David Liederman (b 1949,

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) is a

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and businessman. He is best known for creating David's Cookies company (owned by Fairfield Gourmet Foods Corporation ), which produces a line of

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s, baked goods and

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. Since 1996, however, he has not been associated with the David's Cookies product.

Early life

Liederman graduated from State University of New York, college at Old Westbury.

Career

After practicing law for a period he became the first American to work as a cook at

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, a Michelin 3 star restaurants in

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. In 1989 Liederman co-wrote ''Running Through Walls'', a book on how to do a

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. It includes recommendations for doing a

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, raising money and business formation. In 1990 David co-wrote a diet book called ''David's Delicious Weight-Loss Program'' with

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writer Joan Schwartz. In the mid-1990s Liederman opened a theme restaurant, Television City, in Rockefeller Center. The restaurant had an early days television motif and celebrity backing. Later in the 1990s he opened Chez Louis, an

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to Antoine Magnin of Chez l'Ami Louis in Paris, which specializes in

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. Starting with a $30,000 investment, he opened his first David's Cookies store in

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on Second Avenue, near

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next door to Chez Louis. Liederman built David's Cookies into a $35 million-a-year food

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er within six years. As of 2015 David's cookies had grown to 100 million-a-year. The batter is mixed in Fairfield, NJ and the dough is sold to distributors.

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