Thomas Keller
Thomas Keller
Thomas Kelleris an American chef, restaurateur, and cookbook writer. He and his landmark Napa Valley restaurant, The French Laundry in Yountville, California, have won multiple awards from the James Beard Foundation, notably the Best California Chef in 1996, and the Best Chef in America in 1997. The restaurant is a perennial winner in the annual Restaurant Magazine list of the Top 50 Restaurants of the World...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChef
Date of Birth14 October 1955
CityPendleton, CA
CountryUnited States of America
For me, that's one of the important things about cooking. What was good enough yesterday may not be good enough today.
Well, it took me twenty-seven years, as long as I've been cooking.
We realized the imbalance of earnings and that a change needed to occur in order to provide everyone in the restaurant an opportunity to pursue their dreams,
This has suddenly become the thing that everybody wants.
And it just becomes like a little rack of lamb, ... A rack of rabbit.
The final menu is printed at four o'clock. Up until that point, we can make changes.
When I go out to eat, it's usually something moderate in style.
I didnt want to be encumbered by what anyone elses abilities were, their equipment or environment or their ability to get certain products.
My favorite wines are Zinfandels.
I think every young cook wants to write a book.
The book is there for inspiration and as a foundation, the fundamentals on which to build.
My childhood wasn't full of wonderful culinary memories.
Historically in restaurants, the service staff is awarded significantly higher wages than cooks and other staff who prepare the food on which a restaurant's reputation is based. The gap in pay is so great that it is becoming increasingly difficult for young cooks to pursue their passion at the rate of pay restaurants are able to afford.
I wanted to write about what we were doing at the French Laundry, the recipes and the stories.