The Frog and The Peach
The Frog and the Peach is located in New Jersey
The Frog and the Peach
Location within New Jersey
Restaurant information
Established1983
Owner(s)Bruce Lefebvre
Head chefJoe Beninato
Street address29 Dennis Street
CityNew Brunswick
StateNew Jersey
Postal/ZIP Code08901
Coordinates40°29′42″N 74°26′27″W / 40.49496°N 74.44094°W / 40.49496; -74.44094
Websitehttp://www.frogandpeach.com

The Frog and The Peach is a restaurant in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States with Bruce Lefebvre as owner and executive chef.

History

The restaurant was founded in 1983 by the married couple Betsy Alger and Jim Black. The name of the restaurant comes from a comedy sketch by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.

Reviews

It was AOL's City Guide's "Best All-Around Restaurant in North Jersey" in 2005–2006. The restaurant was rated the fourth most popular restaurant in New Jersey by Zagat.[1][2] The Star-Ledger awarded four stars to the restaurant in January 2007.[3]

Resident chef and owner

In May 2012, Lefebvre purchased the restaurant.[4][5][6] Lefebvre had been the executive chef at the restaurant since 2001.[7][8] He was born in 1969 in Edison, New Jersey and was raised in Sea Girt, New Jersey. Lefebvre graduated from Wake Forest University and then applied to The Culinary Institute of America. After graduating, he worked briefly at The Frog and the Peach, but then left to work at Aureole, Lespinasse, and Dan's on Main Street in Metuchen, New Jersey before returning to Frog and Peach in 2000 as sous chef.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "The Frog and the Peach". OpenTable. Retrieved 2007-05-24.
  2. ↑ "The Frog and the Peach". Dining Out Online. Retrieved 2007-05-24.
  3. ↑ "Frog and the Peach". Archived from the original on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2007-05-24.
  4. ↑ "Frog and the Peach". Archived from the original on 2009-02-18. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  5. ↑ "Just Purse Your Lips And Whisper 'Truffle'". New York Times. February 11, 2004.
  6. ↑ "Bruce Lefebvre". Condé Nast. Retrieved 2007-05-24.
  7. ↑ "Just Purse Your Lips and Whisper 'Truffle'". The New York Times. 11 February 2004.
  8. ↑ "Bruce Lefebvre". Condé Nast. Retrieved 2007-05-24.
  9. ↑ "The F&P Rating". The New York Times. June 30, 2002. Retrieved 2007-02-14.
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