Crab and Grilled Corn Chowder

Ingredients

• 4 ears Corn – husks and silk removed
• 4 T plus 4 oz (1 stick) Unsalted butter – divided
• 1/2 lb Bacon – finely diced
• 1 Melissa’s Perfect Sweet Onion – finely diced
• 8 cloves Garlic – minced
• 4 Shallots – minced
• 2 Celery stalks – diced
• 1 C All purpose flour
• 4 C Whole milk
• 2 C Heavy cream
• 2 Dried bay leaves
• 2 large Yukon gold potatoes – peeled and diced
• 4 Hatch Chiles – roasted, peeled, stemmed, seeded and chopped
• 1 lb Fresh crabmeat
• Salt and black pepper