Remembering Sally Schmitt in "The Best Chef in the World"

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Thom Powers
Documentary of the Week | Nov 4, 2022

"The Best Chef in the World" profiles Sally Schmitt, founder of the legendary restaurant The French Laundry. Oscar-winning filmmaker Ben Proudfoot captures her history as a trail blazer when it was rare for a woman to run a restaurant.

 

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