Introducing Chef Steven Snook
January 20 - 9:53 am
Lucky guests of our Inn and Spa will be undoubtedly thrilled by the epicurean delights created by our new Executive Chef Steven Snook.
After six years working with the esteemed Michelin Star-rated, British chef Gordon Ramsay in London and New York, Steven Snook brings his passion for food and culinary excellence to our kitchen. Ingredients for his rustic Italian fare are sourced locally from the region’s best farmers, ranchers, cheese makers, and fishermen, and the menu features a variety of produce, fruits and herbs grown on the property.
From his early days cooking with his grandmother and helping in her gardens in the English countryside, Chef Snook has consistently insisted on using the highest possible quality ingredients in his cuisine, and prides himself on maintaining good relationships with his purveyors. This connection to local artisan food growers brings Chef Snook back to his roots and will serve him well at Kenwood, where he has a bounty of fresh product literally at his fingertips.
Welcome Chef Steve!
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Argentina-Inspired Photo Shoot
January 20 - 9:33 am
Check out these beautiful images from a recent photo shoot at Kenwood:
Photographer: Lilia Photography | Event Design: Very Merry Events | Floral Design: Savage Rose Florals | Hair & Makeup: The Glamourist
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All Love for Olive Tasting Menu at HKG Tasting Room
January 16 - 2:45 pm
Join Chefs Steven and Khambay at a very special olive-themed dinner at the HKG Tasting Room on Saturday, February 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. in celebration of Olive Season.
This prix-fixe, wine paired menu includes:
Housemade Pasta and Artisan Olive Oil Tasting – HKG Estate Pinot Grigio 2010
Black Olive Poached Monkfish with Creamy Herbed Polenta – HKG Russian River Valley Chardonnay 2010
Olive Flatbread Pizza – HKG Rosé of Pinot Noir 2011
Olive Braised Shoulder of Lamb Ragout – HKG Russian River Valley Pinot Noir 2009
Citrus Olive Oil Cake with Olive Oil Gelato – Hop Kiln Thousand Flowers 2009
Cost is $55 ($45 for Wine Club members).
Seating is limited and reservations are required, so call the Tasting Room at ASAP at (707) 938-7622 to secure your spot at this memorable meal.
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Domo Arigato Vogue Japan!
January 4 - 2:06 pm
We’re super thrilled to be mentioned in the February issue of Vogue Japan alongside our sister property, the HKG Tasting Room, by journalist and style consultant Alessandra Signorelli!
Now all we need is a translator!
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Inside Scoop SF: Executive Chef Steven Snook
December 23 - 4:00 pm
Many thanks to Carey Sweet of the SF Chronicle for her nice piece and kind words welcoming our new Executive Chef Steven Snook to the Restaurant at Kenwood!
“One of Sonoma’s nicest restaurants is in a pretty secret place: Kenwood Inn and Spa. That’s the elegant Mediterranean-style property tucked along the hillside of Highway 12 that many people race right on by without having a clue to what it is.
“…Kenwood has just hired a new chef. He is chef Steven Snook, who comes to the property after six years of hard labor in the restaurants of fiery chef Gordon Ramsay.
“While taking deep, relaxing breaths of clean Sonoma air in what must be a much more peaceful environment,Snook is at work on a new menu. Here’s a preview: gnocchi di patate con prosciutto (hand rolled potato gnocchi, taleggio, mustard greens, Figones peach-cranberry white balsamic, crisp Prosciutto di Parma, $14), insalata di germogli di Bruxelles caldo (warm Brussels sprouts salad, local walnuts, pear and Meyer lemon, $13), and pesce del giorno (black olive poached monkfish, Kenwood garden’s black cabbage, caper berries, herb croquette, $34).”
Read on for the rest of the article…
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Condé Nast Gold List 2012
December 20 - 5:12 pm
We’re beyond thrilled at our inclusion on the 2012 Gold List from Condé Nast Traveler magazine!
Be sure to check out their January issue (on stands soon!) to get the scoop on ALL the best places to stay in the world.
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A self-indulgent take on the Spa
December 16 - 8:15 pm
David Bolling of Sonoma Magazine ran a great piece on his “36-hour marathon of self-indulgence” at our spa and one other in the area, “two of the top-rated Edens in the world of luxury hotel spas.” Excerpt below:
Photo by Robbi Pengelly
“So, a day in the embrace of the Kenwood Inn and Spa, anointed numerous times as one of the best small resorts and spas in the country, goes something like this.”
“It’s a drizzly afternoon in November when we step through the portal into a space-time warp that delivers us to the courtyard of a villa in Tuscany, or maybe Umbria, with Roman arches everywhere. The palette is sand and ochre and earth yellow; ivy and grapevines crawl over the walls, the foliage is almost tropical—green, lush, moist; the sound is a muted symphony of falling water…”
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The 2012 Michelin Guide: San Francisco
December 14 - 5:28 pm
We’re thrilled to have made the 2012 Michelin Guide for San Francisco!
You’ll find us on page 443, of this esteemed guide, which “helps both locals and travelers find great places to eat and stay, with rigorously researched recommendations to almost 600 recommended restaurants and hotels.”
The Guide refers to us as a “vine-hugged, villa-style retreat” and calls our “gorgeous garden courtyard and archways trellised with blooms” the “next best thing” to a Mediterranean getaway.
The red-covered Michelin hotel and restaurant guide is available for sale at your local bookstore, online and is also available as a handy app for your iPhone.
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Kenwood in Autumn
December 8 - 10:39 am
Laura from Beautiful Day Photography captured the glorious autumn colors and foliage in these images from Aaren and Mike’s recent fall wedding on the property:
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Audi Sportscar Experience ending with a stay at Kenwood
December 6 - 2:31 pm
Tick Tock. Who’s got the best looking timepiece?
Count laps at Audi’s Sportscar Experience at the Sonoma Speedway and finish it off with a stay at Kenwood Inn and Spa.
As seen in the December issue of Conde Nast Traveler magazine!
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