Daniel Boulud
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| Born | March 25, 1955 Saint-Pierre de Chandieu, France |
| Cooking style | French cuisine |
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Daniel Boulud (born March 25, 1955 in Saint-Pierre de Chandieu, France) is a French chef and restaurateur with restaurants in New York City, Palm Beach, Miami and Las Vegas. He is best known for his eponymous restaurant, Daniel, in New York City.
While raised on a farm outside of Lyon and trained by renowned French chefs, Boulud made his reputation in New York, first as a chef and most recently a restaurateur. His management company, The Dinex Group, currently includes six restaurants and Feast & Fêtes Catering. His restaurants include Daniel, Café Boulud, DB Bistro Moderne and Bar Boulud in New York City. He has also created Café Boulud in Palm Beach and Daniel Boulud Brasserie at the Wynn Las Vegas Resort.
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[edit] Culinary Background
At fifteen, Boulud earned his first professional recognition: He was a finalist in France's competition for Best Culinary Apprentice. Boulud worked in France with Roger Vergé, Georges Blanc and Michel Guérard and later in Copenhagen before becoming the private chef to the European Commission in Washington, D.C..
Moving to New York City, Boulud opened the Polo Lounge at The Westbury Hotel then Le Régence at the Hotel Plaza Athenée. From 1986 to 1992, he was Executive Chef at Le Cirque. During his tenure, the restaurant became one of the most highly rated in the country.
[edit] His Restaurants
In 1993, Boulud set out on his own and opened his restaurant Daniel, located on Manhattan's Upper Eastside. After five years, the chef-restaurateur relocated Daniel in 1998 to a new home, a Venetian renaissance inspired setting at Park Avenue and 65th Street--premises, in fact, which had once housed Le Cirque. The original Daniel was re-launched as Café Boulud.
Subsequently, in 2001, he opened a more casual restaurant in the theater district of Manhattan, DB Bistro Moderne, and in 2003 a second Café Boulud in Palm Beach, Florida. Daniel Boulud Brasserie opened in 2005 in Las Vegas. In January 2008, the Chef opened Bar Boulud, a casual French bistro located across from Lincoln Center in New York City.
[edit] Awards
Not long after opening, restaurant Daniel was rated one of the ten restaurants in the world by the International Herald Tribune. He was named Chef of the Year by Bon Appétit, and Daniel received Gourmet's Top Table Award, a four-star rating from the New York Times, Wine Spectator's Grand Award, and New York City's top ratings for cuisine, service and decor in the Zagat Survey.
Boulud received the James Beard Award for Best Chef of New York City in 1992 while Executive Chef at Le Cirque. The James Beard Foundation would again recognize Chef Daniel Boulud with “Outstanding Chef of the Year” in 1994 and “Outstanding Restaurateur” in 2006 for restaurant Daniel. In April 2007 he received the Culinary Humanitarian Award at the United Nations from the Adopt-a-Mine Field Foundation. The President of France made Boulud a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in March 2006 in recognition for his contribution to the advancement of French culture.
[edit] Recent News
Boulud also hosts "After Hours with Daniel" a behind-closed-doors look at the late night dinners, by chefs and for chefs. The high definition TV series reveals where chefs go to unwind after a night behind the stove and uncovers the far out foods they crave and cook for each other. Boulud recently completed filming the third season of the show, which features restaurants in the New Orleans and Miami culinary scene. The first season was filmed in New York City restaurants and the second, on the West Coast, in Los Angeles restaurants.
In September 2008, the Chef will expand his restaurants beyond French and American borders, opening Maison Boulud, a French fine dining restaurant located in Beijing’s Legation Quarter. Maison Boulud will be located in the walled compound of the former US embassy.
On March 14, 2008, Mr. Boulud announced a partnership with the owners of the Relais & Chateaux restaurant Lumière, located in Vancouver. Working in collaboration with the Vancouver-based owners, Daniel and his restaurant group will open a new version of New York's DB Bistro Moderne in the Fall 2008, directly adjacent to Lumière. Both restaurants, Lumière and the new DB Bistro Moderne, will be operated in partnership with Daniel Boulud's restaurant management company, The Dinex Group.
[edit] Community Involvement
Daniel Boulud works to support several charities focusing his efforts on hunger relief and culinary education. He has been an active member of the board of directors of Citymeals-on-Wheels, a non-profit organization that provides home-delivered, nutritious meals to frail, homebound elderly in New York City, since 2003 and hosts an annual gala for the charity each spring. On April 13, 2008, Daniel Boulud hosted an intimate Sunday supper to mark the 10th anniversary of Savoring Citymeals--an annual gourmet event he has hosted since 1998.
The Daniel Boulud Scholarship Endowment Fund was established by the chef’s business partner, Joel Smilow, in 2005. The fund serves to provide continuing education enabling promising young American cooks to pursue professional culinary studies in France.
[edit] Books & Cookbooks
- Cooking with Daniel Boulud (1993)
- Daniel Boulud’s Café Boulud Cookbook (1999)
- Daniel Boulud Cooking in New York City (2002)
- Daniel’s Dish, Entertaining at Home with a Four Star Chef (2003)
- Letters to a Young Chef (2003)
- Braise: a Journey Through International Cuisine (2006)
In 2001, Boulud allowed author Leslie Brenner near unlimited access to Daniel the result was the 2002 book The Fourth Star: Dispatches from Inside Daniel Boulud's Celebrated New York Restaurant which gives some insight into the workings of the chef and how he operates.
[edit] External links
- Daniel Boulud's Official Website
- Superstar New York Chef Joins Vancouver's Lumiere
- MOJO HD and "After Hours with Daniel"
- James Beard Foundation's Who’s Who of Food and Beverage in America
- Savoring Citymeals: A Casual Sunday Supper with Daniel
- LX.TV Video Interview
- Interview with Chef Boulud and Video of Restaurant
