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Thomas Keller

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Object Details

Artist

Annie Leibovitz, born 2 Oct 1949

Sitter

Thomas Keller, born 14 Oct 1955

Exhibition Label

Thomas Keller is an award-winning chef, cookbook author and entrepreneur known not only for his acclaimed restaurants but also for his encouragement of young chefs. Trained in both the United States and France, Keller opened his first restaurant in 1987 before founding the centerpiece of his culinary empire, the French Laundry, in 1994. The Yountville, California, dining destination and his New York venture Per Se have both received three stars from Michelin’s prestigious restaurant guide. Keller has now stepped away from the kitchen to run his burgeoning restaurant group. He is also president of the United States team for the elite Bocuse d’Or French cooking competition.
To mark Keller’s twentieth anniversary with the French Laundry, Annie Leibovitz photographed the chef in the restaurant’s culinary garden. This portrait was published in Vanity Fair’s August 2014 issue, accompanied by a glowing tribute to Keller by “culinary comrade-in-arms” Alice Waters.
Thomas Keller es un galardonado chef, autor de libros de cocina y empresario, conocido no solo por sus elogiados restaurantes, sino también por estimular a los chefs jóvenes. Se educó en Estados Unidos y Francia, y abrió su primer restaurante en 1987 antes de fundar el punto central de su imperio culinario, The French Laundry, en 1994. Tanto este destino gastronómico en Yountville, California, como su establecimiento en Nueva York, Per Se, han recibido tres estrellas de la prestigiosa guía de restaurantes Michelin. Keller ahora ha dejado la cocina para administrar su próspero grupo de restaurantes. También es presidente del equipo de Estados Unidos para el prestigioso concurso culinario francés Bocuse d’Or.
Para conmemorar el vigésimo aniversario de Keller con The French Laundry, Annie Leibovitz lo fotografió en el huerto del restaurante. Este retrato se publicó en la edición de agosto de 2014 de la revista Vanity Fair, acompañado de un tributo jubiloso a Keller por su “camarada culinaria”, Alice Waters.

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired through the generosity of Shelby and Frederick Gans

Date

2014 (printed 2015)

Object number

C/NPG.2015.104

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

© 2014 Annie Leibovitz

Type

Photograph

Medium

Archival pigment print

Dimensions

Image: 66.1 × 66.3 cm (26 × 26 1/8")
Sheet: 77.7 × 77.9 cm (30 9/16 × 30 11/16")
Frame: 92.1 × 92.1 × 3.8 cm (36 1/4 × 36 1/4 × 1 1/2")
Mat: 91.4 × 91.4 cm (36 × 36")

Place

United States\California\Napa\Yountville

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Costume\Apron
Exterior\Landscape
Costume\Jewelry\Watch
Exterior\Garden
Nature & Environment\Animal\Chicken
Architecture\Building\Shed
Thomas Keller: Male
Thomas Keller: Business and Finance\Tradesman\Culinary Arts\Chef
Portrait

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4c6046837-2589-4abd-a87e-1880c4d52398

Record ID

npg_C_NPG.2015.104

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