Though Portland restaurants and chefs received many nominations this year, the final results of the James Beard Foundation Awards were disappointing. However, we did have some winners: After three years of nominations, Greg Denton and Gabrielle Quiñónez Denton, owners and chefs of OX and Superbite, have won a James Beard award for Best Chef: Northwest. The – Read more…
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Oregon Loses 2016 James Beard Awards
Oregon is shut out of the 2016 James Beard Awards Is the bloom off the rose? Perhaps Portland is experiencing some backlash after years of good press. Here are the final results out of the 20 original 2016 James Beard Awards nominations that we started with: Justin Woodward of Castagna restaurant, and Greg Denton and Gabrielle Quiñónez – Read more…
Latest Turn Right at the Fork Makes a Point
When I was listening to the latest episode of the popular podcast, Right at the Fork, I was struck by a similarity between some of the most successful restaurateurs in Portland – John Gorham of Tasty n Sons/Alder, Toro Bravo, MEC and Greg Denton of OX and the upcoming Kask and Superbite. They both place – Read more…
2016 James Beard Foundation Semifinalists Announced
The James Beard Foundation has announced the 2016 restaurant and chef award semifinalists. As usual, a bunch of Portland places made the list. Of course there will only be a few winners by the time this shakes out, but what the heck, I’ll list them all, bolding the Oregon nominations. For those of you who only – Read more…
Vote for Food & Wine People’s Best New Chef
Food & Wine magazine is asking for votes for “People’s Best New Chef: Northwest & Pacific”. Portland has a good selection of contenders – Greg Denton & Gabrielle Quiñonez Denton from OX, Joshua McFadden of Ava Gene’s and Roman Candle, Sarah Pliner of Aviary, Scott Snyder of Levant, Smallwares Joanna Ware, and Justin Woodward of – Read more…
Food & Wine Magazine’s “Best New Chef” Nominations
Another day, another “Best New Chef” contest. At least this time, we, the lowly public gets to vote. The newest nominees are by Food & Wine magazine – At F&W, we name America’s 10 most brilliant up-and-coming chefs every year. Now we want to know who you think is the most talented new chef in – Read more…
James Beard Semifinalists 2013 Announced
As every year about this time, the James Beard Foundation announced its huge list of semifinalists for the 2013 Restaurant and Chef awards. While the list includes plenty of local chefs and restaurants, no Portland restaurants are nominated in the “Best Restaurant” section. Note that Portland also did not get any nominations for “Best Service” (gasp). For maximum press coverage, each – Read more…
Advance Preview Dinner of Greg & Gabrielle Denton’s “OX”
Chris over at Portland Food Adventures has scored a coup with a dinner at Greg and Gabrielle Denton’s new OX restaurant, which will be opening in the former Echo restaurant space at 2225 N.E. MLK Jr. Blvd. According to OregonLive, “The menu at Ox will focus on grilled meat and sides including risotto, potatoes and – Read more…