Claudius Charles Philippe, also known as Philippe of the Waldorf or The Host of the Waldorf, (10 December 1910—24 December 1978[citation needed]) was a British-born French-American restaurateur, catering director, hotelier and businessman, who was the hotel banquet manager of the prestigious Waldorf Astoria New York hotel in the 1940s and 1950s. From 1961 until 1963 he worked as executive vice president of Loews Hotels, and was responsible for the planning and building of six new New York hotels.
Philippe is best remembered for founding the April in Paris Ball at the Waldorf Astoria in 1951, which he ran with Elsa Maxwell until his sacking from the hotel in 1959. The balls were major events in the US socialite calendar, and raised millions of dollars for American and French charities over the 28 years of its existence. His Lucullus Circle dinners also attracted some of the wealthiest businessmen of the day to feast on six to eight course meals. During his career at the Waldorf Astoria it has been estimated that Philippe was responsible for his clients spending $150 million alone on banquets, which led him to be referred to as "one of the truly great men this industry has ever produced" by George Lang.
The suave Philippe led a colorful life, with many lovers including Grace Kelly and Barbara Walters, and three wives. He was investigated for tax evasion in 1958 and admitted guilt one count, for which he was fined the maximum $10,000. He had numerous other business interests and investments, and was responsible for building at least three restaurants, a casino, a theater, and an eighteen-hole golf course in Guadeloupe in the 1960s.
and 12 inches (300 mm) wide, with over eight pages. On 10 May 1965, ClaudePhilippe threw a party for Chevalier off his usual site, this time in the Oscar's...
Anne Claude de Tubières-Grimoard de Pestels de Lévis, comte de Caylus, marquis d'Esternay, baron de Bransac (Anne ClaudePhilippe; 31 October, 1692 – 5...
mistress of Claude's son, Henry II. Claude was crowned Queen of France at St. Denis Basilica on 10 May 1517 by Cardinal Philippe de Luxembourg (also known as...
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promising to bring development and investment to the communities, such as Claude-Philippe Berger, who died in July 2021, who styled himself the "traditional...
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classify and organise subjects encyclopedically like Cesare Ripa and Anne ClaudePhilippe de Caylus's Recueil d'antiquités égyptiennes, étrusques, grècques,...
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dubbed "the world's largest ballroom". Loew's Hotels vice president ClaudePhilippe and actress Barbara Eden attended the hotel's topping out ceremony...
the Waldorf Astoria New York in New York City, it was the idea of ClaudePhilippe, the hotel's banquet manager, who enlisted Elsa Maxwell to help organize...
four times and had three children. Her third husband was restaurateur ClaudePhilippe of the Waldorf Astoria New York, with whom she had a daughter, Claudia...
after four days of filming) 1962: Le Poulet (dir. Claude Berri) 1967: Marie pour mémoire (dir. Philippe Garrel) – associate producer 1968: Oratorio for...
Philippe Jaroussky (French pronunciation: [filip ʒaʁuski]; born 13 February 1978) is a French countertenor. He began his musical career with the violin...
produced fired-enamel paintings on large panes of plate glass for King Louis-Philippe I, an important early French commission in Gothic Revival taste, preceded...
was inaugurated on 11 December 1951 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel by ClaudePhilippe. He created the group as "he felt the city needed a simon-pure, amateur...
Jean Vasca, Henri Gougaud, Georges Moustaki, Marc Ogeret, Avron and ClaudePhilippe Evrard, Bernard Haller, Henri Guybet and Romain Bouteille. In 1964...
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