Celebrate Legendary Chef Jacques Pépin’s 90th Birthday in Wine Country

French chef Jacques Pépin will celebrate his birthday in Napa and Sonoma counties with special dinners. Plus, Santa Rosa's Noodle Palace has relocated.


By Heather Irwin

A celebration dinner will be held Oct. 23 at TORC in Napa to honor Jacques Pépin’s 90th birthday. Both the legendary chef and his daughter, Claudine, are expected to attend.

The four-course dinner will be prepared by chefs Kyle Connaughton (SingleThread) and Sean O’Toole (TORC). Tickets are $1,750 per guest.

Additional Napa events include a reception and three-course dinner at the CIA at Copia ($750 per person), featuring more than a dozen local chefs. Pépin will also appear at Cyrus on Oct. 29 and The French Laundry on Nov. 1. Both events are sold out. More details at celebratejacques.org.

Jacques Pépin
Jacques Pépin, right, world-renowned chef, with Chay Woers, the SIFF director of food and beverage, at the opening night party in the Cogir Backlot Tent on First Street East in Sonoma on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (Robbi Pengelly/Index-Tribune)
Pad Kee Mao is served with chicken or beef at the Noodle Palace on Petaluma Hill Road in Santa Rosa, Dec. 23, 2010. (Crista Jeremiason / The Press Democrat)
Pad Kee Mao is served with chicken or beef at the Noodle Palace on Petaluma Hill Road in Santa Rosa, Dec. 23, 2010. (Crista Jeremiason / The Press Democrat)

FYI: Noodle Palace has relocated to 958 Santa Rosa Ave. in Santa Rosa, next door to Santa Rosa Seafood. The restaurant is open from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. 707-528-1548, noodlepalacesantarosa.com

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