Eric Ripert's Wife 'Parties Every Night' Without Him. And That's Fine by Him: 'We Are Opposites'

Eric Ripert's Wife 'Parties Every Night' Without Him. And That's Fine by Him: 'We Are Opposites'

"She's a ball of pure positive energy," the chef tells PEOPLE of his wife, Sandra, whom he married in 1998Craig Barritt/Getty Eric and Sandra RipertEric Ripert is in the kitchen at his three-Michelin star French restaurant Le Bernardin from Monday through Friday. On weekends, you can often find him at the also-French, but far-less fancy New York restaurant, Balthazar.The celebrity chef and his wife of 26 years, Sandra Ripert, have been dining th…