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
affordable casual food homemade note
I had a lot of fun creating some restaurants with a casual note to it, such as DBGB, for example, where it was about bangers and beers, being a very casual brasserie with very affordable food but very interesting homemade program.
cook cooked edge freedom given people tried
I always had a lot of fun in America, with much more freedom than if I had tried to cook in France. I wouldn't have the same motivation or inspiration, and I wouldn't have cooked for the same kind of people in France, so it wouldn't have given me this edge I had in America.
food french general less respecting
Le Cirque at first was one of those general French restaurants in town, which were cooking more or less the same food. At Le Cirque, I wanted to do something different while respecting the foundation of the restaurant. I did that through the menu.
define liked
As a child growing up, it's going to be what you're going to remember most. What you liked or not liked then is going to define who you are at the table!
jewish koreans southern
In the Bronx, you have the southern Italians; in Queens, the Greeks, Koreans and Chinese; in Brooklyn, the Jewish community; and in Harlem, the Hispanics - all with their own markets.
chefs cities food local vibrant
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.
flavors unlike visit
This is my interpretation, ... but I think the flavors are not unlike what you would get if you were to visit there.
customers endless great life moment pleasure pursuit seeing sharing
I take so much pleasure at seeing customers who are happy: happy with what they eat, but happy with their friends and sharing a great moment together, and I think that is more important in life than the endless pursuit of perfection.
building chef jim learn matured patient proud six true worked
I am very proud of Jim Leiken. He has worked with me for six years and has been patient enough to learn the ropes. He's now matured into a true chef and is working on building his team.
demand lately obviously strong yes
This is obviously not something I can do every day. But lately there is such a strong demand for it, I have to say yes sometimes.
arrived helped people three time worked
I was 25 years old when I arrived in D.C. It was just myself and two people who worked and helped me in the kitchen. I was only cooking for three people most of the time.
love
I love to drive, especially on tracks, where I go a lot faster.
add avoid butter good
It's not good to thicken sauce with too much butter because it can cause heaviness. You don't want to avoid butter, but you also don't want to put too much - add it slowly.
age french good meat
For me, 30 days, it's already pretty good for ribeye or sirloin on the bone. I like my meat grass-fed and juicy. The French never age their meat more than two or three weeks.