An Appetite for Knowledge | Wylie Dufresne, Chef and Molecular Gastronomy Expert

Wylie Dufresne is the chef and owner of Du's Donuts and the former chef and owner of the wd~50 and Alder restaurants in Manhattan. Wylie Dufresne provides perhaps the single most convincing argument for the importance of culinary risk-taking in New York City. Over the last decade, Dufresne and his team have defied the odds, developing a body of unique work, fostering young talent and earning a Michelin star for the restaurant and a James Beard Award for the chef. The critic Frank Bruni once wrote of Dufresne’s methods, ‘he pushes hard against the envelope of possibility and the bounds of conformity to produce food that’s not only playful but also joyful and even exhilarating.’
In early 2013, Dufresne opened his second restaurant, Alder, in the East Village. It is the chef’s take on the traditional American public house.
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