Thomas Keller

Thomas Keller

Thomas Aloysius Keller is an American chef, restaurateur and cookbook author. He and his Napa Valley restaurant, the French Laundry in Yountville, California, have won multiple awards from the James Beard Foundation, including Best California Chef in 1996 and Best Chef in America in 1997. The restaurant was a perennial winner in the annual Restaurant list of the Top 50 Restaurants of the World; the voting process has since been changed to disallow previous winners from being considered.

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1955 – Present
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Background

Born in
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
Awards
🏆 Eckart Witzigmann Prize

Timeline

  • 1955

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