David Bouley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

David Bouley

American chef

Date of Birth: 27-May-1953

Place of Birth: Storrs, Connecticut, United States

Profession: restaurateur, chef

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About David Bouley

  • David Bouley (born May 27, 1953, near Storrs, Connecticut) is an American chef and restaurateur with restaurants in TriBeCa, New York City.
  • He is best known for his flagship restaurant, Bouley. Early in his career, Bouley worked in restaurants in Cape Cod, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and, eventually, France and Switzerland.
  • While in Europe, after studies at the Sorbonne, he had the opportunity to work with chefs Roger VergĂ©, Paul Bocuse, JoĂ«l Robuchon, Gaston LenĂ´tre, and FrĂ©dy Girardet.
  • Bouley returned to work in New York City in leading restaurants of the time, such as Le Cirque, Le PĂ©rigord, and La CĂ´te Basque, as well as spending time as sous chef in a restaurant opened by Roger VergĂ© in San Francisco.
  • In 1985, he became chef of Montrachet restaurant.
  • In 1987 he opened his own restaurant, "Bouley," in TriBeCa overlooking Duane Park.
  • The restaurant earned a four-star review in The New York Times and won James Beard Foundation awards for the Best Restaurant and Best Chef, among other Beard Awards.
  • In 2015, Bouley was awarded the "Best Restaurant Award in the United States" from TripAdvisor's Traveler's Choice Awards, ranking #15 in the world.
  • Bouley also received 29 out a 30 rating in Zagat. In 1991, Zagat's asked its 7,000 diners, "Where you would you eat the last meal of your life?" Respondents "overwhelmingly" chose Bouley.
  • In 1997, Bouley restaurant moved location and opened up as the Bouley Bakery.
  • In September 1999, Bouley opened Danube, a Viennese-inspired restaurant, located on Hudson Street, and authored his first book East of Paris: The New Cuisines of Austria and the Danube. Following the September 11 attacks, Bouley Bakery served as a base to feed rescue and relief workers at Ground Zero.
  • Known as The Green Tarp, over one million meals for Ground Zero relief workers were prepared in conjunction with the Red Cross.
  • Bouley Bakery re-opened in 2002. In the summer of 2006, Bouley married collaborator Nicole Bartelme, pioneer of the TriBeCa Film Festival, artist and photographer.

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