Peter Cho of Han Oak - Provided by StarChefs
StarChefs, the restaurant industry magazine, announces its 2018 class of Portland Rising Stars. The quarterly awards honor up-and-coming chefs and hospitality professionals, who represent the vanguard of the contemporary American dining scene. This year, the StarChefs editorial team met with more than 125 chefs, pastry chefs, bartenders, sommeliers, and artisans in Portland.
The 2018 class of Portland Rising Stars will be celebrated at an awards ceremony and walk-around tasting next month at Castaway. The event is ticketed and open to the public, and will be emceed by Chef Peter Cho and Gary Okazaki, aka “Gary The Foodie.”
Since 2003, StarChefs has held awards in 22 different cities and regions across the country, and will celebrate this 61st class of Rising Stars in Portland. The most recent Portland Rising Stars Awards were held in 2011.
"It's great to be back in Portland after seven years! The pop-up city remains a hotbed of industry experimentation and fantastically fertile ground for creative chefs and entrepreneurs to build their brands," says Antoinette Bruno, Editor-in-Chief and CEO of StarChefs.
"Since July of last year, we’ve eaten in restaurants built inside a home, an apartment, and a wine shop. We visited pop-ups inside pop-ups. We were awed by tasting menus, demolished a platter of pork sliders, and grabbed sandwiches from an all-torta restaurant. We’ve seen a dining room with a DJ booth and breweries with children’s play areas. Portland continues to write its own story," says Sean Kenniff, Associate Editor of StarChefs.
2018 StarChefs Portland Rising Stars Award Winners Chefs
Maya Lovelace | Yonder
Featured Dish: Western Carolina dipped chicken, collard greens, mac and cheese, pickles, cornbread
Katy Millard | Coquine
Featured Dish: Orecchiette, shelling peas, smoked almonds, Parmigiano broth, fiore sardo, lemon breadcrumbs
Bonnie Morales | Kachka
Featured Dish: Rabbit in a clay pot: sour cream-braised rabbit, porcinis, sour cherries, potato pancakes
Trent Pierce | Roe
Featured Dish: Butterfish sashimi, truffle, white soy, ponzu, daikon, tobiko, shiso, foie snow
Justin Woodward | Castagna
Featured Dish: Beef zabuton, pickled garlic scapes, kale, smoked beef fat, truffle-oxtail reduction
Sam Smith | Tusk
Featured Dish: Kibbe naya: green wheat, lamb, celtuce, turmeric yogurt, chips, romaine
Community Chef Presented by Compass Group
Carlo Lamagna | Magna
Featured Dish: Beef pares, savory bone marrow suman, sticky rice
Pastry Chef Presented By KitchenAid Commercial
Lauren Breneman | Coquine
Featured Dish: Pink peppercorn pavlova
Bartenders
Adam Robinson | Deadshot
Featured Drink: Fist of the North Star: Rye whiskey, apple brandy, Sherry, celery bitters
Angel Teta | Ataula
Featured Drink: La Moreneta: Mezcal, Yzaguirre Rojo Reserva vermouth, Zucca Rabarbaro, Campari, Aveze, flamed orange
Artisans
Brewer Conrad Andrus | Culmination
Featured Drink: Kriek Mythology, Flanders-style Red Ale, Culmination Brewing
Chocolate Maker Sebastian Cisneros | Cocanú Chocolate
Featured Dish: Assortment of artisan chocolates
Roaster Angel Medina | Smalltime Roasters
Featured Drink: Washed Mexican Volcan de Fuego coffee
Charcutier Chef George Kaden | Grand Army Tavern
Featured Dish: Pork slider platter: smoked bierwurst, schnitzel, spiced butt roast, grilled baloney, maple-glazed ham, Cuban-style roast pork, lettuce, bread and butter pickles, aïoli, and potato buns
Concept Presented by Kikkoman USA, Inc.
Alan Akwai & Earl Nimson | Hat Yai
Featured Dish: Turmeric curry, mussels, betel leaf, Thai chiles
Restaurateurs Presented by M.Tucker
Luke Dirks & Joshua McFaddden | Submarine Hospitality
Sommeliers Presented by Wines from Spain
Brent Braun | Castagna
Ksandek Podbielski | Coquine
VIP Host Chef
Chef AJ Voytko | The Porter Portland
Guest Bartender
Brandon Josie | Palomar
Featured Drink: Espresso martini featuring Grey Goose vodka
Guest Chef
Chef Jose Chesa | Ataula
Featured Dish: Pimentón de la Vera bread, calçot marmalade, boquerones, jamón ibérico de Bellota ide Bellota, smoked piquillo peppers, arbequina caviaroli, calçot ash
StarChefs Portland Rising Stars Event Details
Where: Castaway (1900 NW 18th Ave, Portland, OR)
When: Tuesday, April 17, 2018
5:45 VIP Reception | 6:30 Awards Ceremony | 7pm - 9:30pm Tasting Gala
Tickets: All-inclusive general admission tickets are $85. VIP tickets are $125 and include a private reception with Nicolas Feuillatte Champagne and Taylor Shellfish oyster bar. Tickets can be purchased on Eventbrite.
