Thomas Keller, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Thomas Keller

American chef, restaurateur, and cookbook writer

Date of Birth: 14-Oct-1955

Place of Birth: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, United States

Profession: restaurateur, chef, non-fiction writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Thomas Keller (born October 14, 1955) is 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.In 2005, he was awarded the three star rating in the inaugural Michelin Guide for New York City for his restaurant Per Se, and in 2006, he was awarded three stars in the inaugural Michelin Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area for The French Laundry.
He is the only American chef to have been awarded simultaneous three star Michelin ratings for two different restaurants.
He currently holds seven Michelin stars total: three at Per Se, three at The French Laundry, and one at Bouchon.