Daniel Boulud’s American Dream

The French-born New York chef has built an international restaurant empire, but he remains hungry

Chef and restaurateur Daniel Boulud at his flagship Grand Award–winning Daniel in Manhattan
Chef and restaurateur Daniel Boulud at his flagship Grand Award–winning Daniel in Manhattan, one of the world’s most acclaimed restaurants (Evan Sung | Artwork by James Rosenquist / Licensed by Artists Rights Society, NY)

After five-plus decades of working in professional kitchens, chef Daniel Boulud is juggling more today than he ever has, with a string of recent openings and more to come. His culinary organization, the Dinex Group, oversees five Café Boulud operations (Palm Beach, Fla.; Toronto; the Bahamas; the just-opened Beverly Hills venue; and one planned for Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital). In addition to his seven restaurants in New York (where cellars hold a cumulative 40,000 bottles of wine) and the fast-casual chain of Épicerie Boulud, he operates fine dining outposts in Montréal, Singapore, Miami and Dubai. In 2022 he opened Le Gratin, a Lyonnaise bistro in lower Manhattan. And later this year, he will unveil La Tête d’Or, an American-French steak house at One Madison Avenue.

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