Blue Hill at Stone Barns
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| Established | 2004 |
| Owner(s) | Dan, David, and Laureen Barber |
| Head chef | Dan Barber |
| Dress code | Formal |
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| Street address | 630 Bedford Road, Pocantico Hills, New York |
| Reservations | Required |
| Website | Official website |
Blue Hill at Stone Barns is a restaurant located at the Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture in Pocantico Hills, New York. The Hudson Valley restaurant is owned by Dan, David, and Laureen Barber, who also own the New York City Family Meal at Blue Hill restaurant. The head chef of the restaurant is Dan Barber.
About
[edit]Blue Hill opened in 2004. The restaurant seats 88 people in its main dining room, which was once the cow barn for the Rockefeller family dairy farm on their estate.[1] The restaurant serves cuisine using local ingredients, with an emphasis on produce from the Stone Barns Center's farm. Blue Hill staff also participate in the Stone Barns Center's education programs. In 2016, Eater rated Blue Hill at Stone Barns as the best restaurant in the United States.[2] In 2019, the Michelin Guide expanded the definition of its New York City region guide to include Westchester County, and gave the restaurant two Michelin Stars. It is the only restaurant in the county to receive any Michelin Stars.[3] In 2021, Blue Hill at Stone Barns also received a Green Michelin Star.[4] At its height, it was ranked No. 11 in The World's 50 Best Restaurants List in 2017. [5]
In May 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic, Barber launched the resourcED program at Blue Hill at Stone Barns restaurants which sold packaged ingredients from the Stone Barns farm and included directions for customers to cook the food themselves. The boxes were intended to keep the restaurant and their suppliers in business when they could not host diners due to gathering restrictions.[6]
In August 2020, Barber implemented a Chef-in-Residence program at Blue Hill at Stone Barns. Barber announced he would be stepping from the kitchen and instead, a series of visiting chefs led the kitchen for a five-week period at a time, interpreting the local produce through the lens of their own cuisine. The diversity-focused concept was a response to the Black Lives Matter protests bringing attention to structural inequities and diversity and inclusion issues in the restaurant industry. [7] As of 2022, Barber has returned to cooking at Blue Hill at Stone Barns.[8]
In 2022, Eater published an exposé on the restaurant's ethics, interviewing 45 people, including 20 former employees, alleging a hostile workplace with low pay, high stress, 70-hour workweeks, abusive management, and stonewalling of sexual assault claims. The article also highlights several examples of fraudulent practices – with the restaurant claiming unique and special stories about several of their dishes while taking shortcuts or deviating from what the staff was told to tell guests. Through the crisis and reputation management firm Trident DMG, and the defamation law firm Clare Locke, Blue Hill denied most of the allegations.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Burros, Marian (April 21, 2004). "Dine at the Rockefellers', Get in Touch With the Earth". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
- ^ Ortiz, Jonathan (December 7, 2016). "Blue Hill at Stone Barns Named Best Restaurant in America". Westchester Magazine. Archived from the original on October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- ^ Fabricant, Florence (October 21, 2019). "Michelin Gives Blue Hill at Stone Barns Two Stars". The New York Times.
- ^ "Blue Hill at Stone Barns". Michelin Guide. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ "The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2017". The Worlds 50 Best. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ Goldfield, Hannah (May 15, 2020). "Blue Hill in a Box". The New Yorker. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
- ^ "2021 Chef-in-Residence at Stone Barns". Stone Barns Center. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ Sontag, Elazar; Kassin, Kate (July 7, 2022). "6 Major Takeaways from the Sweeping Accusations Against Blue Hill". Bon Appétit.
Blue Hill launched a temporary residency program in 2021 with a diverse cast of rotating chefs, and now that's ended.
- ^ McCarron, Meghan (July 6, 2022). "Chef's Fable". Eater. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
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