Daniel Boulud
Daniel Boulud
Daniel Bouludis a French chef and restaurateur with restaurants in New York City, Las Vegas, Palm Beach, Miami, Montreal, Toronto, London, Singapore, and Boston. He is best known for Daniel, his eponymous, Michelin 2-star restaurant in New York City...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionChef
Date of Birth25 March 1955
CountryFrance
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The problem is that there is many great chefs and many great cookbooks, but none of them work at home.
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I think D.C. has always been very, very vibrant for food. Like Boston in a way. Boston and D.C. were really the two cities that were the most active with their local chefs and their local food scene.
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When France was the only reference for chefs to learn, you could go everywhere in the world, and they would copy dishes directly because they didn't have much expanded imagination or technique or knowledge.
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I've discovered the burger is a crazy thing in Vegas, but I was one of the early chefs to do a lot of burgers.
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The biggest thing is education for young chefs and how they should focus on one cuisine rather than trying to imitate too many. It's like art - you can see the cycles from many past artists and new artists being inspired by past artists.
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I appreciate the constant evolution in refining food, but not in making food gimmicky.
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After six years at Le Cirque, I decided to start my own business. I opened Daniel at 76th Street in May 93.
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From Japan to Thailand, I keep discovering amazing talent, cuisine and food markets.
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I am very concerned about nutrition and always try to be careful about what I eat.
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I like to go hear jazz late-night up in Harlem.
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Boning is a pain, but it makes such a majestic chicken.
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A lot of young chefs today get carried away by trends, by influences, by movements.
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If you aren't born here, to be a real New Yorker, you have to bring your talent, be a successful mentor, and support the New Yorkers who made the city by giving back.
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I have real admiration for chefs who can maintain an edge and find new inspiration in their cooking after many years.