Venues/Per Se/Alumni

The Per Se lineage

26 cooks, chefs, and hospitality professionals came through Per Se in New York, United States and went on to kitchens like French Laundry, Maroon, SAHARA Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Tonka. This is the Per Se lineage — who trained here, and where they are now. Each profile links to a full career history; reach them through Guild's private relay.

26 alumni

Thomas Keller
Books, MasterClass · 1980–now
Chad Palagi
Chef de Cuisine · now
Marcus Jernmark
Cook / Chef · 2014–2014
Kwame Onwuachi
Extern / Cook · 2012–2012
Keller Dawson
Stagiaire · 2010–2019
Michael Fasullo
Pastry Chef · 2009–2017
Adam D'Sylva
Chef · 2008–2008
Najat Kaanache
Apprentice / stagiaire in kitchen · 2008–2010
Clare Smyth
Stagiaire · 2005–2005
Edouardo Jordan
Cook · 2005–2006
James Knappett
chef · 2005
Core by Clare Smyth
Stagiaire · 2005–2005
Rachel Yang
Cook · 2004–2005
Jeremiah Bacon
Member of the Opening Crew / Staff · 2004
Eric Ziebold
Opening team member assisting Thomas Keller in opening the restaurant · 2004–2004
Timothy Hollingsworth
Opening Team Member · 2004–2004
Roberto Solís
Stagiaire/trainee in the kitchen · 2004–2004
Jordan Kahn
Opening pastry team member · 2003–2004
Corey Lee
Chef · 2000–2009
Ivan Brehm
2000–2005
Prateek Sadhu
cook/chef
Daniel Calvert
Chef
Sandia Chang
Kitchen runner / kitchen server
Devin Knell
Opening Team Cook
Matt Accarrino
Opening Management Team Member
Matt Orlando
Sous chef

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