Armando G Navarro
Chef, El Dorado Kitchen

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Armando G Navarro has had an illustrious culinary career. His resume includes the role of Executive Sous Chef at Auberge du Soleil. After five plus years at Auberge, Armando went to New York where he trained under some of the best chefs at Le Bernardin, Jean Georges and Daniel Boulud. He returned to California and worked in two award-winning restaurants - Jardiniere and Masa's - before moving up to Redd in Yountville as the Chef du Cuisine. Prior to coming to El Dorado Kitchen, Armando was the Executive Chef at Larkspur Restaurant in Vail, Colorado. In his current role as Executive Chef of El Dorado Kitchen, Armando has infused the menus with seasonal ingredients sourced locally at the markets. His style is characterized as fresh, simple and approachable with a Sonoma sensibility.

El Dorado Kitchen
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Set in the El Dorado Hotel in the heart of downtown Sonoma, El Dorado Kitchen blends sophisticated urban style with a relaxed wine-country spirit in a setting that is at once simple and dramatic, contemporary and comfortable. Here you’ll be treated to superb contemporary California cuisine featuring farm-driven seasonal ingredients.

Eat, drink and exalt the enchantments of Sonoma’s famed green fruit at this year’s Feast of the Olive Dinner. At the savory standout of Sonoma Valley’s 2011-2012 Olive Season, the best local chefs and winemakers pair up to prepare unique menus for each candlelit table of guests.

In the glow of Ramekins’ banquet room, you’ll feel like family as you feast with friends, compare notes with your neighboring table or engage in an intimate conversation with your table’s own culinary luminaries. It’s a personal and not-to-be-missed artisan affair.