The name Wolfgang Puck is synonymous with the best of restaurant hospitality and the ultimate in all aspects of the culinary arts. The famed chef has built a brand that encompasses three companies: Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group, Wolfgang Puck Catering, and Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, Inc. Puck began cooking as a child, at his mother’s side. She was a chef in the Austrian town where he was born, and with her encouragement, Wolfgang started his formal training at fourteen years of age, and has since conquered the culinary world opening the finest restaurants in the greatest cities across the globe.

KDHamptons recently zipped in to Manhattan to experience Wolfgang Puck’s first New York restaurant in Lower Manhattan. The acclaimed chef recently opened the sixth location of his signature steak restaurant, CUT by Wolfgang Puck at the new Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown. Amid the rapid development taking place in Manhattan’s oldest neighborhood, the opening of CUT in New York City marks Wolfgang’s sixth CUT location behind Beverly Hills, Las Vegas, Singapore, London, and Bahrain and is the company’s fourth partnership with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. “It’s been incredible to follow the development of Downtown New York over the past few years, and we are very excited to open during such a significant time for this historic neighborhood,” said Wolfgang. Unlike other domestic CUT locations, CUT New York will be the first to offer three full meal periods.

Together, Wolfgang and his wife, Gelila Assefa Puck, collaborated with renowned French designer Jacques Garcia for the interior design of CUT New York, along with Kimberly Brown and Strata Architects. Best known for his expertise in mixing 17th and 18th-century references with his timeless approach to contemporary design, Garcia’s past projects rang from the revamp of La Mamounia in Marrakech to the revitalization of the Chateau de Versailles. To help bring the Pucks’ vision for their first New York restaurant to life, Garcia drew influence from his Parisian roots, and melded those with his modern-day interpretation of the Gotham City.

The restaurant boasts three uniquely designed spaces: the main dining room, bar and lounge, and the private dining room. The entire restaurant is complete with classic Versailles parquet floors and millwork wall paneling throughout, and accented with rich red chairs, cozy banquet seating, and gold silk curtains creating a refined yet relaxed setting. The bar and lounge resemble that of a vast and historic library filled with rare vellum bound books, and red neon lighting inspired by the Louvre’s Pyramid Claude Leveque. Deep red velvet seating softens the space as well as leather cladded reading lights along the bar top, create an intimate space for all to imbibe. The semi-private dining room is surrounded by faux gold leaf wood and gilt curtains for privacy, and opens directly into the kitchen giving diners a front row seat to the nightly, behind-the-scenes culinary show.

Visit CUT New York restaurant at 99 Church Street. Lunch available from 12:00PM – 2:30PM. Dinner is available Sunday – Thursday from 6:00PM – 10:00PM and Friday – Saturday 6:00PM – 11:00PM. To make a reservation, please visit www.wolfgangpuck.com or call 646-880-1995.