Daniel Boulud was born on 25 March 1955 and is a French chef and restaurateur with restaurants in New York City, Palm Beach, Miami, Toronto, Montreal, Singapore, the Bahamas, and Dubai.
26 Facts About Daniel Boulud
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Daniel Boulud is best known for his eponymous restaurant Daniel, opened in New York City in 1993, which currently holds one Michelin star.
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Daniel Boulud built a reputation in New York, initially as a chef and more recently as a restaurateur.
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Daniel Boulud's restaurants include Daniel, Le Pavillon, Le Gratin, Cafe Boulud, Maison Boulud, Joji, and Joji Box, db bistro, Bar Boulud, and Boulud Sud.
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At fifteen, Daniel Boulud earned his first professional recognition as a finalist in France's competition for Best Culinary Apprentice.
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Daniel Boulud worked in France with Roger Verge, Georges Blanc and Michel Guerard and later in Copenhagen before becoming the private chef to the European Commission in Washington, DC.
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Daniel Boulud opened a more casual restaurant, db Bistro Moderne, in Manhattan's theater district in 2001.
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Bar Daniel Boulud London opened on May 29,2010, inside the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on Knightsbridge, becoming the first Daniel Boulud's restaurant in Europe.
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Around 2018, Daniel Boulud collaborated with a group of MIT entrepreneurs to create Spyce Kitchen, a robotic restaurant in Boston.
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Daniel Boulud was responsible for the menu while the founders developed the technology.
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In May 2022, Daniel Boulud opened Le Gratin, located in New York's Financial District, paying culinary homage to his French roots.
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Cafe Daniel Boulud NY is set to re-open in 2023, following a closure in 2021 during the pandemic.
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In November 2024, Daniel Boulud opened La Tete d'Or, his first steakhouse, in the Flatiron District of Manhattan.
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Daniel Boulud has been rated one of the top ten restaurants in the world by the International Herald Tribune, 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.
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In 2010, Daniel Boulud was the recipient of the James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurant.
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In January 2013, Daniel Boulud NYC was inducted into Culinary Hall of Fame.
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Daniel Boulud was awarded 2 Michelin stars in the 2015 edition.
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Daniel Boulud himself earned the inaugural Best New Chefs award in 1988.
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In 2015, Daniel Boulud was the recipient of the International Outstanding Achievement Award at the 2015 The Catey Awards, as well as winner of the Lifetime Achievement award by The World's 50 Best Restaurants.
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Daniel Boulud appeared as the guest judge along with chefs from his restaurants located in Vancouver: Stephane Istel, executive chef at DB Bistro Moderne, and Dale MacKay, executive chef at Lumiere.
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Daniel Boulud appeared as a guest judge in Seasons 1 and 3 of Top Chef Canada.
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Daniel Boulud appeared as himself in the third-season premiere of the FX on Hulu comedy-drama series The Bear.
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Since 2013, Daniel Boulud has been Co-President of Citymeals-on-Wheels, a non-profit organization which provides home-delivered meals to homebound elderly in New York City, and a Board member since 2000.
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Each spring since 1998, Daniel Boulud has hosted Sunday Supper gala, an annual gourmet event that has raised over $12 million for the organization since its inception.
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In 2008, Paul Bocuse asked Daniel Boulud to establish a structure for the selection of the Bocuse d'Or Team USA, who, along with Thomas Keller and Jerome Bocuse form the Board of Directors of the Bocuse d'Or USA Foundation.
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Daniel Boulud settled with the workers, seven current and former employees of Latin American and Bangladeshi descent, for $80,000 and agreed to set up standards and procedures for promotions to be overseen by the EEOC and the state attorney general's office.