The Plaza
768 5th Avenue
New York, New York
Tel: 212.759.3000
Website
  • Closed April 30, 2005 for a $400 million renovation project.
  • Reopened in 2008 as a hotel-condominium.
  • The Palm Court; The Champagne Bar; Rose Club; Oak Room; Oak Bar
  • The Palm Court closed December 31, 2008 and reopened in April 2009.
  • Hotel managed by Fairmont Hotels since 1999.
Designed by: Henry Janeway Hardenbergh
(1907 - 2005 ; 2008 - )

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Back of the House
Years   Name Position
2019 - Present Travis Spear Senior Sous Chef
2019 - Present Matt Schindler Executive Chef
2013 - 2014 Jeffrey Wurtz Executive Pastry Chef
2013 - 2016 Geoffrey Zakarian Culinary Director
2013 - 2017 Michael Lockard Executive Chef
2010 - 2013 Jasmina Bojic Executive Pastry Chef
2010 - 2013 Willis Loughhead Executive Chef
2008 Brendon Bashford Re-opening Team
2008 Nicole Kaplan Pastry Chef
2008 - 2009 Joël Antunès
Oak Room
 Executive Chef
2008 - 2009 Vivian Wu Pastry Tournant
2007 - 2009 Didier Virot Executive Chef
Food & Beverage Director
2005 Christian Schmidt Executive Chef
2004 - 2005 Nicole Rhone Line Cook
2003 - 2005 Brendon Bashford Executive Sous Chef
2002 - 2003 Brendon Bashford Chef Garde Manger
2002 - 2005 Hubert Billod-Morel Executive Chef
1992 - 1994 Alan Ashkinaze Sous Chef
  -- Kerry Simon
Edwardian Room
 Executive Chef
1991 - 1993 Bertrand Young Chef
  -- Eric Gouteyron Executive Pastry Chef
[1990] Alain Sailhac Executive Chef
  -- Ettore (Hector) Boiardi Head Chef
Front of the House
Years   Name Position
2004 - Present Miki Naftali
President, Elad Properties
 Owner/Proprietor
1995 - 2004 Kwek Leng Beng
Chair, Millenium & Copthorne
 Co-owner/Partner
1995 - 2004 Prince Alwaleed Bin Al Saud Co-owner/Partner
1988 - 1995 Donald Trump Owner/Proprietor
Last updated: 2020-09-13

 
  • The Plaza was accorded landmark status by New York City's Landmark Commission in 1969 and was designated as a National Historic Landmark.

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