Meet Appellation Healdsburg, Chef Charlie Palmer’s Latest Venture

“Only seven years in the making,” chef Charlie Palmer says with relief as he surveys the handsome lobby and restaurant of his new hotel, Appellation Healdsburg, which opened in September. It’s the flagship property of a collection of Appellation Hotels, which Palmer is building with partner Christopher Hunsberger, a 30-year veteran of Four Seasons. More locations will debut in the American West in the coming years.Palmer has a long and distinguished career as a chef;; he first