To celebrate the opening of The Bocuse Restaurant on February 15, culinary luminaries such as Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Charlie Palmer, David Burke, Michel Richard, Jerome Bocuse, and the restaurant's namesake, famed Chef Paul Bocuse (named Chef of the Century by the CIA in 2011), gathered at The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park for the restaurant's inaugural dinner. In addition to the restaurant opening, attendees also celebrated the great chef's 87th birthday, his decorated career, and his incomparable contributions to culinary education throughout his lifetime.