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‘Top Chef’ Portland: A dramatic, roller-coaster week for one local chef (Episode 6 recap) Updated May 07, 11:03 AM; Posted May 07, 10:19 AM The remaining chefs on "Top Chef" Portland traveled to Cascade Locks for episode 6. From left, Gabe Erales, Dawn Burrell, Sara Hauman, Shota Nakajima, Avishar Barua, Chris Viaud, Gabriel Pascuzzi, Nelson German, Byron Gomez and Maria Mazon. (Photo: David Moir/Bravo)David Moir/Bravo Facebook Share This week’s “Top Chef” Portland episode brought...

Peter Shokeir | editor@fitzhugh.ca The Jasper Pride Festival adapted to the COVID-era this year by offering more private versions of activities and streaming LGBTQ+ entertainment virtually. Presented by TD Bank Group, the festival ran from April 22 to 25. “All in all, considering the rapidly changing climate that we had the festival put on in, it was definitely a success for us,” said Nick Stadnyk, chair for the Jasper Pride Festival Society. “In comparison to the one event that we had la...

Top Chef in His Whole Life. Lucky us! We begin episode four with a customary rundown of last week’s ep—which Julia and Top Chef editors seem to agree was about Padma’s bangs first and “food” second—and then Padma is back on her damn hill, informing us that 12 chefs remain in the competition. After some artful, violin-backed shots of the St. Johns Bridge, we spend a moment with our contestants at the Hotel Monaco. Kiki Louya nervously sips some coffee and wor...

Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. Top Chef Portland, Episode 4 (and a Little Bit of 3) Recap: Oh No, Not the Bees! Getting stung in the Gorge. Tom Colicchio (left) with Gabriel Pascuzzi of Stacked Sandwiches and Mama Bird on Episode 4 of "Top Chef." IMAGE: David Moir/Bravo. Updated 4:41 PM This week, the chefs are off to the Fruit Loop in the Gorge, where we ...

Jamie Tran Battled a Bum Knee and Anxiety During the Latest ‘Top Chef: Portland’ The chef and co-owner of The Black Sheep talks about her experience on the show Share this story David Moir/Bravo Jamie Tran, the chef and co-owner of The Black Sheep, the Eater 38 restaurant in the southwest where Tran melds her Vietnamese upbringing with French techniques, competes on Top Chef: Portland with a goal of winning $250,000. Tran already made her mark in Las Vegas with The Black Sheep, which won ...

Save this story for later. Two years ago, the House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States held a hearing on the murder and disappearance of Native women. Native women are murdered on reservations at a rate ten times the national average; there were more than five thousand reported cases of missing Native women in 2016 alone, and many more cases go unreported. Among the witnesses at the hearing was Mary Kathryn Nagle, the legal counsel for the National Indigenous Women’s Res...

Here are some drinks to enjoy while you’re Out on 5th Alexis Larsen © Tom Gilliam Out on 5th in the Oregon District had its grand opening return from Friday, April 2nd through Sunday, April 4th 2021. 5th Street will be closed to vehicle traffic on the weekends until the end of October to allow for expanded outdoor seating, sidewalk sales and musical entertainment. The goal of Out on 5th is to help Oregon District businesses increase seating capacity outdoors due to limited ...

For many New Englanders, each and every summer brings a trip to Santas Village in Jefferson, New Hampshire. Its a chance for families to come together, see some entertainment, hop on some of their favorite rides, eat some of their favorite foods and of course, get a chance to say hello to Santa himself. Santas Village took to Facebook to announce they will return to a more traditional schedule for the 2021 season, which should sound like Christmas bells to the ears of park fans. But they also s...

After building an illustrious career cooking different cuisines, Gregory Gourdet is exploring his heritage. “Cooking Haitian food feels really comfortable to me because it is so embedded in me as a person, in my memory, and in my soul,” says Gourdet. The four-time James Beard-nominated chef didn’t start cooking until his 20s while attending college, but went on to learn French cuisine in the high-profile kitchen of Jean-Georges and explore pan-Asian cuisine during his decade-long tenure...