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Jean-Georges is a two-Michelin-star restaurant at 1
Besides four stars from ''The New York Times'', Jean-Georges has received the
Central Park West
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(between West 60th Street and West 61st Street), on the lobby level of the Trump International Hotel and Tower, on the Upper West Side
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of Manhattan
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, New York City, named after its owner Jean-Georges Vongerichten
Jean-Georges Vongerichten (; ; born March 16, 1957) is a French-American chef.
.
According to the Michelin Guide
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, it is one of the top five best French restaurants in the Americas
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. It also remains one of the few restaurants in the city awarded four stars by ''The New York Times
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''. The current executive chef is Mark LaPico and executive pastry chef is Sean Considine.
Awards
Besides four stars from ''The New York Times'', Jean-Georges has received the James Beard
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award for Best Chef and Best New Restaurant, and ''Esquire
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'' voted Chef Vongerichten the Chef of the Year in 1997. Jean-Georges restaurant formerly held three Michelin stars.
Since 1998, it has been the recipient of the AAA
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Five Star Award.
In 2008 it received an 18/20 "Excellent" rating. In 2009 it won the James Beard Foundation Award for outstanding restaurant.
In 2007, Jean-Georges' executive sous chef Lia Bardeen was featured as a contestant on season three of ''Top Chef
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'', the cooking reality competition on the Bravo network.
In 2010, Jean-Georges won the James Beard Award for "Outstanding Wine Service".
In 2013, ''Zagat's
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'' gave it a food rating of 28, the second-highest in the West 60s, and rated it the sixth-best restaurant in New York City.
In December 2015 Jean-Georges was ranked number 3 in the United States and 51st in the world by La Liste
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; in the inaugural edition of the list of the 1,000 best restaurants in the world sanctioned by France's Foreign Ministry.
See also
*List of French restaurants
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* List of Michelin-starred restaurants in New York City
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References
External links
* {{Upper West Side French restaurants in Manhattan Restaurants established in 1997 1997 establishments in New York City Michelin-starred restaurants in Manhattan Upper West Side Fine dining restaurants in Manhattan James Beard Foundation Award for Best New Restaurant Columbus Circle