Are the French Laundry and Per Se Still Worth a Splurge? We Went Back to See. As Thomas Keller’s most influential restaurants hit major birthdays, the cost and the demand have risen.

"The French Laundry, Per Se," the newest book from chef Thomas Keller, is co-authored by David Breeden, Cory Chow and Elwyn Bolyes.

According to The French Laundry's Chef de Cuisine Timothy Hollingsworth when Keller opened Per Se in 2004, making a carbon copy of The French Laundry wasn't the goal.

Thomas Keller just spent $10 million to upgrade his famed Napa Valley restaurant, the French Laundry.

French Laundry chef de cuisine Timothy Hollingsworth is leaving the restaurant, according to Thomas Keller Restaurant Group. Hollingsworth will be replaced by Per Se executive sous chef David Breeden.

Photo of Laura Cunningham who runs the dining room at the French Laundry in Yountville and Per Se in New York and is life partner to chef Thomas Keller. Photo was taken at the French Laundry.

Thomas Keller's Per Se in New York and The French Laundry in Napa Valley, two of America’s most expensive and best-reviewed restaurants, will join the small but growing ranks of culinary ...

David Breeden, currently the executive sous-chef at Per Se, will take his place. The two chefs, who are chums, will work the line together at the French Laundry until next spring.

It also includes the famed videoconferencing system that connects the NYC restaurant to The French Laundry in California. Ostensibly designed so “both restaurants can see what the others are ...

A former employee of celebrated chef Thomas Keller is suing him and his three-star Michelin restaurants — Per Se in New York and the French Laundry in California — for discrimination, saying ...