Julius Russell, personal chef and caterer who counted Kanye West and Dwyane Wade among clients, dies at 53

Chicago Sun Times

Lean Left

High Factuality

Julius Russell, personal chef and caterer who counted Kanye West and Dwyane Wade among clients, dies at 53

Chef Julius RussellProvided Cooking was more or less a family trait for chef Julius Russell, passed down from his grandmother and mother. He used their fried chicken recipe to turn his first buck in the business by cooking dozens of meals for classmates at his off-campus apartment when he was a student at Northern Illinois University. Mr. Russell and his roommate, Terry Dillard, posted flyers advertising their homespun menu."We never made a lo…