Wolfgang Johannes Puck is an Austrian-American chef and restaurateur.
The French Laundry is a three-Michelin-star French and Californian cuisine restaurant located in Yountville, California, in the Napa Valley. Sally Schmitt opened The French Laundry in 1978 and designed her menus around local, seasonal ingredients; she was a visionary chef and pioneer of California cuisine. Since 1994, the chef and owner of The French Laundry is Thomas Keller. The restaurant building dates from 1900 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
The Michelin Guides are a series of guide books that have been published by the French tyre company Michelin since 1900. The Guide awards up to three Michelin stars for excellence to a select few restaurants. The acquisition or loss of a star or stars can have dramatic effects on the success of a restaurant. Michelin also publishes the Green Guides, a series of general guides to cities, regions, and countries.
Laurent Manrique is a French restaurateur and Michelin-starred chef. He currently owns establishments in San Francisco. He was the Corporate Executive Chef of Aqua, an upscale seafood restaurant in San Francisco, where he earned two Michelin stars in 2006, the first time Michelin came to the San Francisco Bay Area, and again in 2007 and 2008. Upon his departure in 2009, the restaurant lost its Michelin status, later closed in 2010. Since 2005, Manrique has owned Café de la Presse.
David Myers is an American chef, television personality, and restaurateur. Myers is based in Los Angeles, but works in his restaurants in Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Dubai.
Per Se is a New American and French restaurant located at The Shops at Columbus Circle, on the fourth floor of the Deutsche Bank Center at 10 Columbus Circle in Manhattan, New York City, owned by chef Thomas Keller. The Chef de Cuisine is Chad Palagi. Per Se has maintained three Michelin stars since the introduction of the New York City Guide in 2006.
Melissa Perello is an American chef, she is best known for holding a Michelin star at her restaurant Frances in San Francisco. She had previously won a star at restaurant Fifth Floor, and has won awards from both Chronicles and Food & Wine magazines.
Water Grill is a fine-dining seafood restaurant in the United States. The original location is in Downtown Los Angeles. Additional locations are in Santa Monica, San Diego, Costa Mesa, Denver, Bellevue and Las Vegas. It is owned by King's Seafood Company.
Dominique Crenn is a French chef. As of 2016, she was the only female chef in the United States to attain three Michelin stars, for her restaurant Atelier Crenn, in San Francisco. Crenn has been featured in several Food Network and other television shows.
The NoMad was an integrated hotel and restaurant owned by the Sydell Group and located in the NoMad neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The restaurant of the same name was conceived by chef Daniel Humm and restaurateur Will Guidara of nearby Eleven Madison Park. The hotel was sometimes referred to as NoMad New York to differentiate from its sister locations in Las Vegas and Los Angeles. The building is a contributing property to the Madison Square North Historic District, a New York City Landmark.
Bistro Na's is a Chinese restaurant in Temple City, California. The restaurant specializes in Chinese imperial cuisine.
Tony Esnault is a French chef and restaurateur at Knife Pleat, a Michelin-starred French restaurant in Costa Mesa, California.
Taco María was a Michelin Guide-starred Mexican restaurant in Costa Mesa, California.
Trois Mec was a 24-seat Michelin-starred French restaurant in Los Angeles. Ludo Lefebvre, Vinny Dotolo and Jon Shook opened the restaurant in 2013 but was closed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They were nominated for the James Beard Foundation Award Best New Restaurant in 2014. It was opened inside a former strip mall pizza place.
Osteria Mozza is a Michelin Guide-starred Italian restaurant in Hollywood, California.
Manzke was a Michelin-starred restaurant in Los Angeles, California. It opened in March 2022 and was awarded its Michelin star later that year. According to the Michelin Guide, the restaurant offered a "ten-course tasting menu boasting a contemporary style that blends French techniques with Californian influences and Asian notes". The Infatuation says Manzke served American and French cuisine.
Ortolan was a Michelin-starred French restaurant in Los Angeles, California. The fine dining establishment opened in 2005 and closed in 2011.
Pasjoli is a French restaurant in Santa Monica, California. Dave Beran is the chef and owner.
Patina was a restaurant in Los Angeles, California. The restaurant had received a Michelin star.
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