French Laundry
Back in December I did a shoot for Wine Spectator magazine, photographing French Laundry’s owner and chef Thomas Keller. Unfortunately we didn’t get to eat at French Laundry while we were there since it was early in the morning, but they did provide us with some of the best pastries I’ve ever had in my life. And, the gift bag they gave us full of freshly made desserts was gone within minutes of arriving home.
As often happens, the magazine didn’t choose any of the pictures I actually liked. I don’t have the entire article, but here is the opener:
This is another image they used in the article:
And, a couple more of my favorites from the shoot that didn’t get used:
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Great shots — I got to work with chef Keller once and it was an incredible experience.
Did you get to talk with him much?
Andrew,
Thomas was a man of few words. I tried to engage him in conversation but he didn’t say much. His assistant was there and he was pretty much talking to her the entire time. I could tell he did not want to be there.
Frankly I was surprised I got as much time with him as I did, although we did run short because of a meeting he had to get to.
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Wow, so cool. It’s my dream to go there and eat one day! I’ve been to Per Se in NYC and it was nothing short of amazing. So wonderful that you had the opportunity to photographer TK and FL!
Hi Jeff,
I really enjoyed this shoot from you. I love the outtakes they didn’t pick, especially the one with Keller looking to his left!
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