BuffaloPundit (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Imagine Jeremy Clarkson writing a restaurant review. This had me in stitches. It’s a scathing 1/5 star review of the Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester in London, from the Times: The menu’s novelty is that it’s written in English, then translated into French, presumably to be culturally droll (culturellement drôle). The food is [...]
Eater (Free subscription) | 19/12/2008
A special snow day edition of our gift bonanza here at Eater. Today, we have a Bûche de Noël from Alain Ducasse's Benoit. The traditional French Christmas dessert is meant to look like a log for the fire and is...
Eater (Free subscription) | 18/12/2008
Martha Stewart and Alain Ducasse make a trade: "When Pierre Schaedelin got the mitten at Le Cirque, he ended up as Martha Stewart’s private chef. And now that he’s taken the job at Benoit, he’s done a mitzvah for his...
Italy Down Under (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
Alain Ducasse Atul Kochhar Bill Granger bistro food David Burke Desserts Ferran Adria feta fish fish and shellfish Gennaro Contaldo Gordon Ramsay Grand Livre de Cuisine haute cuisine Italian cookbook Italian cooking James Beard Award ...
Eater (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
As Flo Fab reported yesterday, dismissed Le Cirque toque Pierre Schaedelin has landed at Alain Ducasse's egotistically overblown misfire, Bistro Benoit. His role there will be of executive chef, and one assumes this means, basically, if the place is still...
There's a Queer In My Soup (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
Recently, the multi-Michelin starred Chef Alain Ducasse blamed the horrible under-performance of his NYC restaurant Benoit on “journalists”… heaven forbid he points the finger at himself. That is, he felt that the media had the duty to educate diners on the finer points of the French cuisine he was serving before he opens up a [...]
The Feedbag (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
The Cuozz has a good old time with Alain Ducasse hiring a new chef for Benoit: “SO, Alain Ducasse - it wasn’t “journalists” that were the problem at Benoit after all, eh?” Take that, ya stuffed shirt! Cuozzo really lets AD have it, and boy did he have it coming. NY Post Tailor has a [...]
New York Post (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
SO, Alain Ducasse - it wasn't "journalists" that were the problem at Benoit after all, eh? Ducasse finally came to his senses yesterday and hired a new chef for his pathetically under-performing West 55th Street bistro: Pierre Schaedelin, who will...
Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
After replacing Tony Esnault with Joel Dennis at Adour , Alain Ducasse now takes care of business at Benoit , demoting Sebastien Rondier to chef de cuisine and installing Le Cirque veteran Pierre Schaedelin as executive chef. According to the Times , Schaedelin, who will be a partner, plans to change about half of Benoit’s menu. It’s hard to see this luring back Platt, who didn’t do backflips over...
Eater (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
Flo Fab reports Le Cirque alum and Martha Stewart's personal chef Pierre Schaedelin is in at Alain Ducasse's Benoit: "In an effort to repair the New York branch of his Parisian bistro Benoit, which has not been well-received by the...
Not Quite Nigella (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
When a chef has a restaurant named simply after himself, you know that a) he’s pretty famous b) you’ll have some rather exceptional food. This much I did expect. What I didn’t expect that walking through The Dorchester to the restaurant was walking through a cornucopia of lush greenery and rich tapestries, luxe carpets in [...]
Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Alain Ducasse is still telling New Yorkers what he thinks about them: “There’s so much diversity; they’re like spoiled children. A spoiled child is never happy. They’re a very demanding clientele. There’s a sense of struggle; it’s not a quiet relationship. There’s a certain rush to have to satisfy their demands. That’s a positive facet to it. New Yorkers are demanding but all the while still pleasant....
Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
In what will be a recurring online column on the Post ’s site, Steve Cuozzo tries to shut up restaurateurs, such as Alain Ducasse and Alain Allegretti , who’ve been sniping back at critics: “No more bellyaching. No lip about how critics don't ‘get’ what you're doing. You knew what you were in for when you decided to open a restaurant. Deal with it.” Here’s Cuozzo on Adam Platt’s recent run-ins. Alain...
The Feedbag (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
Steve Cuozzo found Alain Ducasse’s whining to be even more ludicrous than I did, and titled his column “Shut Up.” Is there anybody better than The Cuozz at laying it out there? And if that weren’t enough, he even gives a shout-out to The Feedbag in the process. For my part I still can’t get [...]
World Hum (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
The legendary chef recently shared some tidbits about his travel habits with the Telegraph’s Lisa Grainger. His favorite thing about traveling? No surprise there: the local food. “For me, going to markets is the best way to understand the soul of a place,” Ducasse said. “I taste everything, wherever I am. There is nothing quite like the simple pleasure of a marvellous piece of local fruit; it tells...
