"A typical day started with vacuuming the iconic Napa Valley restaurant before turning to "The Perry Prep List": roasting bell peppers, cutting baguettes for crostini, zesting citrus, picking and chopping Italian parsley. It was the late 1980s and his grandparents, Don and Sally Schmitt, still owned the French Laundry, which they founded in Yountville in 1978. "She had a crazy amount of trust," Hoffman said of the tasks his grandmother gave him at such a young age. "It hooked me. I loved it.""
"He wound up cooking in a Napa restaurant during high school, and, upon graduating, headed to his uncle Johnny's Boonville Hotel and Restaurant, a modern roadhouse set on 4 idyllic acres in Mendocino County. In 2009, at age 25, while helming Domaine Chandon's Étoile in Napa, he became the youngest chef in the U.S. to garner a Michelin star. The next year, the San Francisco Chronicle named him a Rising Star Chef."
"Fast forward to 2019: Nearly two decades after his initial stint at the Boonville Hotel, Hoffman returned. Today, he is the executive chef at the hotel restaurant, known for seasonally driven cuisine with California and French influences. And earlier this year, just across the street in this tiny town of 985, he officially launched Offspring, a pizza and pasta joint."
Perry Hoffman started working at the French Laundry at age five, performing tasks such as vacuuming, roasting bell peppers, cutting baguettes, zesting citrus, and chopping parsley. His grandparents, Don and Sally Schmitt, owned the French Laundry, which they founded in Yountville in 1978. Hoffman cooked in Napa during high school and later worked at his uncle Johnny's Boonville Hotel and Restaurant in Mendocino County. In 2009, at age 25, he earned a Michelin star while leading Domaine Chandon's Étoile in Napa. He received further recognition from the San Francisco Chronicle and Food & Wine. Hoffman returned to Boonville as executive chef and opened Offspring, a pizza and pasta restaurant.
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