Awards & Winners

Thomas Keller

Date of Birth 14-October-1955
Place of Birth Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
(San Diego County, 92054)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Chef Thomas Keller
Profession Chef, Actor, Restaurateur, Voice Actor, Author
Thomas Keller 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 for his restaurant Per Se, and in 2006, he was awarded three stars in the inaugural Michelin Guide to the 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.

Awards by Thomas Keller

Check all the awards nominated and won by Thomas Keller.

2013


Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
James Beard Award for Baking and Dessert Bouchon Bakery

2011


James Beard Award for Outstanding Service
Honored for : Per Se

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
James Beard Award for Outstanding Service Per Se

2010


James Beard Award for General Cooking
Honored for : Ad Hoc at Home

Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
James Beard Award for General Cooking Ad Hoc at Home

2009


Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
James Beard Award for Cooking from a Professional Point of View Under Pressure: Cooking Sous Vide

2007


James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurateur
Honored for : French Laundry

Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurateur French Laundry

2006


James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurant
Honored for : French Laundry

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurant French Laundry

2005


James Beard Award for Photography
Honored for : Bouchon
James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant
Honored for : Per Se

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant Per Se
James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurateur French Laundry
James Beard Award for Cooking from a Professional Point of View Bouchon
James Beard Award for Photography Bouchon

2003


James Beard Award for Outstanding Service
Honored for : French Laundry

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
James Beard Award for Outstanding Service French Laundry

2001


James Beard Award for Outstanding Wine Program
Honored for : French Laundry

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
James Beard Award for Outstanding Wine Program French Laundry
James Beard Award for Newspaper Column
Name of Article: \"The Best Part of Fish: Skin\", \"Chill Out! Four Simple Steps to Perfect Soup\" & \"Custard in a New Light\"

2000


James Beard Foundation Award for Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
James Beard Award for Photography
James Beard Foundation Award for Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America
James Beard Award for Chefs and Restaurants The French Laundry Cookbook

1997


James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Chef
Honored for : French Laundry
(Yountville)

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Chef French Laundry

1996


James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef: Pacific
Honored for : French Laundry

Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef: Pacific French Laundry

1995


Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef: Pacific French Laundry
James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant French Laundry