Thomas Keller Uncorked in Insightful New Documentary Film

Friday, September 23 through Sunday, September 25 KCET TV in Los Angeles will air a new documentary film entitled Thomas Killer: Uncorked.

Correspondent Michael Okwu follows Keller from his award-winning Bouchon Restaurant in Beverly Hills to The French Laundry, Keller’s original fame-making Napa Valley restaurant.

Along the way you’ll see why Keller has won so many multiple awards from the James Beard Foundation (among a long list of others) as well as high praise for almost every international food critic visiting his two legendary restaurants in California.

Key to his success is his respect for every staff member (he knows them all by name) as well as an appreciation for each ingredient and product in his kitchens. (Be sure to check out how and why he stores fish in a certain way).

The film also includes glimpses of his home kitchen, the perfect reflection of a very busy professional chef as well as many childhood images that document his amazing career path.

All in all, a not to be missed film that captures the heart of the industry as well as its everyday creative pulse.

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