French Laundry Chef Again Scolds Bay Area Town over Affordable Housing Project

From Michelin to moaning: Napa chef blasts affordable housing effort

Plans to build workforce housing in Napa Valley’s Yountville are running into resistance from Thomas Keller.

How to kill affordable housing: review it forever

Celebrity chef Thomas Keller showed up at a town council meeting in Yountville, California, this week to insist he supports affordable housing… just not this plan, and not this design, and not this budget, and not without yet another, and another, and another round of meetings, surveys, and revisions. — Read the rest The post How to kill affordable housing: review it forever appeared first on Boing Boing.

French Laundry chef again scolds Bay Area town over affordable housing project

"I have reached out to every one of you; none of you has reached out to me."

Napa Michelin-star chef blasts affordable housing effort - Dining and Cooking

Plans to build workforce housing in one of Napa Valley’s most exclusive towns are running into resistance from a local dining scene powerhouse. Thomas Keller, the well-known chef behind Yountville’s French Laundry, is asking town officials to pause a proposed housing project for local workers located just two blocks from his restaurant. Thomas Keller is [...]