The Best Chef in the World

As soon as you have 20 minutes to spare, I encourage you to go watch this short film about Sally Schmidt, produced by Oscar® award winning documentary filmmaker Ben Proudfoot, for the @nytimes.com.

Caleb Hailey @calebhailey.com

Originally posted on @sheesh.blog.

As soon as you have 20 minutes to spare, I encourage you to go watch this short film about Sally Schmidt, produced by Oscar® award winning documentary filmmaker Ben Proudfoot, for the @nytimes.com1.

Speaking of restaurants, Sally started a little establishment you might have heard of called The French Laundry. 🤌

I particularly like this comment in the accompanying article:

Talking to Ms. Schmitt that morning, I learned she held a different kind of wisdom: that success may have other definitions.

 Ben Proudfoot

Now that's what I call life-work balance!

  1. Op-Docs is a New York Times production of "Oscar-winning series of short documentaries by independent filmmakers". This might be one of my new favorite places on the internet. ↩︎
The Best Chef in the World | Op-Docs - YouTube
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