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Chefs
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Peter Cho
HAN OAK
Executive Chef | Portland, ORChef Peter Cho builds teams and those teams become family. At his restaurants, friends and regulars might be invited to sit at the counter and help fold dumplings.
ACCOLADES:
2024 James Beard Foundation Semifinalist: Outstanding Hospitality
2019 and 2023 James Beard Foundation Semifinalist Best Chef: Northwest & Pacific
2017 James Beard Foundation Nominee: Best New Restaurant
2017 GQ, Food & Wine and Esquire’s Best New Chef -
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Maya Okada Erickson
LANGBAAN
Executive Pastry Chef | Portland, ORSan Francisco-born pastry chef Maya Okada Erickson began her culinary journey under Elizabeth Falkner's mentorship while still in high school. She went on to lead acclaimed pastry programs at AQ and two Michelin-starred Lazy Bear before relocating to Portland as executive pastry chef for Langbaan and its sister restaurants.
ACCOLADES:
2024 James Beard Foundation Award Winner: Outstanding Restaurant
2025 San Francisco Chronicle’s “Rising Star Chef”
2024 James Beard Foundation Award Winner: Outstanding Restaurant
Zagat “30 under 30”
2016 Starchef’s “Rising Star Chef” -
Kitsanaruk Ketkuaviriyanont
LANGBAAN
Executive Chef |Portland, ORBangkok-trained Chef Kitsanaruk refined his skills at world-renowned restaurants Nahm and Bo Lan before serving as chef de cuisine at Err Urban Rustic Thai. Since joining Langbaan in 2017, he has risen to executive chef and partner, leading the kitchen with precision and creativity to honor authentic Thai flavors.
ACCOLADES:
2024 James Beard Foundation Award Winner: Outstanding Restaurant
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Kyurim “Q” Lee and Jin Caldwell
JinJu Patisserie
Pastry Chefs | Portland, ORPastry chefs Kyurim “Q” Lee and Jin Caldwell have been perfecting viennoiserie products, artisan chocolates, and beautifully composed petits gâteaux for the Portland community since 2019, drawing inspiration from ingredients and techniques from around the world.
ACCOLADES:
2025 James Beard Foundation Award: Outstanding Bakery
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Earl Ninsom
LANGBAAN
Chef + Restaurateur | Portland, ORBangkok-born chef Earl Ninsom helms a Portland Thai restaurant empire including Langbaan, an intimate 24-seat restaurant offering refined multi-course tasting menus that transform classic Thai cuisine using Pacific Northwest ingredients in the warm, convivial atmosphere of traditional Thai kitchens.
ACCOLADES:
2025 Gold House, TIME A100 Honoree
2024 James Beard Foundation Award Winner: Outstanding Restaurant
2022 James Beard Foundation Award Finalist: Outstanding Restaurateur -
Mark Nobello
Boro Brine
Executive Chef | Brooklyn, NYExecutive chef Mark Nobello helms Boro Brine, a seafood-focused restaurant in Williamsburg celebrating New York cuisine. With experience at Michelin-starred Danji, omakase-focused O Ya, and critically acclaimed Atoboy, Mark brings Japanese and Korean techniques with Filipino influences to his cooking, creating a distinctive style rooted in his Queens upbringing.
ACCOLADES:
2024 The New York Times’ Top 100 Restaurants
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Junghyun “JP” Park
Atomix
Executive Chef | New York, NYChef Junghyun "JP" Park is the owner and executive chef of NA:EUN Hospitality, the acclaimed restaurant group behind Atomix, Atoboy, NARO, and Seoul Salon in New York City.
ACCOLADES:
2025 The World's 50 Best Restaurants: Ranked #1 in North America (2025) and #12 globally.
2025 Michelin Stars: Holds two stars
2025 James Beard Award for Outstanding Hospitality
2023 James Beard Award Winner: Best Chef New York State
2019 Food & Wine Best New Chef
2016 Starchef’s “Rising Star Chef” -
Winemakers
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Dave & Lois Cho
CHO Wines
Chehalem Mountains, ORCHO Wines produces traditional method sparkling wines and Pinot Noir in Oregon's Willamette Valley, where winemaker Dave Cho balances tradition and innovation as the state's first Korean-American winemaker.
ACCOLADES:
2025 Wine Business Monthly: Wine Industry Leader
2024 Wine Enthusiast: Top 100 Wines
2023 Wine Enthusiast: Future 40 Tastemaker
2023 SevenFifty Daily: Drinks Innovator
2023 Wine Business Monthly: Hot Brand
2022 Wine Enthusiast: Top 100 Wines -
Alice Jun
Hana Makgeolli
Brewer | Brooklyn, NYAlice Jun founded Hana Makgeolli in 2020 as the first craft Korean rice-wine brewery in the United States. Using traditional fermentation techniques and organic ingredients, she has reintroduced makgeolli to modern audiences while preserving its cultural heritage and establishing Korean sool as an emerging force in craft beverages.
ACCOLADES:
2023 Wine Enthusiast: Future 40 Tastemaker
2021 New York International Wine Competition: Makgeolli Producer of the Year -
Sashi Moorman
Evening Land Vineyards
Eola-Amity Hills, OREvening Land Vineyards farms the acclaimed Seven Springs Vineyard in Oregon, crafting age-worthy wines through organic and biodynamic practices that express the site's unique terroir.
ACCOLADES:
2015 Wine Spectator: Top 100 Wines of the Year
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Dr. Madaiah Revana
Alexana Winery
Dundee Hills, ORAlexana Winery farms 55 acres of sustainably managed vineyards in the Dundee Hills AVA, crafting Pinot Noir that honors the land and the integrity of each growing season.
ACCOLADES:
2021 Wine Spectator: Top 100 Wines of the Year
2018-2022 Wine Enthusiast: Top 100 Wines
2013 Wine Spectator: Top 100 Wines of the Year -
Renée Saint-Amour
Hundred Suns
McMinnville, ORA husband-and-wife project in Oregon's Willamette Valley, where Grant Coulter and Renée Saint-Amour craft small-production wines from their Eola-Amity Hills vineyard with hands-on care at every step.