Le Bernardin Cookbook

Maguy Le Coze and her brother, Gilbert, opened the original Le Bernardin in Paris in 1972 and won their first Michelin star in 1976. In New York, Le Bernardin opened in 1986 and received its first four-star rating from the New York Times three months later.

Born in Andorra, Eric Ripert worked with two world-famous chefs--Joel Robuchon in Paris and Jean-Louis Palladin in Washington, D.C.--before joining Le Bernardin as Executive Chef in 1991. Upon Gilbert's death in 1994, he took over the kitchen completely.

Eric Ripert is the chef and co-owner of New York's internationally acclaimed seafood restaurant Le Bernardin, which has held three stars from the Michelin Guide since 2005 and has maintained a four-star rating from The New York Times for over 20 years. He is Vice Chairman of the board at City Harvest, the world’s first and New York City’s largest food rescue organization dedicated to feeding New Yorkers in need, as well as a recipient of the Legion d’Honneur, France’s highest honor. He previously served as a regular guest judge on Bravo’s Top Chef and hosted his own TV series from 2009 to 2015, Avec Eric, which has won Emmy and James Beard awards. Ripert is the author of six cookbooks,…