Born-and-Raised Portlander Gabriel Pascuzzi Talks âTop Chefâ The chef-owner of Mama Bird, Stacked Sandwich Shop, and the soon-to-come Feel Good talks about life on reality TV. By Katherine Chew Hamilton 5/24/2021 at 5:00pm Gabriel rises to the challenge in Episode 1. This season of Top Chef featured two Portland chefs: Sara Hauman, who's currently the executive chef at Soter Vineyards in Carlton, and Gabriel Pascuzzi, a born-and-raised Portlander who currently owns wood-fired chicken and veggies restaurant Mama Bird and Stacked Sandwich Shop. (We at PoMo Best Restaurants award in 2017.) His new, long-anticipated grain bowl restaurant, Feel Good, is expected to open this month. Even when heâs not busy slaying quickfire challenges using local mushrooms like he did in Episode 6, heâs always proudly repping Portland. He recently took fellow cheftestant Jamie Tran around town to eat wings at Prey & Tell, go hiking and morel hunting, and check out the local farmers markets. Pascuzzi, along with Nelson German, was sent packing at the end of Episode 6 for their antelope-steelhead dish. We talked with him about his experience on the show, his favorite places to eat in Portland, and how the city shaped his love for food.