News arrived this week that The French Laundry has promoted longtime front-of-house man Michael Minnillo to general manager. Minnillo was part of Thomas Keller’s opening team at Per Se in New York and most recently served as maître d’ at the French Laundry pop-up in London. He’s a fourteen-year vet of the Thomas Keller group, and he replaces former GM Nicolas Fanucci, who recently relocated to Philadelphia to take over the legendary Le Bec-Fin.