They discovered that they had both worked for legendary chefs in France -LRB- Mr. Falcinelli for Andre Daguin , Mr. Castronovo for Paul Bocuse -RRB- and had cooked in well-known New York restaurants -LRB- River Cafe and Moomba in Mr. Falcinelli 's case ; Bouley and Jean-Claude in Mr. Castronovo 's -RRB- .