Thomas Keller Net Worth 2023 – Income, Salary, Career, Bio

Thomas Keller Net Worth is a whopping $150 Million as of 2023. He is a popular American chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author. When it comes to the top chefs in the world the first name that comes to our mind is Thomas Keller. He is the founder of several famous restaurants all around the country one of his restaurant’s landmarks Napa Valley has won numerous awards.

According to the famous Restaurant Magazine’s report, his Napa Valley restaurant was included on the list of Top 50 Restaurants of the World. Over time, Thomas Keller has received so many industry awards throughout his careers, such as being selected as Best California Chef in 1996 and the Best Chef in America in 1997.

In 2005, Thomas found himself as the only chef who has been awarded three-star Michelin ratings for 2 different restaurants. So let us quickly talk about the total Net Worth of Chef Thomas Keller his source of income, earnings, assets, luxury lifestyle, career, biography, love life, and more.

Net Worth 2023

Early Life

Thomas Aloysius Keller was born on the 14th of October 1995, in Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. His parents got divorced when he was just a young boy, and after that Thomas moved to Palm Beach, Florida along with his family. Keller started working as a dishwasher in the Palm Beach restaurant where his mother was a restaurateur.

Keller’s mother thought him the fundamentals of cooking and soon after he established his culinary skills. Then he worked as a cook in Rhode Island and soon started learning French cooking.

After that, Thomas was employed as a cook at a minor French restaurant named La Rive in New York. Due to his incredible abilities, he moved to Paris for better opportunities and has worked in several Michelin-starred restaurants.

Career

Thomas Keller took his passion more seriously and began working at many restaurants all over the country. In coming back to America, he got offered as chef de cuisine from the La Reserve in New York.

After spending three years, in 1987, Thomas Keller came up with his first french restaurant named, Rakel, in New York City. This restaurant came to the spotlight when the famous magazine New York Times gave it a two-star review.

He has served as a consultant and chef positions at the Checkers Hotel in Los Angeles. In 1994, Thomas bought a restaurant, ”The French Laundry” which later won multiple awards including 5 stars from the Mobile Guide, James Beard Foundation, and more. After getting huge success, in 1998, Keller and his brother opened a new restaurant Bouchon.

Later he opened several restaurants including, Per Se restaurant in the Time Warner Center complex in New York in 2004, a family-style dinner restaurant Ad Hoc in Yountville, and many more. Apart from that, Keller also opened his olive oil company named EVO, Inc, in 1992. He became the president of the Bocuse d’Or U.S.A. team and helps in training the candidates.

His former French Laundry Chef de Cuisine Timothy Hollingsworth represented the US in the 2009 world finals under Keller’s supervision.

Despite all of this, Thomas Keller is also an author and polished multiple cooking books, such as The French Laundry Cookbook in 1999, The Bouchon Cookbook in 2004, The Food Lover’s Companion to the Napa Valley, Ad Hoc at Home, and Bouchon Bakery, Under Pressure: Cooking Sous Vide, etc.

Awards

Thomas has received numerous accolades and awards in his career. From 1996 to 1997 he won the Best American Chef award and then was named the Best Chef Award by Bon Appétit Magazine. In the year 2000, Keller’s restaurant was selected as the Top Restaurant for Food by Wine Spectator Magazine.

In the very next year, the famous Time Magazine announced that Thomas is the Best Chef in America. In 2011, Restaurant Magazine has given the Lifetime Achievement Award to him, and was given the Chevalier in the French Legion of Honor. In 2014, Thomas has won the Golden Plate Award for the American Academy of Achievement.

Personal Life

Thomas Keller is in a relationship with his longtime girlfriend named Laura Cunningham. Laura has served as Assistant Director of Service Opportunities and Resident Director for 6 years at Houghton College.

Laura is also a former hospitality manager at The French Laundry. The couple has been dating for a long time but they never married. In April 2009, Thomas and Laura got engaged and it seems the couple will soon tie knot.

Biography

Thomas Keller Net Worth

According to the reports of some sites, Chef Thomas Keller’s Net Worth is $150 Million as of 2023. He is the fifth richest chef in the world and made a huge fortune via his successful career as a restaurateur.

The major source of his revenue comes from being the owner of numerous restaurants in which he earns a vast chunk of money. Keller has 7 Michelin stars, 3 at The French Laundry, 3 at Per Se, and 1 at Bouchon. 

The big source of his income comes from cookbooks, such as Keller has published so many best-selling books which sold millions of copies all over the globe. Thomas Keller’s annual income is approximately $94 Million.

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