Every hotel and restaurant that appears in The Luxury of Attention and the two volumes of A Wealth of Insight, with the person who was running it at the time of the interview. Posts and properties are as they stood then; each person's page carries where they are now and their full profile in their own words. Some restaurants have since closed or changed hands, and the person's page says so.
The hotels
Thirty six general managers and managing directors, and the properties they were running when we spoke.
- Ararat Park Hyatt Moscow, Russian Federation
Stephen Ansell, then general manager - Ballyfin Demesne, Ireland
Damien Bastiat, then general manager - Belmond Grand Hotel Europe, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Sjefke Jansen, then general manager - COMO The Treasury, Perth, Australia
Anneke Brown, then general manager - COMO Uma Paro, Bhutan
James Low, then general manager - COMO Uma Punakha, Bhutan
James Low, then general manager - Four Seasons Hotel Firenze, Florence, Italy
Patrizio Cipollini, then general manager - Four Seasons Resort Lanaʻi, Hawaii, United States
Tom Roelens, then general manager - Hotel Indonesia Kempinski Jakarta, Indonesia
Alexander Pichel, then general manager - Jumeirah Vittaveli, Maldives
Amit Majumder, then general manager - The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong
Torsten van Dullemen, then general manager - Lotte Hotel Moscow, Russian Federation
Adrian Gray, then general manager - Mandarin Oriental, New York, United States
Susanne Hatje, then general manager - Mandarin Oriental, Singapore, Singapore
Christian A. Hassing, then general manager - Mandarin Oriental, Taipei, Taiwan
Michael Ziemer, then general manager - Outrigger Fiji Beach Resort, Fiji
Peter Hopgood, then general manager - Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa, Maldives
Mariano Silvestri, then general manager - Park Hyatt Sydney, Australia
Marc von Arnim, then general manager - Pera Palace Hotel, Jumeirah, Istanbul, Turkey
Pinar Kartal Timer, then general manager - The Plaza Hotel, New York, United States
George Cozonis, then general manager - Pulitzer Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Alexander van Gastel, then general manager - Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort by Anantara, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Axel Bethke, then general manager - Raffles Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Ayman Gharib, then general manager - The Reverie Saigon, Vietnam
Kai Speth, then general manager - The Ritz-Carlton, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Mahmoud Skaf, then general manager - The Ritz-Carlton, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Gerrit Graef, then general manager - Rosewood Beijing, Beijing, China
Marc C. Brugger, then general manager - Rosewood Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Marc C. Brugger, then general manager - Le Royal Monceau, Raffles Paris, France
Aaron Kaupp, then general manager - The Savoy, London, United Kingdom
Philip Barnes, then general manager - Singita, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Tanzania
Graham Ledger, then general manager - Six Senses Douro Valley, Portugal
Nicholas Yarnell, then general manager - Sofitel Dubai Wafi, United Arab Emirates
Ayman Gharib, then general manager - The St. Regis Bangkok, Thailand
Krister Svensson, then general manager - The Surrey, New York, United States
Pedro Dias, then general manager - The Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai, India
Taljinder Singh, then general manager - Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills, United States
Luc Delafosse, then managing director - Wynn Las Vegas and Encore, Las Vegas, United States
Brian Gullbrants, then president - Çırağan Palace Kempinski Istanbul, Turkey
Ralph Radtke, then general manager
The restaurants
Forty three chefs, and the kitchens they were leading when we spoke.
- Akelarre, San Sebastián, Spain
Pedro Subijana, then chef - Amass, Copenhagen, Denmark
Matthew Orlando, then chef and owner - Amber at The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong
Richard Ekkebus, then chef - Aqua at The Ritz-Carlton, Wolfsburg, Germany
Sven Elverfeld, then chef - Aquavit, New York, United States
Emma Bengtsson, then chef - Azurmendi, Larrabetzu, Spain
Eneko Atxa, then chef - Belcanto, Lisbon, Portugal
José Avillez, then chef - Le Bernardin, New York, United States
Eric Ripert, then chef - Boragó, Santiago, Chile
Rodolfo Guzmán, then chef - Caprice at Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Guillaume Galliot, then executive chef - El Celler de Can Roca, Girona, Spain
Joan Roca, then chef - Central, Lima, Peru
Virgilio Martínez, then chef and owner - D.O.M., São Paulo, Brazil
Alex Atala, then chef - Dulce Patria, Mexico City, Mexico
Martha Ortiz, then chef - Epicure at Le Bristol, Paris, France
Éric Frechon, then executive chef - Funky Gourmet, Athens, Greece
Georgianna Hiliadaki and Nikos Roussos, then chef - Glass Hostaria, Rome, Italy
Cristina Bowerman, then chef - Hiša Franko, Kobarid, Slovenia
Ana Roš, then chef and owner - Hof van Cleve, Kruishoutem, Belgium
Peter Goossens, then chef and owner - The Inn at Little Washington, Washington, Virginia, United States
Patrick O’Connell, then chef - Kadeau Bornholm, Bornholm, Denmark
Nicolai Nørregaard, then chef - Kadeau Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Nicolai Nørregaard, then chef - De Leest, Vaassen, The Netherlands
Jacob Jan Boerma, then chef and owner - De Librije, Zwolle, The Netherlands
Jonnie Boer, then chef - Lung King Heen at Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Chan Yan Tak, then chef - Manresa, Los Gatos, California, United States
David Kinch, then chef and owner - Mezzaluna at Lebua, Bangkok, Thailand
Ryuki Kawasaki, then chef - Momofuku Ko, New York, United States
Sean Gray, then chef de cuisine - Mugaritz, San Sebastián, Spain
Andoni Luis Aduriz, then chef - n/naka, Los Angeles, California, United States
Niki Nakayama, then chef - Ocean restaurant at Vila Vita Parc, Algarve, Portugal
Hans Neuner, then chef - Piazza Duomo, Alba, Italy
Enrico Crippa, then chef - Pineapple and Pearls, Washington, DC, United States
Aaron Silverman, then chef - Restaurant Guy Savoy, Paris, France
Guy Savoy, then chef - Restaurant Martín Berasategui, Lasarte-Oria, Spain
Martin Berasategui, then chef and owner - Rose’s Luxury, Washington, DC, United States
Aaron Silverman, then chef - Saint Pierre, Singapore
Emmanuel Stroobant, then chef - Shoukouwa, Singapore
Emmanuel Stroobant, then chef - The Table, Hamburg, Germany
Kevin Fehling, then chef - Tickets, Barcelona, Spain
Albert Adrià, then chef - T’ang Court at The Langham, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Kwong Wai Keung, then chef - Vendôme at Schloss Bensberg, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Joachim Wissler, then chef - Waku Ghin at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
Tetsuya Wakuda, then chef - The Yeatman, Porto, Portugal
Ricardo Costa, then chef