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Career Highlights
Awards & Recognition
★James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef Northwest 2014
★Food & Wine Top 10 Best New Chefs in America 2009
★Bon Appétit Top 6 New Generation Female Chefs 2008
★Marie Claire 18 Most Powerful Women in Business 2010
★O Magazine Top 10 Women on the Rise 2010
★Portland Monthly Chef of the Year 2008
★Beast Restaurant of the Year by Oregonian 2008
Notable Facts
→James Beard Award-winning chef and restaurateur from Portland
→Founded influential restaurant Beast with 24-seat intimate dining format
→Self-taught chef who learned from cookbooks rather than culinary school
→Co-founded Independent Restaurant Coalition during COVID-19 pandemic
→Published cookbook 'Taste & Technique: Recipes to Elevate Your Home Cooking' in 2016
→Competed on Top Chef Masters and appeared on multiple cooking shows
→Opened Cornet Custard frozen custard shop in 2024
→Tragically died in July 2024 at age 49 in drowning accident while tubing
→Had 30K Instagram followers as active chef and cookbook author
→Advocated for Restaurant Revitalization Fund legislation
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