Hubert Keller is a noted French chef, who is known for his signature restaurants, Fleur de Lys in Las Vegas and San Francisco.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Awards 3 Appearances 4 Books and publications 5 Personal 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Biography

Keller was born in Alsace, France, and graduated from the École Hoteliere in Strasbourg. Beginning as a pastry chef, he worked in various restaurants including Auberge de L'Ill, the cruise liner Mermoz, Domaine de Chateauneuf, and Moulin de Mougins in France, and La Cuisine du Soleil in São Paulo, Brazil. He trained under Paul Haeberlin (chef), Paul Bocuse, and Roger Verge before coming to San Francisco in 1982 to revitalize the now-defunct Sutter 500.^[1].

In 1986 he became co-owner and executive chef of the original Fleur de Lys in San Francisco. He later opened a gourmet Burger Bar in Las Vegas, Nevada, which features a $60 "Rossini Burger" made of American Kobe beef, sautéed foie gras, and shaved truffles. Shortly thereafter he opened a second Fleur de Lys, at Mandalay Bay. He was the consulting chef at the Club XIX, at the Lodge in Pebble Beach in Pebble Beach, California. ^[2]. He is the author of The Cuisine of Hubert Keller and is the co-author of Dr. Dean Ornish's Eat More, Weigh Less. Keller was the first guest chef with Jean-Marc Fullsack to cook a dinner for a president (Clinton) in White House history and to train the White House chef in healthy cooking with the guidance of Jean-Marc Fullsack.

[edit] Awards

In 1988 Hubert Keller was ranked as one of the "10 best new chefs in America" by Food & Wine Magazine^[3]. In 1997 he won the James Beard Foundation/Perrier-Jouët award for America's Best Chef in California.^[4] Keller also received the James Beard Foundation's Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America lifetime achievement designation in 2003. ^[5] In 2006, Keller was named the best culinary ponytail award winner, according to Men's Hair magazine. Fleur de Lys has been ranked as one of the top 40 restaurants in the United States in 2004, 2005, and 2006 by Gayot restaurant guide^[6], and was awarded one Michelin star in 2006. Fleur de Lys has also been ranked as one of the top 25 restaurants in the United States by Food & Wine magazine.^[7]

[edit] Appearances

Keller starred in Secrets of a Chef, a cooking show on American public television network PBS.^[8] He placed third (behind winner Rick Bayless and runner-up Michael Chiarello) in Top Chef Masters, Bravo's 2009 cooking reality competition, and designated that any winnings would be donated to Make-A-Wish Foundation. He won the first competition round, in the process using a dorm room shower to cool pasta.^[9] Previously, he appeared three times as a guest judge on the Top Chef in the series premiere and the finales of Season 1, Season 2, and Season 5. In 2008 he was invited in the First Annual Food and Wine Exhibition in Monterey, California, and returned again in the 2nd Annual Exhibition in 2009

[edit] Books and publications

• Hubert Keller, Penelope Wisner (April 2009). Burger Bar: Build Your Own Ultimate Burgers. ISBN 978-0-470-18767-8. 

[edit] Personal

Keller is also an accomplished DJ.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Hubert Keller's Official Website
• Q&A with "Top Chef Master" Hubert Keller