Restaurants + Hospitality
Concept creation, culinary identity, menu development, openings, team building, repositioning and the right operating opportunities.
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01 / Casey
“I’m just not trying to be something I’m not.”
Casey Thompson has spent her career in kitchens. Leading them. Opening them. Reinventing them. And occasionally leaving them long enough to cook on television.
From Texas to San Francisco to Sonoma Wine Country, Casey builds around restaurants, people and food that doesn’t need to shout to be remembered.
Today, her cooking is simpler than ever. Fresh. Seasonal. From scratch. Made to make you feel something.
See the work →TOP CHEF
Finalist + Fan Favorite
Finalist + Fan Favorite
FOLKTABLE
4 consecutive Bib Gourmand years
4 consecutive Bib Gourmand years
20+ YEARS
Professional kitchens
Professional kitchens
02 / Partner
Let’s build something people want to come back to.
Brand Partnerships
Authentic collaborations across food, wine, hospitality, travel, equipment, home and lifestyle, grounded in culinary credibility.
Build a collaboration →Culinary Consulting
A fresh set of eyes backed by a career in kitchens. Concepts, menus, culinary strategy, openings and restaurant evolution.
Talk consulting →
03 / Food
“I want to evoke emotion through dishes.”
Great ingredients.
Good technique.
Less interference.
04 / Selected Work
A career built in kitchens.
Sonoma, California
FOLKTABLE
Executive Chef + Culinary DirectorHORSEFEATHERSan Francisco · Consulting Chef
DUCHESSFort Worth · Consulting Chef
AVELINESan Francisco · Executive Chef
BROWNSTONEFort Worth · Executive Chef
INN AT RANCHO SANTA FERancho Santa Fe · Culinary Director
SHINSEIDallas · Executive Chef
05 / Pretty Southern
The business behind the work.
Pretty Southern is the hospitality company led by Casey Thompson. It is the platform for select restaurant operating partnerships, culinary consulting engagements and hospitality ventures where Casey is working beyond the role of chef alone.
Meet Pretty Southern →PRETTYSOUTHERNHospitality · Operations · Consulting
06 / On Screen
You may have seen her cook somewhere.
TOP CHEF
TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS
GUY’S GROCERY GAMES
Television is part of the story.
The kitchen is the career.
07 / Sonoma
Home is
Wine Country.
Some of the world’s best chefs come here to eat, drink and experience what grows here. Casey gets to call it home.
08 / The real stuff
The part you don’t put on a résumé.
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09 / Start a conversation
Have something
good in mind?
Restaurant. Hotel. Brand. Private table. Something we haven’t thought of.