“Another great thing about winning a million dollars is you can go to places like Chez Panisse whenever you want and have really top end food,” shares Schneider of Alice Waters’ beloved food Mecca.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jerylbrunner/2023/09/29/amy-schneider-debuts-a-memoir-in-the-form-of-a-question/

He encouraged her to name her restaurant Chez Panisse after a character in a French film trilogy.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/movies/tom-luddy-dead.html

Ptak, a Northern Californian who was a pastry chef at Chez Panisse before moving to London, started off selling cakes from an East London market stall and opened her cafe, Violet, in 2010.

Source: https://www.eater.com/23720219/claire-ptak-love-is-a-pink-cake-mary-berrys-baking-bible-review