Photo: Eric Ripert/Instagram
Eric Ripert has reason to celebrate.
Ina heart-warming video posted to his Instagram, the chef ofLe Bernardinin New York City announceda rare, four-star review from theNew York Times. Ripert, 57, is seen standing in the kitchen of the midtown Manhattan restaurant spraying his cooks with a stream of champagne from a freshly opened bottle of bubbly.
As he fans the bottle from side to side, cheers and laughter erupt from the staff as they all gather around the chef for a drink.
“Celebrating this amazing achievement with the team,” Ripert wrote in the caption.
In other photos he posted alongside the video, Ripert is seen raising a glass with the different teams of Le Bernardin, from the cooks, to the administrative staff and front of house servers and sommeliers, too.
In a different silly video the world-renowned chef included in the post, one of Ripert’s employees, dressed head-to-toe in an all-black suit, attempts to spray some champagne on the chef. Ripert quickly turns and playfully throws a glass of bubbly on the worker, drenching him in wine.
The Le Bernardin chef darts around the laughter-filled dining room as the wine-soaked employee chases him with a champagne bottle in hand, attempting to spray a little bit more bubbly on Ripert.
At the end of the video, the two men come together when Ripert runs back to his worker to make up with a hug.
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In 2020, Wells demoted Sushi Nakazawa to three stars, leaving only three restaurants with a coveted four star review:Jean-Georges,Eleven Madison Park, and Le Bernardin. Soon after, the publication halted awarding stars to restaurants in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since then, theNew York Timeshas resumed awarding stars to restaurants and recently added the omakase counterYoshinoto its roster, making it only the fourth restaurant to receive a four-star review from Wells, and the first to receive a four-star review since 2015.
Last year, Le Bernardin wasnamed the 44th best restaurant in the worldaccording to “The World’s 50 Best Restaurants” list released yearly. Additionally, the restaurant hasheld three Michelin starsfor over 15 years.
source: people.com
