After all, Sirio Maccioni has relocated the restaurant three times — most recently to the Bloomberg Building in 2006. Never say no.”.
(The New York Post, May 16, 2004), WHEN SIRIO MACCIONI kicks off his autobiography, written with Peter Elliot, the party won't be half measure. He gave me the chance to learn how to be a great chef, and a great host. Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2015. Frank Sinatra develops the habit of critiquing his meals at Sirio's restaurants by writing the words "yes" or "no" on cocktail napkins. The restaurant entered a glory period under the chef Daniel Boulud and earned a four-star review in The New York Times. His work ethic is second to nonethe consummate gentleman who cares for kings and queens in the same measure as his everyday guests. After working at the town’s top hotel, La Pace, he went to Paris and started at the bottom at the Plaza Athénée. Luminaries, politicians, and celebrities all made their way to the restaurant, from the Reagans and the Clintons to Sofia Loren and Alec Baldwin. Don’t give away the best table, so that it’s there when you need it. Mr. Maccioni maintained a home in Montecatini as well as one in Manhattan. Sirio Maccioni in 1982. success at the world’s finest restaurants, he shares a journey that took him to post-war Paris and Hamburg and the nightlife of pre-Castro Cuba and finally to New York. Something went wrong. Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2007.
... so "Sirio: The Story of My Life and Le Cirque" does for the culinary biography. . The restaurant, now known as Le Cirque 2000, had just relocated to the Villard Houses in the Palace Hotel on Madison Avenue. Now Maccioni lets us into his world, revealing the secrets that have made his Le Cirque one of the world’s most celebrated restaurants. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. At first, Le Cirque was known more for the exclusivity of its customers, a blue-ribbon gaggle of celebrities and politicians (many of them, from Nancy Reagan to Frank Zappa, befriending Maccioni) than for the food. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. My heart and thoughts go to him and the Maccioni family in New York and Montecatini! Learn more about the program. “Our beloved Colony has a new maitre’d,” Henry Luce wrote in Time magazine. SIRIO MACCIONI lives in New York City and Montecatini, Italy. Sirio Maccioni is a living legend, a restaurateur extraordinaire who has wined and dined high society in New York for nearly half a century. "Gael Greene. "Donald Trump, "Few can resist the courtly indulgence of Le Cirques brilliant ringmasterjuggler of tables, dapper hand-smoocher, ego massager to generations of the high and the flighty.
Beginning with his childhood in rural Tuscany during World War II and the tragedies and privations that left him determined to pursue success at the world's finest restaurants, he shares a journey that took him to post-war Paris and Hamburg and the nightlife of pre-Castro Cuba and finally to New York. This was a fabulous read. Maccioni and his family were also featured in a behind-the-scenes documentary film Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven, which details Le Cirque’s 2006 move from the Palace Hotel to the Bloomberg building on East 58th St. Maccioni and several recipes from his restaurants are featured in Egidiana Maccioni’s The Maccioni Family Cookbook. Peter Elliot has brilliantly captured the essence of Sirios life, which by definition encompasses the best and brightest of New York.". Sirio has presented a text that operators should be studding. In addition to Mauro, they all survive him, as do five grandchildren and a sister, Clara Pieri. Along the way, Maccioni explains how he’s dealt with defecting chefs and demanding customers. When Sirio returns the favor (he writes "no" after Sinatra's friends make fun of President Jimmy Carter's mother), Sinatra refuses to set foot in Le Cirque, and takes his meals in his limousine while his wife eats her lunch inside. Hmmm . He cuts his teeth as a waiter at the Hotel La Pace, in his hometown, Montecatini, serving grand figures like the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
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So many people, but they were all very interesting, very exciting people.”. But last Monday afternoon, Boulud reluctantly agreed to attend a lunch at Le Cirque in honor of Maccioni and Peter Elliot’s book, Sirio: The Story of My Life and Le Cirque. The kitchen had an uncertain reputation among food critics over the years, but under Mr. Boulud it entered a glory period that set the stage for a four-star review from Ruth Reichl in The New York Times in 1997, when Mr. Boulud’s successor, Mr. Kuhn, took over the kitchen. “He said he’d kill me first.”. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Dash, charm and matinee-idol looks helped make Mr. Maccioni an unusual sort of celebrity in New York City’s restaurant scene. (Publishers Weekly, May 24, 2004), Daniel Boulud and Sirio Maccioni had a bitter breakup thirteen years ago, when Boulud left Le Cirque. Restaurant sources also say Boulud is opening a new restaurant in an old bank on the Upper West Side, but Boulud declined to comment… (New York Magazine, May 24, 2004), IF too many cooks spoil the broth, you wouldn't have wanted to slurp the soup at the luncheon Sirio Maccioni hosted at Le Cirque for all the chefs who have cooked at his restaurant over the years and are featured in his new book, "Sirio: The Story of My Life and Le Cirque." One of his least favorite words is "presumptuous," as in '''to a Tuscan to be presumptuous is the worst thing you can be." I had no idea the significance this magical place would have on me and the list of careers he touched is enormous. Maccioni learned his trade in the hotels and restaurants of Europe and New York. The show won a James Beard Foundation Award in 1999. He was 88. At first, Le Cirque was known more for the exclusivity of its customers, a blue-ribbon gaggle of celebrities and politicians (many of them, from Nancy Reagan to Frank Zappa, befriending Maccioni) than for the food. But Maccioni’s aggressive spending and the free rein he gave his chefs soon resulted in a dining revolution. And then there's Frank Zappa, whom Sirio momentarily bars from the restaurant because he's not wearing a jacket and tie. By the time Le Cirque 2000 closed its doors, on New Year’s Eve 2004, the fizz had gone out of the champagne. It was there that Mr. Maccioni developed his philosophy of running a restaurant. Within thirteen years, he had the experience and contacts he needed to launch his own restaurant, Le Cirque, which quickly became the hub of cafe society in New York. By 1961, the dashing young Maccioni had become maitre d' at New York's most storied restaurant, the Colony. (June)Forecast: Like Everyone Comes to Elaine’s (Forecasts, Jan. 5) this book is a sure to generate some New York media coverage (it’s already been excerpted in Vanity Fair) and could be popular among New Yorkers interested in the city’s social scenes. The actor Yves Montand, who was also from Montecatini, took him under his wing, introduced him to high society and found him work at Maxim’s. Hes the only person I could ever imagine going into the restaurant business with!
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