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Jean Georges

"Since 1997, when Jean Georges opened, Jean-Georges Vongerichten's empire has grown exponentially. But the attributes that made Jean Georges so special back then - the cleaner take on French cooking; the focus on aromas; the world's worth of herbs and spices; the calibration of sweetness, tartness and heat - make it special still. And it remains the most accessibly elegant of New York's premier French restaurants." -- Frank Bruni, -The New York Times

"In the past two decades, no single chef has had more influence on the way New Yorkers dine out-or on the way other chefs cook and other restaurants look. "He invented America's answer to nouvelle cuisine," says Mario Batali, who knows something about starting culinary trends. "When I first came to New York, his book Simple Cuisine was the holy grail for young chefs, and JoJo was the hottest ticket in town." Before opening JoJo, the classically trained chef had reinvented haute cuisine at Lafayette in the Drake Hotel, substituting vegetable juices and infused oils for butter and cream sauces while introducing Asian ingredients like lemongrass and ginger into the classical vocabulary. Vongerichten's fusion cuisine was the gastronomic equivalent of Blade Runner." - Jay Mclnerney, New York Magazine

The great chef, Jean Georges Vongerichten, deserves the accolades - he is truly a world-class chef and owner.