Chefs who shared favorites Mimo Ahmed is the pastry chef at chef and owner Ari Weiswasser’s Glen Ellen Star in Glen Ellen. On the side, she shares her passion for baking on her website, The Empty Plate.
John Ash is a culinary instructor and cookbook author who writes regularly for The Press Democrat and hosts “The Good Food Hour” on KSRO radio. He has won two James Beard Foundation Awards and a Julia Child Cookbook of the Year award. He is the creator of John Ash & Co. restaurant.
Chris Ball is chef and owner of Down to Earth Café and Deli in Cotati and Seafood and Eat in Windsor.
Dino Bugica is the chef and owner of Diavola restaurant & pizzeria and the Geyserville Gun Club, Bar & Lounge, both located in Geyserville. Kasey Drady is manager of the Geyserville Gun Club, Bar & Lounge.
Domenica Catelli is a chef and restaurateur of Catelli’s in Geyserville, a third-generation restaurant that she opened with her brother Nicholas in its original location in 2010. She is also a cookbook author and recurring champion of several competitions on Food Network.
Sheana Davis is a cheesemaker, chef and owner of The Epicurean Connection in Sonoma, which provides classes, catering and prepared food in the Sonoma Valley.
Duskie Estes is executive director of Farm to Pantry, a gleaning organization that feeds the hungry. She and her husband, John Stewart, own Black Pig Meat Co. and the Black Piglet food truck.
David Frakes is the estate chef at Lynmar Estate Winery in Sebastopol.
Chefs Johnny and Julia Gnall are co-owners of J Squared Catering in Windsor. Johnny also serves as winery chef at F. Korbel & Bros.
Brandon Guenther is the chef and co-owner, with his wife, Shona Campbell, of Rocker Oysterfellers Kitchen & Saloon in Valley Ford.
Chris Hanna is the president of Hanna Winery, based in Healdsburg and Santa Rosa. Hanna is the author of “The Winemaker Cooks: Menus, Parties and Pairings,” published by Chronicle Books in 2010.
The Hanson family — siblings Chris, Brandon, Alanna and Darren and their parents Judy and Scott — are owners of Hanson of Sonoma Distillery. Their tasting room opened in Sonoma in July 2019.
Liza Hinman is the chef and co-owner of The Spinster Sisters restaurant in Santa Rosa, which opened in 2012.
Perry Hoffman is the executive chef of the Boonville Hotel in Boonville. Before that, he served as the culinary director at the Healdsburg SHED.
Chad Holmes is the chef and owner of Chad’s Soup Shack and sells his soup, chili and chowder at local farmers markets in Santa Rosa and Petaluma.
Lia Huber of Santa Rosa is the author of “Nourished: A Memoir of Food, Faith and Enduring Love” and the founder of NOURISH Evolution, an online guide that inspires and empowers people to live richer lives through real food.
Michele Anna Jordan is a food columnist for The Press Democrat and the author of 24 cookbooks to date.
Daniel Kedan and his wife, Marianna Gardenhire, are the chefs and owners of Backyard Forestville in Forestville.
Lisa Lavagetto, one of the Food Gurus of Sonoma, teaches culinary classes at the Sonoma Community Center and provides in-home catering and cooking classes. For 23 years, Lavagetto ran the cooking school at Ramekins in Sonoma.
Sam Levy is co-owner of Fern Bar, which opened at The Barlow in Sebastopol in 2018. Matt Katzin is the bar manager at Fern Bar in Sebastopol.
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