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SingleThread is a farm, restaurant, and inn, located in
In 2014, Kyle and Katina Connaughton bought property in
Healdsburg, California
Healdsburg is a city located in Sonoma County, California, United States. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 11,340.
Healdsburg is centered on a 19th-century plaza.
History
Early inhabitants of the local area included the Pomo ...
.
Farm, restaurant, and inn
In 2014, Kyle and Katina Connaughton bought property in Sonoma County, California
Sonoma County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 488,863. Its seat of government and largest city is Santa Rosa.
Sonoma County comprises the Santa Rosa-Petaluma ...
for a five-acre farm, restaurant, and inn located in downtown Healdsburg
Healdsburg is a city located in Sonoma County, California, United States. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 11,340.
Healdsburg is centered on a 19th-century plaza.
History
Early inhabitants of the local area included the Pomo ...
. They worked over two years to cultivate the farm's vegetables and flowers, olive trees, fruit orchards, beehives, chickens, and cattle. They prepared the inn and developed a menu for the restaurant, opening in December 2016 as SingleThread.
The menu at SingleThread combines Japanese influences with farm-to-table
Farm-to-table (or farm-to-fork, and in some cases farm-to-school) is a social movement which promotes serving local food at restaurants and school cafeterias, preferably through direct acquisition from the producer (which might be a winery, brewe ...
ingredients. The dinner menu features 11 courses, with vegetarian, pescatarian, and omnivore options and dishes changing each night.
Ownership
The owners, Kyle and Katina Connaughton, were high school classmates in the suburbs ofLos Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...
who married and had two daughters, Chloe and Ava. Kyle and Katina had lifelong dreams of opening their own farm and restaurant in Northern California.
Kyle Connaughton attended culinary school and worked in several notable restaurants in Los Angeles, including Spago
Spago is Wolfgang Puck's flagship restaurant worldwide, known for serving California cuisine. Spago is Puck's first restaurant venture.
Name and history
The word "spago" is Italian for "string" or "twine". The plural would be "spaghi," which i ...
, Campanile
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, and Suzanne Goin
Suzanne Goin (born 25 September 1966) is an American chef and restaurateur from Los Angeles, California. She was named one of ''Food & Wine'' magazine's "best new chefs of 1999" and won a James Beard Award for Outstanding Chef in 2016. In 2006, Go ...
’s AOC and Lucques. Connaughton then trained as a sushi chef, working under Andy Matsuda at the Sushi Chef Institute. In 2003, Connaughton moved to Japan to work for Michel Bras
Michel Bras (born 4 November 1946) is a French chef. His restaurant located in Laguiole in the Aveyron was rated three stars in the Guide Michelin since 1999. It is also classed in the "Relais & Châteaux" since 1992. He was classed several time ...
in Hokkaido
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. In 2006, Connaughton moved to England to work for Heston Blumenthal
Heston Marc Blumenthal (; born 27 May 1966) is an English celebrity chef, TV personality and food writer. His restaurants include the Fat Duck in Bray, Berkshire, a three- Michelin-star restaurant that was named the world's best by the Worl ...
at The Fat Duck
The Fat Duck is a fine dining restaurant in Bray, Berkshire, England, owned by the chef Heston Blumenthal. Housed in a 16th-century building, the Fat Duck opened on 16 August 1995. Although it originally served food similar to a French bi ...
. During their travels, Katina Connaughton studied sustainable agriculture
Sustainable agriculture is agriculture, farming in sustainability, sustainable ways meeting society's present food and textile needs, without compromising the ability for current or future generations to meet their needs. It can be based on an ...
and English and Japanese gardens.
In 2015, Kyle Connaughton published a cookbook, ''Donabe: Classic and Modern Japanese Clay Pot Cooking'' with Naoko Takei Moore.
Awards and accolades
The ''San Francisco Chronicle
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'' gave the restaurant four stars. ''The World's 50 Best Restaurants
The World's 50 Best Restaurants is a list produced by the UK media company William Reed Ltd, William Reed, which originally appeared in the British magazine ''Restaurant (magazine), Restaurant'' in 2002. The list and awards are no longer direc ...
'' named SingleThread its "One To Watch" in 2018. The Michelin Guide
The ''Michelin Guides'' ( ; ) are a series of guide books that have been published by the French tyre company Michelin since 1900. The ''Guide'' awards up to three Michelin star (classification), stars for excellence to a select few restaurants ...
awarded SingleThread two stars in the 2018 Michelin Guide for San Francisco, and three stars in 2019. As of 2025, there are 16 three-star restaurants in the United States, with eight of them being in California.
''Eater
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'' named SingleThread one of the most beautiful restaurants of 2016, and the restaurant's design (by AvroKO) won a James Beard Award
The James Beard Foundation Awards are annual awards presented by the James Beard Foundation to recognize chefs, restaurateurs, authors and journalists in the United States. They are scheduled around James Beard's May 5 birthday. The media awar ...
in 2017.
See also
*List of Michelin 3-star restaurants
Michelin stars are a rating system used by the red Michelin Guide
The ''Michelin Guides'' ( ; ) are a series of guide books that have been published by the French tyre company Michelin since 1900. The ''Guide'' awards up to three Michelin sta ...
* List of Michelin 3-star restaurants in the United States
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* List of Michelin-starred restaurants in California
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References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:SingleThread Michelin-starred restaurants in California James Beard Foundation Award winners Michelin-keyed hotels