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…
Portland Falls Short on 2016 James Beard Nominations
The James Beard Foundation is once again stretching their yearly awards program to get as much publicity as possible. A press release this week lists the 2016 finalists. Only three Portland authors/chefs/restaurants have been retained from the original list of 18 local semi-finalists. The winners will be announced on May 2nd. American Cooking Book Award Jackie and Adam – 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…
More Portland Chefs Featured on Esquire Network’s Knife Fight
Esquire Network’s Knife Fight is making sure that Portland is well represented. On the August 5th episode, Greg Denton of Portland’s OX Restaurant will be going up against Jason Wilson of Seattle’s Crush. They will have to create at least two dishes in one hour that incorporate chicken gizzards, juniper berries, and eel. On July – 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…