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Exclusive Update: The Chef Who Shocked the Culinary World and Why He’s Changing Course Again—Daniel Humm of Eleven Madison Park
- ▶ 38:39 Daniel Humm Like, the amount of people who have come through EMP, or through the French laundry, or to Single Threat, or through any of these great restaurants, it is tremendous.
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Chef and Restaurateur: Thomas Keller
- ▶ 2:35 Guy Raz I'm Guy Raz, and on the show today, how Thomas Keller's love of food and obsession with detail helped him build a business that includes two of the best restaurants in the world, Per Se and the French Laundry. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 33:07 Guy Raz When we come back in just a moment, Thomas struggles for nearly a year and a half to pull together the money to buy the French Laundry, the restaurant that would change everything for him.
- ▶ 35:29 Guy Raz Called the French Laundry, and that the owners were looking to sell it. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 41:50 Thomas Keller These two gentlemen both owned wineries, both came from financial background, and I gave each one of them a copy of this brief, right, would explain the French laundry, my vision, how much it was going to cost. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 45:09 Guy Raz So May first, 1994, you had raised, uh, 1.2 million dollars, the money you needed to buy the French laundry. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 49:15 Thomas Keller You know, she spent significant amount of time at the French Laundry as a young girl. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 53:04 Guy Raz So, by 1995, just a year after it opens, the French Laundry is getting rave reviews, and Thomas is able to raise the money to build a new kitchen. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 56:40 Thomas Keller Well, okay, so we opened the French Laundry. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 58:03 Guy Raz Was there any, I mean, obviously, not everybody can eat a French Laundry. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:03:23 Guy Raz So, 2003 French Laundries named the best restaurant in the world by the world's 50 best restaurant list, and that's a controversial list, but still it means something. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:08:58 Thomas Keller So the French laundry, I don't know if it can ever really be sold to somebody. 6 times in the scene
Eleven Madison Park: Daniel Humm
- ▶ 22:53 Daniel Humm I want you to meet Alice Waters, and we're going to eat at the French Laundry, and we're going to go to the farmer's market in the Ferry Building. 2 times in the scene