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The Chestnut Room
Aline Sullivan
06/01/2004
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Privacy
has its place in Greenwich, home to one of the largest concentrations of hedge
funds in the world, as well as an increasing number of bankers, lawyers and
other executives who work locally. Long famous as one of the wealthiest suburbs
in the United States, Greenwich is also now a commuting destination, and home to
a fair number of celebrities, such as Mel Gibson, who work as and when they
choose.
 Theresa Henkelmann and her husband, Thomas, who is the chef of
the restaurant that bears his name, own the two properties. The restaurant is
Thomas’ first taste of ownership after a career that began in his German home in
the Black Forest and included the Auberge de l’Ill in Alsace and Auberge in
Munich, both of which have three Michelin stars. He was then the head chef of
Maurice at Le Parker Meridien in New York. Theresa describes her husband’s
American debut in 1989 as he attempted to manage the staff knowing hardly a word
of English: “He just kept repeating the only phrase he knew—the one from the
Nike ad—Just do it.”
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