed Lee — telegenic presence on several cooking shows (Top Chef season 9, Mind of a Chef) and perennial James Beard Award nominee — landed in Louisville in 2003, he was searching for life outside his native New York and a sense of post-traumatic meaning.
“After 9/11, I had to get out of the city and clear my head. I sold my restaurant and started traveling around the country, discovering what America meant to me.”
On an extended road trip, he hit Louisville in the midst of the city’s excessive signature equestrian event — the Kentucky Derby — and decided to stay.
“Everybody had a glass of bourbon to give me, all the people were pretty. I came thinking I’d work here for a year or two and then resume my life. Instead, Louisville became my life.”
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