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The French Laundry

8 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 29, 2023 by Thomas Keller · said 45 times in 4 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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brought up most by Guy Raz (24), Thomas Keller (18), Daniel Humm (3)

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May 29, 2023
Insight
Keller: Storing fish upright on ice preserves the quality of its flesh
“So, so the shape of the ice is, Is now affecting the quality of the flesh of the fish. But if you stand it straight up as it swims, there's no pressure on the flesh.”
Thomas Keller May 29, 2023 ▶ 54:14 Chef and Restaurateur: Thomas Keller
May 29, 2023
Disclosure
Keller: An investor offered full funding in exchange for future control
“There was one investor who offered to bankroll me all the way, and I was sitting in the garden at the French Laundry with him at the time, and he said, but I want control over everything that you're doing in your future.”
Thomas Keller May 29, 2023 ▶ 42:44 Chef and Restaurateur: Thomas Keller
May 29, 2023 positive
Opinion
Keller: Laura Cunningham transformed and casualized fine dining service globally
“Laura, you know, has been a significant, significant part of the success of the restaurant, but also in changing the way fine dining restaurants operate and the service that they provide. And that has been to casualize service in fine dining restaurants in Ame…”
Thomas Keller May 29, 2023 ▶ 49:59 Chef and Restaurateur: Thomas Keller
May 29, 2023 positive
Opinion
Keller: Fine dining restaurants should be elite in skill, not elitist
“We run an elite restaurant, but we're not elitist.”
Thomas Keller May 29, 2023 ▶ 1:02:03 Chef and Restaurateur: Thomas Keller
May 29, 2023
Assertion Supported
Keller: Put $5,000 down to buy the $1.2 million French Laundry
“We went into escrow on a 1.2 million dollar property for 5000 dollars.”
Thomas Keller May 29, 2023 ▶ 38:07 Chef and Restaurateur: Thomas Keller
May 29, 2023 positive
Disclosure
Keller: French Laundry Team Opened Bouchon to Provide Late-Night Dining
“We decided the best thing to do was to open a restaurant that was open until midnight.”
Thomas Keller May 29, 2023 ▶ 57:21 Chef and Restaurateur: Thomas Keller
May 29, 2023
Disclosure
The French Laundry refuses to negotiate ingredient prices with its purveyors
“Which means I don't really ask, I call them my partners, my purveyors, how much something costs.”
Thomas Keller May 29, 2023 ▶ 59:04 Chef and Restaurateur: Thomas Keller
May 29, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
The French Laundry and Per Se change their menus every single night
“Every night from that point on, we've changed the menu at French Laundry and Per Se.”
Thomas Keller May 29, 2023 ▶ 47:21 Chef and Restaurateur: Thomas Keller
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