Since 1994 the chef and owner of The French Laundry is Thomas Keller. Sally Schmitt opened The French Laundry in 1978 and designed her menus around local, seasonal ingredients she was a visionary chef and pioneer of California cuisine. The French Laundry is a three-Michelin-star French and Californian cuisine restaurant located in Yountville, California, in the Napa Valley.
