Sean McGaughey's Healdsburg bakery operates a seasonal prix fixe dinner service called Le Diner that picked up a first Michelin star at Wednesday's 2026 California ceremony — the same night Enclos in Sonoma vaulted to three.

Troubadour Bread and Bistro in Healdsburg runs a bakery by morning. By evening, the same compact space becomes Le Diner — a seasonal prix fixe tasting room — and on Wednesday night it earned Sonoma County's newest Michelin star.

The recognition came at the 2026 Michelin Guide California ceremony in San Diego on June 24. Sean and Melissa McGaughey, who also operate Quail & Condor bakery, launched Le Diner inside Troubadour in 2022. Chef de cuisine Daniel Walsh runs the kitchen alongside Sean McGaughey, who came up at SingleThread, Kyle and Katina Connaughton's acclaimed tasting-room restaurant down the road in Healdsburg.

"To earn a star is giant," McGaughey said after the announcement. "It feels so rad knowing we earned it just by being true to ourselves and doing it our own way."

Le Diner's menu turns week to week, built around seasonal Sonoma County produce — especially Alexander Valley farms — and the limits of a small kitchen. The approach inverts the heavy-capitalization fine dining model: use what's available, stay lean, share the overhead with the daytime operation.

The star for Troubadour landed the same evening Enclos — chef Brian Limoges's 10-course tasting room at 139 East Napa Street in downtown Sonoma, backed by Stone Edge Farm Estate Vineyards and open since December 2022 — vaulted to three stars, completing a rise from two-star debut to Michelin's highest tier in under three years.

For the McGaugheys, the recognition validates a model that suits high-rent Wine Country: let the bakery cover the morning overhead, let Le Diner earn the prestige, and keep the room working from both sides of the clock.