Eric Ripert, chef and owner of Le Bernadin, a famous NYC Michelin-rated restaurant, said recently:
I have applied good principles of Buddhism with the employees of Le Bernardin . . . [and] in the way of having more simplistic presentations than having something complicated on a plate. It’s also more about the respect of the ingredients and the respect of the animals that have been killed and served to the clients—that’s probably where Buddhism had most impact.