"In November, Le Bernardin turned fifty. Its founders, the siblings Maguy and Gilbert Le Coze, opened the seafood-focussed restaurant on the Left Bank of Paris in 1972, and moved it to New York in 1986. Ripert, who is fifty-seven, began working there in 1991. In the decades since, he has managed to maintain the highest accolades—Michelin stars, Times stars, top positioning on local and global best-of lists—and has become a celebrity." - Hannah Goldfield
newyorker.com