When in Sonoma a few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to be able to stay at the venerable Fairmont Mission Inn & Spa, home of the Michelin rated Santé. Santé received one star earlier this year, the only restaurant in Sonoma Valley to have done so. The style of cuisine here is Cal-French under the watchful eyes of Executive Chef Bruno Tison and Chef de Cuisine Chef Andrew Cain. Tison is a classically trained French chef who began his education at the Belgium
Institut Technique Des Metiers De L'Alimentation before studying under such legendary chefs as Bernard Waterlot, Roger Verge, Michel Guerard and Alain Chapel. Chef Cain is a graduate of NYC's CIA and has worked in the kitchens of La Folie and Michael Mina, San Francisco, French Laundry, Yountville as well as Sonoma's El Dorado Kitchen.
