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The Culinary Institutue of America (CIA) Hyde Park Unveils Sculpture of Thomas Keller by Artist Gordon Huether • Oct. 22, 2026, 4:56 PM ET (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)

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Also Known As Thomas Aloysius Keller
Born October 14, 1955 (age 71) • Oceanside • California

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