the meal prepared um so we'll leave The French Laundry to the French laund regularly pardon I was asking just how
Cynthia: The question was what are the lessons you've learned from Thomas Keller, and what will you bring from the French Laundry ?
cannot all be the French Laundry on a on a take how many people are in the back of that place putting out that food like
And they do the French Laundry cookbook, they do all of Thomas Keller's cookbooks, so they're a really great publisher, and so I felt really excited that I was
If you went to the French Laundry or Manresa or some other great restaurant and they served you on paper plates, plastic forks, the food would be the same but the presentation would
persevered I found the French Laundry in 1992 and thought this is it this is
service and decide what the menu is going to be for the next day the menu changes every day at the French Laundry
And eventually landed in the French Laundry in 2001.
Which documented many of the techniques and recipes that he developed during his time at the French Laundry and Per Se.
And I just think the Bay Area almost -- outside of the French Laundry and a handful of restaurants
And I walk out with tickets to the French Laundry two weeks later.
We didn't have restaurants then like the French Laundry , and Alinea, and all of these Michelin two and three star restaurants.
There's this really amazing book called "The French Laundry Cookbook" where he has a great section.
restaurants i' had been fired from restaurants The French Laundry was my last hope my last opportunity I felt if
And while he was at the French Laundry , the restaurants were the only one to receive three Michelin stars when the guide first launched in California in 2006.
And I came back to the French Laundry and I've been the Chef de Cuisine there until last summer, July of last summer.
And then also working at the French Laundry , I developed a rapport with a lot of our guests who are in the Bay area.
Tra Vigne did great Italian food for 15 years and the French Laundry does great food that's of a French bend.
for a specific reason other than it's the right thing to do we started a garden at the French laundry over 10
here at Google whether it's a fine dining at The French Laundry whether it's a family style restaurant at ad hoc it's all about product and
And once I did that, once I wrote "The French Laundry Cookbook" with Thomas Keller, I had fundamental knowledge of the culinary fundamentals.
So I got "The French Laundry Cookbook."
And they closed the French Laundry to bring all of the French Laundry staff here from California to New York to open that restaurant.
But my bet is that this is not going to be stacked up with the French Laundry and Eleven Madison Park, which are
One was Per Se, which is the East Coast version of The French Laundry , one is the most expensive restaurant in New York; it's called Masa.
anyways so I moved on eventually found a home uh in Napa The French Laundry and
And when we did -- we actually did a dinner with Alinea and the French Laundry to celebrate
twice a day seven days a week she knows that she's sending her butter to P in The French Laundry she knows we
Cynthia: Good afternoon, we are thrilled today to welcome Chef de Cuisine of the French Laundry .
And so when Cynthia asked me to come down here and talk about my experience at the French Laundry and plans for opening a new restaurant, I'd never heard of this event that you guys
Here I am all of a sudden, and walking into Christopher Kostow's kitchen and to Thomas Keller's place there at the French Laundry .
And she said, oh, my God, I'm working with Thomas Keller at the French Laundry and we're looking for a writer for our cookbook.
Found bacon, spinach and eggs, and the next day, he developed a new dish for the French Laundry .
I spent basically my entire 20's working at the French Laundry .