Will Guidara

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Will Guidara
Born
William Guidara

1979 (age 45–46)
Sleepy Hollow, New York, U.S.
Education Cornell University (BA)
OccupationRestaurateur
Spouse
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(m. 2016)​
Children2

William Guidara (born 1979) is an American restaurateur based in New York City. Along with chef Daniel Humm, Guidara co-owned the Make It Nice hospitality group, established in 2011, which owns and operates Eleven Madison Park, NoMad New York, NoMad Los Angeles, NoMad Las Vegas, NoMad Bar and Made Nice.

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Background and career

A native of Sleepy Hollow, New York, Guidara graduated from the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration in 2001. Guidara began his dining room career at Wolfgang Puck's Spago in Beverly Hills. He then went on to various roles in Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group, including at Tabla, Café 2, and the restaurants at the Museum of Modern Art.

In 2006 Guidara became the General Manager of Eleven Madison Park, working with Humm. In 2011, Guidara and Humm purchased the restaurant from Union Square Hospitality Group. [1]

In 2012, Guidara and Humm opened NoMad New York and the separate NoMad Bar in 2014. [2] In April 2017, they opened Made Nice, a fast-casual restaurant in New York's Nomad neighborhood. In 2018, they launched NoMad Los Angeles, their first restaurant outside of New York City, followed by NoMad Las Vegas.

In 2019, Guidara and Humm announced that they were ending their partnership, with Humm buying out Guidara, and Guidara planning to start his own restaurant group. [3]

In 2025, it was announced by the Athletics, a Major League Baseball team, that Guidara would partner with Aramark Sports + Entertainment as a strategic partner to help curate the food, beverage, and hospitality vision for the team's planned New Las Vegas Stadium, scheduled to open in 2028. [4]

Books

Guidara is the co-author of four books with Humm: Eleven Madison Park: The Cookbook (Little Brown, 2011), [5] I Love New York: Ingredients and Recipes (Ten Speed, 2013), [6] The NoMad Cookbook [7] and Eleven Madison Park: the Next Chapter. [8]

Unreasonable Hospitality

Guidara's book Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect was published in 2022. [9]

The book is featured in the TV series The Bear , [10] when the character Richie reads it in the episode "Forks". Guidara later received story credit for the third episode of the third season alongside series creator Christopher Storer, and appears as himself in the third-season finale alongside his wife Christina Tosi.[ citation needed ]

Awards

James Beard Foundation Awards

Michelin

Additional Awards

Books

References

  1. ↑ "Meyer Intends to Sell Eleven Madison Park to Its Chef and Manager". Dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "How New York City's Hottest Bar Was Made". Eater.com. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Crowley, Chris (2019-07-29). "Daniel Humm and Will Guidara Are Breaking Up". Grub Street. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  4. ↑ Burke, Jason (31 July 2025). "A's Partner with Aramark in Las Vegas". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  5. ↑ Humm, Daniel; Guidara, Will (11 November 2011). Eleven Madison Park: The Cookbook: Daniel Humm, Will Guidara, Francesco Tonelli: 9780316098519: Amazon.com: Books. ISBN   978-0316098519.
  6. ↑ Humm, Daniel; Guidara, Will (9 April 2013). I Love New York: Ingredients and Recipes: Daniel Humm, Will Guidara, Francesco Tonelli: 9781607744405: Amazon.com: Books. ISBN   978-1607744405.
  7. ↑ Humm, Daniel; Guidara, Will; Robitschek, Leo; Tonelli, Francesco (2015-10-13). The NoMad Cookbook (Har/Pap ed.). Ten Speed Press. ISBN   9781607748229.
  8. ↑ Humm, Daniel; Guidara, Will; Tonelli, Francesco (2017-10-03). Eleven Madison Park: The Next Chapter (Signed Limited Edition): Stories & Watercolors, Recipes & Photographs. Janice Barnes (Signed, Limited ed.). Ten Speed Press. ISBN   9780399578359.
  9. ↑ "Unreasonable hospitality : the remarkable power of giving people more than they expect". WorldCat. Optimism Press. ISBN   9780593418574 . Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  10. ↑ Odell, Michael (3 April 2024). "The restaurateur who inspired The Bear — with a hot dog". thetimes.com . Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  11. ↑ "The 2016 James Beard Award Winners!". JamesBeard.org. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  12. ↑ "Winners: 2014 James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards". Eater. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  13. ↑ "List of 2008 James Beard Award Winners". The Seattle Times. 8 June 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
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