Established 1983 Head chef Bruce Lefebvre City New Brunswick | Current owner(s) Bruce Lefebvre Street address 29 Dennis Street State New Jersey | |
The Frog and the Peach is a renowned restaurant in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The name of the restaurant comes from a comedy sketch by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. The restaurant was founded in 1983 by the married couple Betsy Alger and Jim Black. In May 2012, Bruce Lefebvre, executive chef took ownership.
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Executive chef
Bruce Lefebvre is the executive chef and owner, purchasing the restaurant in 2012. While at the Culinary Institute of America, he worked with The Buckhead Life Group in Atlanta for his externship, a family-owned fine dining organization. After graduating in 1995, he took a position at The Frog and the Peach. In 1997 he left to work at Aureole and worked as a stagiere at Daniel and at Lespinasse. He became the sous-chef for Dan’s on Main Street in Metuchen, New Jersey and then he returned to the Frog and the Peach as sous-chef in 2000. He was promoted to the executive chef position in the summer of 2001.
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. The Star-Ledger awarded four stars to the restaurant in January 2007.