The Kitchen

The Kitchen is a Michelin-starred farm-to-fork restaurant in Sacramento, California. History The Kitchen was opened at Marconi Avenue in 1991 by chefs Randall Selland and Nancy Zimmer, both husband and wife, alongside Nancy's catering business. Randall and Nancy moved the restaurant and her catering business to 2225 Hurley Way in 1997. In 2001, Selland's Market Cafe was opened at 5340 H Street, and Nancy reduced her catering business from full service to only drop-offs and pickups from the cafe. The Kitchen's executive chef is Kelly McCown, who has worked at the restaurant since the 1990s. Its menu has been seasonal. In 2003, Tuesday nights were reserved for only private dining, and it publicly operated from Wednesday to Saturday nights per week. Besides The Kitchen and the East Sacramento location of Selland's Market Cafe, the Selland Family Restaurants group also operates another farm-to-fork restaurant Ella Dining Room and Bar, an Italian eatery OBO' Italian Table and Bar, and El Dorado Hills and Broadway (Sacramento) locations of Selland's Market Cafe. Members of the restaurant group and of other groups on August 31, 2019, opened a fried chicken restaurant Bawk, fully owned by Urban Roots Brewing & Smokehouse since its reopening on October 28, 2020.