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
And it just becomes like a little rack of lamb, ... A rack of rabbit.
Your idea of that dish has evolved, and if you're a cook, you can start thinking in different ways about it, maybe even a different way than I think about it.
No, it's funny, when I eat out it's not typically in the kind of restaurants people might imagine.
I hope the cooks who are working for me now are getting that kind of experience so they can use what they're learning now as a foundation for a great career.
It's nice to have the restaurants close by. It makes them easier to control and keep an eye on.
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.
I like to drink young wines, wines which are robust and have a lot of forward fruit to them.