The Chefs

As the chef-owner of The French Laundry and per se, I get most of the attention. I’d like to focus attention here on the three chefs who lead these two restaurants in their daily work.

Jonathan Benno, a 1993 graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, arrived at The French Laundry in 1995 as we were making some definitive changes with the new kitchen. His ideas were instrumental in how we decided the kitchen would run. Jonathan then left to work at Restaurant Daniel and, under my old friend Tom Colicchio, at Gramercy Tavern, before returning in 2002.