New York Times
By Florence Fabricant
July 9, 2015
Another
high-profile chef has dropped out of Donald Trump’s forthcoming luxury
hotel in the historic Old Post Office Pavilion in Washington, D.C.,
after Mr. Trump’s provocative
statements about Mexican immigrants.
Geoffrey
Zakarian, the chef and a partner at the Lambs Club and other Manhattan
restaurants, was to open a branch of the National, his brasserie-style
restaurant in Midtown,
in the new hotel. But on Thursday, he said in a written statement that
“the recent statements surrounding Mexican immigrants by Donald Trump do
not in any way align with my personal core values.”
Mr.
Zakarian’s decision to abandon the project, scheduled to open in 2016,
follows that of the chef José Andrés. Mr. Andrés has said that Mr.
Trump’s statements made “it
impossible for my company and I to move forward.” More than half of his
team is Hispanic, as are many of his guests, the chef said. On
Thursday, Mr. Zakarian said, “Zakarian Hospitality employs many
immigrants from nations all over the world.”
Mr.
Andrés is a Spanish chef who became an American citizen in 2013. Mr.
Zakarian and his parents were born in this country; his ancestors
emigrated from Armenia and Poland
about 100 years ago.
Mr.
Trump said in a speech June 16 that some Mexican immigrants bring drugs
and crime to the United States, and some are rapists. On Wednesday, the
Republican National
Committee chairman, Reince Priebus, called Mr. Trump and asked him to
speak in more measured tones.
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