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    Andy Ricker and Gabriel Rucker Receive 2011 James Beard Awards!

    By PDX Food Dude Last Update January 18, 2018 2 Comments

    Andy Ricker, owner of Pok Pok won Best Chef NW tonight in the 2011 James Beard Foundation Awards. In his acceptance speech which could be watched live on the web, Andy remarked that the James Beard Foundation had “indirectly given the award to the chefs of Northern Thailand”, following with “the city of Portland has allowed us to do what we do, and I don’t think Pok Pok could have happened anywhere else.”

    Other chefs also nominated for the award were:

    • Matthew Bennett, Sybaris, Albany, OR
    • John Gorham, Toro Bravo, Portland, OR
    • Christopher Israel, Grüner, Portland, OR
    • Jenn Louis, Lincoln, Portland, OR
    • Gabriel Rucker, Le Pigeon, Portland, OR
    • Cathy Whims, Nostrana
    • Seif Chirchi and Rachel Yang, Joule, Seattle
    • Matt Dillon, Sitka & Spruce, Seattle
    • Chris Ainsworth, Saffron Mediterranean Kitchen, Walla Walla, WA
    • Mark Fuller, Spring Hill, Seattle
    • Ethan Stowell, Staple & Fancy Mercantile, Seattle
    • Jason Stratton, Spinasse, Seattle

    To place at the top of this group of chefs is pretty impressive.

    Gabriel Rucker of Le Pigeon and Little Bird won the Rising Star Chef award. Gabriel is the first Oregon chef to win the award. Only one other Oregon chef, Matt Lightner of Castagna, was nominated in this category.

    These awards are on the heels of awards earned by Kim Boyce and Mark Bitterman.

    Congratulations to the winners!

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    1. garden girl says

      May 9, 2011 at 8:15 pm

      Great wins for the two Portland chefs! NB FD, you listed the semifinalists for Best Chef NW, but the list was narrowed to 5 finalists 6 weeks ago when the announcement was made in Portland. The finalists were
      Ricker, Israel, Whims from PDX with Stowell and Dillon from Seattle.

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    2. Sara K says

      May 15, 2011 at 10:58 am

      Both very well deserved wins! PokPok is a Portland classic (those spicy fish sauce wings! And the tamarind catfish!) and as for Gabriel Rucker- I am still yet to find a hamburger that can bewilder my taste buds the way the LePigeon burger does! Props to Portland!

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