The French Laundry
Yountville, CA · French / American fine dining (tasting menu)
Exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey. Awarded by the MICHELIN Guide and the James Beard Foundation, not by WagyuSpot. Our verification covers this venue's Wagyu sourcing only.
Tier 3 · Menu claim only What the tiers mean
This listing's current published materials advertise Wagyu, but the offering does not meet our full verification standard for provenance. It carries no authenticity badge; undisclosed details remain explicitly unverified.
Why it's listed
The French Laundry is Thomas Keller's three-Michelin-star Yountville flagship, a daily-changing tasting menu of French and American haute cuisine. Its current Chef's Tasting Menu offers Japanese Miyazaki Wagyu as an optional main-course substitution (a $135 supplement), plated with elephant garlic pudding, egg-yolk gnocchi, chanterelles and a bearnaise gastrique. The Wagyu is prefecture-disclosed (Miyazaki) but appears as a single supplement rather than a standing Wagyu program, and the menu turns over daily.
Wagyu on the menu
- Japanese
- Brand / Prefecture
- Miyazaki
- Grade
- Not listed
- Producer
- Not listed
| Origin | Brand / Prefecture | Grade | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | Miyazaki | Not listed | Not listed |
Menu rotates This kitchen changes its menu, so the cuts above may vary by night. Confirm with the venue before booking around a particular one.
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Evidence on file
“Japanese Miyazaki Wagyu — Garden Elephant Garlic 'Pudding,' Bantam Hen Egg Yolk 'Gnocchi,' Mount Shasta Chanterelle Mushroom and 'Bearnaise Gastrique' (135.00 supplement).”
thomaskeller.com
Quoted from the venue's own menu or site. A Wagyu claim on a menu is not the same as documented provenance.
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Common questions
- Does The French Laundry serve real Wagyu?
- Its own current menu advertises Wagyu, and that claim was read directly on July 17, 2026. What the menu does not do is say which Wagyu: no prefecture, grade, breed status or producer is published, so the sourcing cannot be checked from outside. That is a gap in what is written down rather than a suggestion that anything is wrong with the beef, and plenty of kitchens buy carefully without printing the details.
- What kind of Wagyu does The French Laundry serve?
- Its menu discloses Miyazaki. Each of those is taken from the venue's own current materials rather than from a review or a listing site, and the evidence behind it is quoted further down this page.
- Why is The French Laundry listed without a Wagyu badge?
- Because a badge here means the sourcing was checked, not that the food is good. This listing is published because the venue genuinely advertises Wagyu on its own current material, and it carries no badge because that material does not say which Wagyu. If the venue publishes the prefecture, grade, breed status or producer, the listing can move.
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