THE BREAKFAST CLUB
FRANK BRUNI, ASH FULK & JEAN-MARC HOUMARD
The former New York Times chief restaurant critic’s memoir, Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater, came out this summer. With humor, Bruni (left) sheds light on male body issues that are pervasive but rarely written about.
“I’ve met chefs that came from culinary school and went straight into nice restaurants, but they couldn’t sling 150 eggs a service,” says Fulk (center), who considered his diner experience his secret weapon on Top Chef Las Vegas. Fulk is the sous chef at New York’s Trestle on Tenth.
Being able to dance next to Grace Jones or sip cocktails with Halston was part of the reason to be in New York in the 1980s, when a young law firm intern got a night job as a busboy at Indochine. Fast forward to 2009 to find Houmard (right) in charge and celebrating the restaurant’s 25th anniversary with a book of photos and recollections by celebrities like Anna Wintour, Madonna, and Raquel Welch.
