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May 27, 1953 Storrs, Connecticut, United States 70 years old
American chef
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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 Vergé, Paul Bocuse, Joël Robuchon, Gaston Lenôtre, and Frédy Girardet.
- Bouley returned to work in New York City in leading restaurants of the time, such as Le Cirque, Le Périgord, and La Côte Basque, as well as spending time as sous chef in a restaurant opened by Roger Vergé 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.
