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Daniel 20 East 76th Street (1993 - 1998) 60 East 65th Street (1998 - Present) New York, New York Tel: 212.288.0033 Website	Including The Skybox at DANIEL, a private glass-enclosed dining area, suspended above the kitchen. Closed temporarily in March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reopened September 2021. In late September 2020 Boulud Sur Mer, a temporary restaurant, opened on this site and existed until DANIEL reopened.
(1993 - )

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Back of the House
Duration	Name	Position
2021 - Present	Josh Capone	Chef de Cuisine
2021 - Present	Jean François Bruel	Corporate Executive Chef
2021 - Present	Eddy Leroux	Executive Chef
2020 - Present	Shaun Velez	Executive Pastry Chef
--	Will Nacev	Executive Sous Chef
2015	Jason Whitfield	Pastry Stagiaire
2013 - 2014	Crystal Chiu	Pastry Cook
2013 - 2020	Ghaya Oliveira	Executive Pastry Chef
2013 - 2015	Kevin Ramasawmy	Chef Tournant
2013	John Feingold	Extern
2012	Jerek Bowman	Stagiaire
2011 - 2012	Courtney Moisant	Pastry Extern
2011	Lovett Sheng	Pastry Cook
2011 - 2015	Sébastien Mathieu	Executive Sous Chef
2011 - 2013	Sandro Micheli	Executive Pastry Chef
--	Roger Ma	Sous Chef
2011 - 2012	Tyler Shedden Private dining room	Sous Chef
2010 - 2011	Alex Leonard	Chef de Partie
2010	Brandon Brumback	Stagiaire
2009 - 2010	Patrick Kriss	Sous Chef
2009	Simon Solis-Cohen	Family Chef
2008 - 2009	Chad Brauze	Sous Chef
2007	Philip Green St. Feast & Fetes Catering – Stagiere	Apprentice/Commis
--	Brandon Rodgers	--
2007	Matthew Petersen	Stagiaire
2007 - 2008	Levi Mezick	Sous Chef
2007 - 2009	Patrick Kriss	Chef de Partie
--	Olivier Quignon	--
2007	Nicolai Lipscomb	Stagiaire
2007	Andrew Yacoub	Stagiaire
2007	Carmine DiGiovanni	Chef de Partie
2007	David Mawhinney	Stagiaire
2007	Rodrigo Flores	Stagiaire
2006 - 2011	Melissa Rodriguez	Sous Chef Line Cook
2006 - 2011	Dominique Ansel	Pastry Chef
2006	John Lawson	Line Cook
2005 - 2021	Eddy Leroux	Chef de Cuisine
2005 - 2006	Geoffroy Deconinck	Chef de Partie
2005 - 2007	Damian Sansonetti	Sous Chef Chef de Banquet
2005	Hugo Bolanos	Stagiaire
2004 - 2007	Brian Reimer	Executive Sous Chef
2004 - 2007	Wesley Calo	Apprentice
2004	Francis Wolf	Stagiaire
2004 - 2007	Raphael Haasz	Pastry Sous Chef
2004	Mario Navarrete Jr	Stagiaire
--	Tim Butler	--
2004 - 2005	Michael Caspi	Stagiaire
2004	Chris Mayo	Stagiaire
2004	Manu Chandra	Stagiaire
2003 - 2021	Jean François Bruel	Executive Chef
2003 - 2005	Jean-Francois Bonnet	Pastry Chef
2003 - 2005	Scott Nishiyama	Chef de Partie
2003	Eli Kirshtein	Stagiaire
2003 - 2005	Tommy Kurpradit	Station Chef
--	Ed Cotton	Executive Sous Chef
[2003]	Alex Lee	Executive Chef
2003 - 2005	Patrice Martineau	Chef de Cuisine
2003 - 2004	Noah Tucker	Cook
2003 - 2004	Ezra Title	Cook
2002 - 2003	Rebecca Masson	Pastry Cook
2002 - 2003	Timothy Reardon	Chef de Partie
2002	Shane Waite	Stagiaire
2002 - 2003	Aaron London	Extern
2002 - 2004	Olivier Reginensi	Sous Chef
2002 - 2005	Eddy Leroux	Executive Sous Chef
2002 - 2004	David Malbequi	Banquet Chef
2002 - 2003	Michael Brock	Sous Chef Tournant
--	Zak Pelaccio	--
--	Rachel Yang	--
--	Christopher Lee	--
2001 - 2006	Michael Balboni	Sous Chef Line Cook
2001 - 2004	Mark Andelbradt	Sous Chef
2001 - 2004	Jim Leiken	Tournant
2001 - 2002	Alex Tung	Station Chef
--	Bertrand Chemel	Sous Chef
2001 - 2003	Kevin Cherkas	Station Chef
2000	Sean O'Brien (January)	Extern
--	Harold Moore	Apprentice/Commis
2000 - 2004	Olivier Muller Feast & Fêtes Catering	Chef
2000 - 2005	Sandro Micheli	Pastry Sous Chef
2000	Greg Lutes	Stagiaire
--	Charlie Kleinman	--
--	Eddie Moran	--
--	Bertrand Chemel	Cook
1999 - 2001	Cornelius Gallagher	Sous Chef
--	Vernon Morales	Sous Chef
1999 - 2003	Scott Ekstrom	Senior Chef Tournant Saucier Poissonier
--	Richard Blais	Chef de Partie
1999 - 2003	Patrice Martineau	Sous Chef
1999	Tom Merritt	Stagiaire
1999 - 2001	Chris Cristobal	Cook
1999 - 2001	David Malbequi	Line Cook
--	Daniel Stern	Saucier
1999 - 2001	Christopher Lim	Saucier Entremetier
1998 - Present	Mark Fiorentino	Chef Boulanger
1998 - 2000	Thomas Haas	Executive Pastry Chef
1998 - 2002	Johnny Iuzzini Executive Pastry Chef, 2001-2002	Executive Pastry Chef Pastry Sous Chef
1998 - 2000	Jeremy Lieb	Chef de Partie
1998 - 2001	Philip Wang	Line Cook
1998 - 2002	Bradford Thompson	Sous Chef
--	Vincent Chirico	Station Chef
[1998]	Pierre Calmels	Sous Chef
--	Clayton Miller	--
1998	Benjamin West	Station Chef
--	Vernon Morales	Station Chef Garde Manger
--	Jacques Qualin	--
1997 - 1999	Rémy Fünfrock	Executive Pastry Chef
--	Eric Johnson	Cook
1997	John Leung	Stagiaire
--	Jonathan Benno	--
1996 - 1998	Jean François Bruel	Chef de Partie
--	Justin Leboe	Stagiaire
1996	Corey Heyer	Extern
--	Eric Johnson	Apprentice/Commis
--	David Myers	--
1995	Richard Farnabe	Sous Chef
--	David Carmichael	--
1995	Richard Farnabe	Saucier
1995 - 1996	Diego Gonzalez	Training Chef
--	Stuart Gillies	--
--	Richard Reddington	--
--	Elizabeth Katz	Pastry Cook
--	James Mazzio	--
--	Steven Song	--
1994 - 1997	Johnny Iuzzini	Pastry Assistant
1994 - 1995	Albert Lukas	Chef de Partie
1993 - 1994	Robert Gurvich	Poissonier Tournant
1993 - 1995	Jeff O'Neill	--
--	Justin Leboe	Stagiaire
[1993]	Tony Liu	--
1993 - 1997	Philippe Bertineau	Sous Chef
1993 - 1998	François Payard	Consulting Pastry Chef
1993 - 1994	Ron Siegel	--
1993 - Present	Daniel Boulud	Chef & Owner
--	Rob Feenie	Stagiaire
1992 - 1995	Sascha Lyon	--
--	Michael Citarella	--
--	Yianni Koufodontis	--
Front of the House
Duration	Name	Position
2009 - Present	Raj Vaidya	Sommelier
2006 - 2008	André Compeyre	Sommelier
2005 - Present	Philippe Marchal	Chef Sommelier
2001 - 2005	Philippe Marchal	Assistant Sommelier
--	Stephen Beckta	Sommelier
2000 - 2005	Bret Csencsitz	Assistant Banquet Manager
1999 - 2002	Michael McGhee	Food & Beverage Director
[1999 - 2002]	Bruno Jamais	Maitre d'
[1999]	Christophe Catron-Michaud	General Manager
1997 - 2000	Mark Richard Yuhasz	Bartender
1996 - 2004	Jean-Luc Le Dû	Sommelier
1995 - 1996	Jean-Luc Le Dû	Captain
1993 - Present	Joël Smilow	Investor

Last updated: 2023-11-03

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