Giada De Laurentiis, Casino and Joliet

Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, who spoke Thursday at the construction site as part of a city update on the project, said the casino resort is a “game-changer” for Aurora.
Other celebrity chefs with restaurants in the suburbs include Gordon Ramsey's Ramsey's Kitchen in Naperville and Fabio Viviani's LAGO in Lake Zurich and Giostra at The Arboretum in South Barrington.
Richard Irvin’s second term as the mayor of Aurora has been a repeat of his first. There's been a heavy focus on economic ...