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| Born | January 21, 1984 United States |
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Casey Thompson (born January 21, 1984) is an American chef and restaurateur from Dallas, Texas.[1] Since 2020, she is the executive chef at Folktable, a restaurant in Sonoma, California.[2]
Thompson was a contestant on Top Chef: Miami, the third season of the television series Top Chef, in which she finished as runner-up and was voted Fan Favorite.[3] She also appeared in Top Chef: All-Stars (season 8) and Top Chef: Charleston (season 14), and was a guest judge in episode 7 of Top Chef Junior.[4]
Thompson's professional start came at Dallas' The Mansion Restaurant, at Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek, under head chef Dean Fearing,[5] where she worked her way up from a prep cook to becoming the sous chef.[6] She later became executive chef at Shinsei, a Pan-Asian restaurant in Dallas.
Thompson was formerly executive chef at Brownstone in Fort Worth, Texas,[7] and, between June and November 2014, the owner of Aveline at the Warwick Hotel in San Francisco, which she named after her grandmothers.[8][1][9]
In 2017, Thompson became executive chef at Morada, the restaurant at The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe.[6]
She was due to open Georgette as a partner in late 2020, but it was put on hold due to COVID-19.[10]
Thompson has also been appointed the U.S. ambassador for Terrazas de los Andes, a Moet-Hennessey brand.[6]
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Since December 2020, Thompson has been the executive chef at Folktable,[11] a restaurant at Cornerstone Sonoma marketplace in Sonoma, California.[2][12]
In September 2021, just over a year into Thompson's time at the restaurant, it was named a Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand establishment.[13] It retained the accolade in 2022 and 2023.[14]
Thompson's partner is Michael DeSantis, co-owner of Harumph Wines.[15]