Daniel Boulud Biography
Daniel Boulud is a French chef and restaurateur who owns and operates restaurants in New York City, Palm Beach, Miami, Toronto, Montréal, Singapore, the Bahamas, the Berkshires, and Dubai. He is well known for his eponymous New York City restaurant, Daniel, which now has two Michelin stars.
How old is Daniel Boulud? – Age
He is 68 years old as of 25 March 2023. He was born in 1955 in Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu, France.
Daniel Boulud Wife
He has been married twice. He was first married to Micky Boulud, from the year 1986 to 2010. He is married to Katherine Gage. The couple married in 2013 in Glenmere Mansion, New York, United States. He has a son named Alix Boulud.
Daniel Boulud Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $15 million.
Daniel Boulud House
He runs a global restaurant empire, including seven in New York alone. The remodeling of the kitchen was a primary priority when he decided to refurbish his residence, a 2,500-square-foot flat atop his main restaurant, Daniel, at 65th and Park Ave. He delegated the task to Stephanie Goto, an alumna of Rafael Violy and David Rockwell’s offices who founded her own firm in 2004. For her first job, Goto worked alongside Tadao Ando at Japanese restaurant Morimoto in the Meatpacking District. She has added Corton and Aldea to her restaurant resume throughout the years.
Previously, when entertaining, Boulud would use the kitchen in his restaurant below. Guests may now pull up Patricia Urquiola for Moroso stools to the Caesarstone counters while Boulud cooks at home. Manolo Valdés’ artwork stands over the wet bar to the left.
Daniel Boulud Michelin star
The main New York City restaurant received three Michelin stars in the 2010 Michelin guide, the highest rating available. He held four Michelin stars as of August 28, 2012, and in January 2013, Daniel NYC was admitted into the Culinary Hall of Fame. However, the restaurant lost its third Michelin star in 2015 due to “a lack of consistency.”
Daniel Boulud Kitchen Garden
The two restaurants closed on March 13, 2011, just two years after DBGB Kitchen & Bar, a Pan-European brasserie, opened in New York City. Around 2018, Boulud collaborated with a group of MIT entrepreneurs to launch Spyce Kitchen, a Boston-based robotic restaurant. He was in charge of the menu while the creators worked on the technology. The restaurant serves bowl-based meals made with nutritious components such as cereals, lentils, and kale. On October 18, 2021, the restaurant announced its closing on its Facebook page.
Daniel Boulud Restaurants
In 1993, Boulud opened Daniel in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. In 1998, he moved the restaurant to a location at Park Avenue and 65th Street that was inspired by the Venetian Renaissance. Café Boulud was used to relaunch the original Daniel. In 2001, he opened a more laid-back restaurant in Manhattan’s theater district, and in 2003, he opened a second Café Boulud in Palm Beach, Florida. Daniel Boulud Brasserie opened in 2005 inside the Wynn Las Vegas, three years before Bar Boulud, a French bistro inverse New York City’s Lincoln Place, was opened in January 2008, that very year he opened Boulud à Pékin in Beijing.
In 2003, Boulud was declared as the chief culinary expert for the recently sent off Cunard liner RMS Sovereign Mary 2. Boulud reopened the Vancouver restaurants Lumière and Feenie’s in December 2008, following the departure of founding chef Rob Feenie. He renamed the latter “db Bistro Moderne,” making it the sister restaurant to db Bistro Moderne in Manhattan. Boulud took on the roles of consulting chef, co-partner, and chef. Two years after the opening of DBGB Kitchen & Bar, a Pan-European brasserie, in New York City, the two restaurants were closed on March 13, 2011. In 2009, Boulud likewise reported that he was hoping to begin his next adventure in London. The first Boulud’s restaurant in Europe, Bar Boulud London opened on May 29, 2010, inside the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Knightsbridge.
The contract between Daniel Boulud and The Resort was terminated on July 4, 2010, when Wynn decided not to renew it (for more information, see Wynn Las Vegas). It was established in 2013 that the restaurant would reopen in the spring of 2014 at The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas.
Numerous new Boulud restaurants opened in 2011, including db Bistro Moderne in Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands, Maison Boulud in Montreal’s Ritz-Carlton, Boulud Sud next to Bar Boulud, and Épicerie Boulud, a market and deli. d|bar opened in the Four Seasons Hotel Toronto the following year, and Bar Boulud Boston opened in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Boston on September 16, 2014. The third area of Epicerie Boulud opened in the Oculus World Exchange Place November 2016.
Around 2018, Boulud teamed up with a gathering of MIT business people to make Spyce Kitchen, a mechanical eatery in Boston. While the technology was being developed by the founders, he was in charge of the menu. Meals made with healthy ingredients like grains, beans, and kale are served in bowls at the restaurant. On October 18, 2021, the restaurant posted a notice of its closure on its Facebook page. In May 2021, Boulud opened Le Pavillon, a restaurant in Midtown Manhattan’s One Vanderbilt skyscraper.
Daniel Boulud Cookbooks
♦ Cooking with Daniel Boulud
♦ Daniel Boulud’s Café Boulud Cookbook
♦ 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.
♦ Daniel Boulud Cooking in New York City
♦ Daniel’s Dish, Entertaining at Home with a Four Star Chef
♦ Letters to a Young Chef
♦ Braise: A Journey Through International Cuisine
♦ Daniel – My French Cuisine by Daniel Boulud
