French Laundry
6640 Washington Street
Yountville, California
Tel: 707.944.2380
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  • A Relais & Châteaux property.
  • Thomas Keller Restaurant Group
(1978 - )
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Years Name Position  
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2006 Eric Haugen Apprentice
2000 René Redzepi Apprentice
2005 Brandon Olsen Apprentice/Commis
2004 Ben Hasty Apprentice/Commis
2002 - 2003 Gabriel Ask Apprentice/Commis
2011 - 2013 Robbie Nowlin Butcher
Chef de Partie
1994 - Present Thomas Keller Chef & Owner
2013 - Present David Breeden Chef de Cuisine
2009 - 2013 Timothy Hollingsworth Chef de Cuisine
2005 - 2009 Corey Lee Chef de Cuisine
1996 - 2004 Eric Ziebold Chef de Cuisine
Sous Chef
Chef de Partie
2019 Rasika Venkatesa Chef de Partie
2010 - 2013 Jarrod Huth Chef de Partie
2009 - 2010 Henry Zamora Chef de Partie
2008 - 2009 Patrick Fahy Chef de Partie
2007 - 2008 Ryan Jette Chef de Partie
2007 - 2008 Louis Maldonado Chef de Partie
2006 Fabien Beaufour Chef de Partie
2006 - 2008 Scott Nishiyama Chef de Partie
2005 - 2007 David Breeden Chef de Partie
2005 - 2006 John Marquez Chef de Partie
2005 - 2008 Anthony Secviar Chef de Partie
2004 - 2009 Mark Bodinet Chef de Partie
2004 - 2005 Dennis Peckham Chef de Partie
2000 - 2005 Rachael Harriman Chef de Partie
2000 - 2003 Corey Lee Chef de Partie
2000 - 2002 Clayton Miller Chef de Partie
1999 Rob Belcham Chef de Partie
  -- Richard Blais Chef de Partie
1996 - 1998 Josh Thomsen Chef de Partie
2004 - 2005 John Maher Chef de Poisson
Commis
2017 Thomas Burke Commis
2011 - Present Elwyn Boyles Executive Pastry Chef
2011 - Present Devin Knell
Offsite Events
Executive Sous Chef
2011 - 2013 Philip Tessier Executive Sous Chef
1999 - 2011 Devin Knell Executive Sous Chef
2005 - 2009 Claire Clark Head Pastry Chef
2004 - 2012 Courtney Schmidig Head Pastry Chef
Pantry Chef
Pastry Cook
2004 - 2008 Walter Abrams Line Chef
Chef de Partie
  -- Christopher Kearse Line Cook
2004 - 2010 Jonathan Mizukami Line Cook
  -- David Carrier Line Cook
[1998] Stephen Durfee Pasta Chef
2014 - 2015 Patrick Fahy Pastry Chef
2012 - 2014 Milton Abel Pastry Chef
  -- Hsing Chen Pastry Chef
2004 - 2005 Francisco Migoya Pastry Chef
2010 - 2011 Devin McDavid Pastry Chef de Partie
1995 - 1998 Joshua Schwartz Pastry Kitchen Manager
Saucier
Garde Manger
2006 - 2007 Ron Mendoza Pastry Sous Chef
1997 - 1998 Shuna Lydon Pastry Sous Chef
2011 Bernice Tzong Pastry Stagiaire
2010 - Present Russell Karath Pastry Stagiaire
1999 - 2000 Pano I. Karatassos Saucier
2011 - 2013 Mathew Peters Sous Chef
2011 - Present Michael Wallace Sous Chef
2010 - 2014 Jonathan Mizukami Sous Chef
2008 - 2011 Walter Abrams Sous Chef
2008 - 2011 Anthony Secviar Sous Chef
2006 - 2011 Nai Kang Kuan Sous Chef
Line Cook
Commis
2005 - 2008 Jason Berthold Sous Chef
2003 - 2004 Corey Lee Sous Chef
2002 - 2009 Timothy Hollingsworth Sous Chef
Commis
1997 - 2001 Grant Achatz Sous Chef
1997 - 2000 Lisa Nakamura Sous Chef
1994 - 1995 Ron Siegel Sous Chef
  -- Gregory Short Sous Chef
Chef de Partie
2024 Daniel Bugden Stagiaire
2023 Daniel Bugden Stagiaire
2019 Stephan Bogardus Stagiaire
2009 - 2010 Jarrod Huth Stagiaire
2009 Robbie Nowlin Stagiaire
2008 Jeffrey Stoneberger Stagiaire
2007 Brandon Brumback Stagiaire
2007 Moe Mathieu Stagiaire
2006 Jacqueline Blanchard Stagiaire
2005 Jeffrey Finkelstein Stagiaire
2005 Rex Manalo Stagiaire
2005 - 2006 Frank Mnuk Stagiaire
2004 Doug Psaltis Stagiaire
2002 Kyle Connaughton Stagiaire
2002 Curtis Duffy Stagiaire
2002 Kent Van Dyk Stagiaire
2001 Karen Nicolas Stagiaire
2000 Deron Engbers Stagiaire
  -- Bobby Duncan Stagiaire
  -- Justin Leboe Stagiaire
Front of the House
Years Name Position  
2010 - Present Martin Repicky Assistant General Manager
1994 - 1995 Laura Cunningham Assistant Manager
2013 - 2014 Erik Johnson Assistant Sommelier
1978 - 1994 Don Schmitt Co-owner/Partner
1978 - 1994 Sally Schmitt Co-owner/Partner
Founding Chef
2005 - 2012 Nicolas Fanucci General Manager
2000 - 2006 Laura Cunningham General Manager
2014 - Present Erik Johnson Head Sommelier
2005 - 2014 Dennis Kelly Head Sommelier
2003 - 2006 Jesse Rodriguez Head Sommelier
2000 - 2003 Bobby Stuckey Head Sommelier
1995 - 2000 Laura Cunningham Manager
2013 - Present Oscar De La Villa Jr Sommelier
Cigar Curator
2011 - 2013 Desmond Echavarrie Sommelier
2010 - Present Matthew Stamp Sommelier
2008 - 2012 Christopher M. Hoel Sommelier
2006 - 2008 Michael Ireland Sommelier
2004 - 2007 Michael Scaffidi Sommelier
2003 - 2004 Andre Mack Sommelier
1998 - 2003 Keith Fergel Sommelier
2009 Erik Johnson Sommelier Intern
2004 - 2005 Amanda Reade Wine Assistant
2003 - 2008 Paul Roberts Wine Director
Last updated: 2025-02-25

 
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  • 'Oysters and Pearls'

 
  • The French Laundry is so named as it is located on the site of a former steam laundry operated by a French couple.

 

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