Julian Clauss-Ehlers
| Julian Clauss-Ehlers | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | British-American |
| 💼 Occupation | Chef, culinary educator |
| 📆 Years active | 1985–present |
| Known for | Executive chef at Trattoria Bianca and Butcher and Banker; co-author of Eating Together, Being Together |
Julian Clauss-Ehlers is a British-American chef and restaurateur who has worked in New York City since 2000. He worked as an executive chef at Trattoria Bianca and Butcher and Banker at the New Yorker Hotel in Manhattan. In 2022, he co-authored Eating Together, Being Together with psychologist Caroline Clauss-Ehlers, published by Princeton Architectural Press. Since 2025, he has been Director of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management at Long Island University Brooklyn.
Career
Europe
Clauss-Ehlers trained in professional kitchens in France and England during the late 1980s and 1990s. He held positions at several Michelin-recognised establishments, among them Les Prés d'Eugénie in Eugénie-les-Bains, operated by Michel Guérard, and La Côte St. Jacques in Joigny. He went on to move to England, where he was head chef at Lower Slaughter Manor in Gloucestershire from 1993 to 1995; the property appeared in both The Good Food Guide and the AA Best Restaurants in Britain guide during those years.
From 1995 to 1999, Clauss-Ehlers owned and operated The Green Dragon, a pub in Buckinghamshire. The Good Pub Guide named it Buckinghamshire Dining Pub of the Year in 1998[1] and listed it again in 1999.[2] The pub also appeared in the Michelin Guide to Great Britain and Ireland for 1999 and 2000[3] and was covered in The Observer Style Magazine in December 1997.
New York City
Clauss-Ehlers moved to New York City in 2000. In January 2001, he co-founded Zitoune, a French-Moroccan restaurant in the Meatpacking District, where he was executive chef and co-owner until April 2002. William Grimes gave the restaurant one star in The New York Times,[4] Steve Cuozzo awarded two stars in the New York Post,[5] and Jonathan Reynolds profiled it in The New York Times Magazine in December 2001.[6] New York magazine included the restaurant in its "Where to Eat Now 2002" list.[7]
From 2002 to 2004, he was executive chef consultant at Link Restaurant, Bar and Lounge and 3 Square Café near Union Square. Bob Lape reviewed Link in Crain's New York Business in April 2003[8] and the restaurant was also mentioned in The New York Times[9] and the Daily News.[10]
From 2004 to 2007, Clauss-Ehlers was executive chef at the Monkey Bar in Midtown Manhattan, under the Glazier Group. The New York Sun reviewed the restaurant in October 2004.[11]
During this period, he also presented at the James Beard House First Friday Luncheon in 2003 and 2004; records of the events are held in the James Beard Foundation Archive at New York University Library, Box 9, Folder 9.[12]
New Yorker Hotel
Clauss-Ehlers joined the New Yorker Hotel in Midtown Manhattan in 2007 as executive chef, overseeing its food and beverage operations. In 2014, he became executive chef of Trattoria Bianca, the hotel's Italian restaurant, a position he held until 2025. Food critic Gael Greene reviewed the restaurant in Insatiable Critic in January 2015.[13]
From 2021 to 2025, he was also executive chef of Butcher and Banker, a steakhouse and bar at the hotel. Butcher and Banker received an OpenTable Diners' Choice Award in 2024.[14]
Long Island University Brooklyn
In September 2025, Clauss-Ehlers was appointed Director of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management at Long Island University Brooklyn, where he has worked on developing a Bachelor of Science program in Culinary Arts.
Eating Together, Being Together (2022)
In 2022, Clauss-Ehlers co-authored Eating Together, Being Together: Recipes, Activities, and Advice from a Chef Dad and Psychologist Mom with Caroline Clauss-Ehlers, published by Princeton Architectural Press.[15] The book combines recipes with activities and guidance on cooking and family life. Following publication, the authors were interviewed on WNYC's All Of It with Allison Stewart[16] and appeared on WPIX NY.[17]
Television
Clauss-Ehlers appeared in Season 2, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives on Food Network in 2008.[18] He was also featured in Guy Fieri's companion book to the series, published by HarperCollins.[19]
Personal life
Julian Clauss-Ehlers holds dual citizenship in the United Kingdom and the United States. He is married to Caroline Clauss-Ehlers, a professor of psychology at Long Island University Brooklyn. He is fluent in French.
References
- ↑ Good Pub Guide 1998.
- ↑ Good Pub Guide 1999.
- ↑ Michelin Guide: Great Britain and Ireland. 1999.
- ↑ Grimes, William (November 28, 2001). "Morocco Is Next Stop for a Corner Bistro". The New York Times.
- ↑ Cuozzo, Steve (November 28, 2001). "An Urbane Oasis". New York Post.
- ↑ Reynolds, Jonathan (December 2, 2001). "Food, not 'Tude'". New York Times Magazine.
- ↑ "Where to Eat Now 2002". New York Magazine. January 7, 2002.
- ↑ Lape, Bob (April 7, 2003). "Link connects casual cool to affordable high taste". Crain's New York Business.
- ↑ Fabricant, Florence (February 5, 2003). "Your Oven, His Pot Pie". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Eats". Daily News. March 8, 2003.
- ↑ "Raising the Monkey Bar". The New York Sun. October 13, 2004.
- ↑ James Beard Foundation Archive, New York University Library, Box 9, Folder 9.
- ↑ "A Gem in Penn Sight, Trattoria Bianca". Insatiable Critic. January 19, 2015.
- ↑ "Butcher and Banker – OpenTable".
- ↑ Clauss-Ehlers, Julian C.E.; Clauss-Ehlers, Caroline S. (2022). Eating Together, Being Together: Recipes, Activities, and Advice from a Chef Dad and Psychologist Mom. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 978-1648961137 Search this book on
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- ↑ "All Of It – November 23, 2022". WNYC.
- ↑ "Husband and wife pen book about the importance of eating together". PIX11. October 19, 2022.
- ↑ "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: Season 2". Food Network.
- ↑ Fieri, Guy (2008). Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. HarperCollins.
External links
- Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives – Food Network
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