Hubert Keller Biography
Hubert Keller is a well-known French chef best recognized for his Fleur de Lys restaurants in San Francisco and Las Vegas.
How old is Hubert Keller? – Age
He is 69 years old as of 2023. He was born in 1954 in Alsace, France.
Hubert Keller Parents – Education
He was born to Henri Keller and Yvonne Keller. Keller was born in Alsace, France, and attended Strasbourg’s École Hoteliere.
Hubert Keller Wife
He is married to Chantal Keller.
Hubert Keller Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $3 Million.
Hubert Keller Top Chef
He finished third in Top Chef Masters, Bravo’s 2009 cooking reality show, behind winner Rick Bayless and runner-up Michael Chiarello, and said that any prizes will be donated to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. He appeared as a guest judge on Top Chef three times, in the series premiere, Season 1, Season 2, and Season 5. In Season 13, he judged a contest at his now-closed San Francisco eatery Fleur de Lys.
Top Chef is a Bravo reality competition television series that debuted in March 2006. Chefs compete in culinary challenges, which are judged by a panel of professional chefs and industry luminaries. Top Chef Masters, Top Chef: Just Desserts, Top Chef Junior, Top Chef Amateurs, and Top Chef Family Style are all spin-offs from the show, which is produced by Magical Elves Productions. There have also been Spanish-language spin-offs such as Top Chef Estrellas and Top Chef VIP. Top Chef: World All-Stars, the show’s twentieth season, ran from March to June 2023 and has been renewed for a twenty-first season.
Hubert Keller Career
He started out as a pastry chef and worked in a number of restaurants, including Auberge de L’Ill, the cruise ship Mermoz, Domaine de Chateauneuf, Moulin de Mougins, and Domaine de Chateauneuf in France. In Brazil, he worked at La Cuisine du Soleil in So Paulo. Before moving to San Francisco in 1982 to revive the now-defunct Sutter 500, he underwent training with Paul Haeberlin, Paul Bocuse, and Roger Vergé.
He became co-owner and executive chef of the original San Francisco Fleur de Lys in 1986. Later, he opened a gourmet Burger Bar in Las Vegas, Nevada. The menu includes a $60 “Rossini Burger” with sautéed foie gras, shaved truffles, and American Kobe beef. He opened a second Fleur de Lys shortly thereafter at Mandalay Bay. Cook Keller likewise opened a French-impacted steakhouse in Midtown St. Louis called Smooth, which is viewed as the best steak house in St. Louis.
He worked as the consulting chef at the Lodge in Pebble Beach, California, Club XIX. He is the author of The Cuisine of Hubert Keller and co-authored Eat More, Weigh Less by Dr. Dean Ornish. Keller was the first guest chef with Jean-Marc Fullsack to prepare a meal for a president (Clinton) and instruct the White House chef in healthy cooking under Fullsack’s direction.
