Eleven Madison Park, New York : ChefDb: The Chef and Restaurant Database

Eleven Madison Park 11 Madison Avenue New York, New York Tel: 212.889.0905 Website	A Relais & Châteaux restaurant. Initially, Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG). USHG sold EMP to the Make it Nice Group (Chef Humm + Will Guidara + other financial backers) effective November 10, 2011. Closed from June to early October 2017 for a major remodeling. In May 2021 Chef Humm announced that when reopening after the Covid-19 pandemic, Eleven Madison Park would be a plant-based restaurant (see NY Times). In October 2022 EMP became the first plant-based restaurant to be awarded three Michelin stars. (Financial Times)
Designed by: Brad Cloepfil Architect (2017 redesign)
(1998 - )

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Back of the House
Duration	Name	Position
2019 - Present	Laura Cronin	Pastry Chef
2018 - Present	Brian Lockwood	Chef de Cuisine
2017 - 2018	Dmitri Magi	Chef de Cuisine
2017 - 2019	Laura Cronin	Pastry Sous Chef
2016 - 2017	Champ Jones	Sous Chef
2016 - 2018	Brian Lockwood	Executive Sous Chef
2016	Daniel Angus	Stagiaire
2015	David Suh	Chef de Partie
2015 - 2016	Bryant Minuche	Chef de Partie
2015 - 2020	Mark Welker	Executive Pastry Chef
2015	Jason Whitfield	Pastry Stagiaire
2014 - 2016	Champ Jones	Line Cook
2014	Alexander Tubero	Line Cook
2013 - 2017	Chris Flint	Chef de Cuisine
2013 - 2014	Andrew Black	Sous Chef
2012 - 2014	Sam Kang	Chef de Partie
2012 - 2014	Cameron Slaugh	Chef de Partie
2012 - 2013	Kenneth Foong	Line Cook
2012 - 2017	Renata Ameni	Pastry Chef
2011 - Present	Daniel Humm	Executive Chef & Partner
2011 - 2013	Bryan Weinstein	Chef Tournant Line Cook
2011 - 2013	Andrew Black	Line Cook
2011 - 2013	James Kent	Chef de Cuisine
2011 - 2013	Rebecca Isbell	Pastry Cook
2011	Brian Wagner	Senior Commis
2010 - 2013	Bryce Shuman	Executive Sous Chef
2010 - 2012	Ashley Abodeely	Chef de Partie
2010 - 2011	Abram Bissell	Executive Sous Chef
2009 - 2012	Lee Wolen	Sous Chef
2009	Patrick Hernon	Culinary Extern
2009 - 2016	Danny DiStefano	Sous Chef
2009 - 2014	Angela Pinkerton	Executive Pastry Chef
2009 - 2010	Joshua Cameron	Line Cook
2009	Lee Wolen	Line Cook
2009	Frank Mnuk	Chef de Partie
2009 - 2011	Chris Flint	Sous Chef
--	P.J. Calapa	--
2009 - 2012	Mark Welker	Pastry Sous Chef
2008 - 2010	Fabien Beaufour	Executive Sous Chef
2008 - 2009	Kevin McGhee	Sous Chef
2008 - 2009	Chris Flint	Line Cook
2007 - 2011	James Kent	Sous Chef
2007 - 2008	Matthew Purcell	Stagiaire
2007 - 2010	Abram Bissell	Sous Chef Line Cook
2007 - 2010	Bryce Shuman	Sous Chef Line Cook
2007 - 2008	Kevin McGhee	Line Cook
2007	Richard Bies	Pastry Chef
2007 - 2008	Fabien Beaufour	Sous Chef
2007 - 2009	Angela Pinkerton	Pastry Sous Chef Assistant Pastry Chef
2007	James Kent	Line Cook
--	Erik Ramirez	Sous Chef
2006 - 2009	Mark Welker	Line Cook
2006 - 2008	Jason Franey	Executive Sous Chef
2006 - 2007	Alison Johnson	Pastry Chef
2006	Josue Ramos	Pastry Sous Chef
--	Leah Cohen	--
[2006]	Alison Johnson	Assistant Pastry Chef
--	Brian Konefal	Sous Chef
2005 - 2011	Daniel Humm	Executive Chef
2005	Eduardo Polit	Chef Tournant
--	Joseph Margate	Sous Chef
2005	Hugo Bolanos	Stagiaire
2005 - 2007	Vivian Wu	Pastry Cook
[2004]	Jim Pyron	Chef
2004	Philip Mahl	Intern
2003 - 2004	Sandro Romano	Chef de Cuisine
2002 - 2004	Sharlena Fong	Pastry Cook
--	Sarah Schafer	--
2000 - 2006	Nicole Kaplan	Pastry Chef
1998 - 2005	Kerry Heffernan	Executive Chef
1998 - 2001	Nicholas (Nick) Oltarsh	Sous Chef
1998 - 2000	Nicole Plue	Pastry Chef
1998 - 1999	David Hagan	Commis
--	Jonathan St. Hilaire	--
Front of the House
Duration	Name	Position
2017 - Present	Pietro Collina Make It Nice Hospitality	Bar Director
2015 - Present	Billy Peelle	General Manager
2015 - Present	Cedric Nicaise	Wine Director
2013	Daniel Greenock	Visiting Front of House
2012 - Present	Jeff Taylor	Head Sommelier
2012 - 2015	Cedric Nicaise	Head Sommelier
2011 - 2019	Will Guidara	Managing Partner
2011 - 2015	Dustin Wilson	Wine Director
2009 - 2014	Pietro Collina	Bartender
2009 - 2012	Chris Baggetta	Head Sommelier
2007 - 2012	Jeff Taylor	Sommelier
2007 - 2009	Chris Baggetta	Sommelier
2006 - 2011	Will Guidara	General Manager
2006 - 2011	John Ragan	Wine Director
2005 - 2013	Leo Robitschek	Head Bartender Bartender
--	Stephen Beckta	Sommelier
1998 - 2011	Michael Romano	Co-owner/Partner
1998 - 2011	Danny Meyer USHG	Co-owner/Partner

Last updated: 2024-08-28

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