2010 Chef In My Garden Dinner Series- WAIT LIST ONLY- Call to Purchase 503.284.8420!
Thank you all for your generous response to this year's dinners. We are sold out with wait list only. There might be a few opportunities, so be sure to get on the waitlist if interested.
Join Portland’s most innovative chefs as they create exquisite meals using seasonal, local ingredients paired with the best wines and take-home sweets in the area's most beautiful and interesting gardens.
SOLD OUT JULY11 Kenny Giambalvo of Bluehour, at the home of Maryellen Hockensmith and Michael McCulloch. Chef Kenny draws on his Italian heritage and classical French culinary training to create his seasonally inspired dishes from the vast bounty of the Pacific NW. Enjoy a wonderful meal in the setting of a Pietro Belluschi-designed home with breathtaking overlooks and owner-designed cascading terrace gardens. Wine: Adelsheim Sweets: Two Tarts
SOLD OUT JULY18 Kasey Mills of Toro Bravo, in the gardens of Carl Munz. Chef Kasey Mills showcases his appreciation of purity with a focus on classic regional dishes. Enjoy his wide array of specialties in a unique double garden setting in NE Portland. Carl Munz opens up his adjoining lots to reveal a layering of various styles of urban backyard gardening. Wine: Purple Hands/ROCO Sweets: Alma Chocolate
SOLD OUT AUGUST1 Gabriel Rucker of Le Pigeon, at Lonesomeville Pottery Co. Chef Gabriel Rucker serves vibrant French-inspired food using classic techniques to build and develop flavors. His adventurous cooking finds the perfect setting at Lonesomeville, a SE haven of craftsmanship, lovingly restored by owners/artists Wayne and Danny. Wine: Elk Cove Sweets: Pix Sponsor: New Seasons Market
SOLD OUT AUGUST 8 David Anderson of Genoa, at the Lake Oswego home of Mike and Linda Darcy. Chef David Anderson’s own experience and inspiration transform classic Italian recipes into regionally-inspired cuisine. Local celebrity Mike Darcy (“In the Garden with Mike Darcy”) and his wife Linda have created a purposefully designed garden by arranging plantings in rooms of unfolding treasures. Wine: Small Vineyards Sweets: Pix Sponsor: Precision Health Technologies
SOLD OUTAUGUST15 Dolan Lane of ClarkLewis, at home of Jess and Jered Bogli. Chef Dolan Lane’s hearty dishes from the wood-fired hearth/rotisserie find their perfect complement in the fresh flavors of regional ingredients, amongst the simple and utilitarian edible garden at Jess and Jered’s contemporary NE Portland home. Wine: Sokol Blosser Sweets: PixSponsor: Organically Grown Co.
SOLD OUTAUGUST29 Jake Martin of Fenouil in the Pearl, at the home of Michael Bums and Paul Beal. Chef Jake Martin emphasizes color, fancy and the seasons in his modern, French-influenced cuisine. Dine on terraces overlooking Michael and Paul’s steep (no high heels please!) hillside garden with Asian and Italian influences, filled with whimsical and fanciful garden art. Sweets: Xocolatl de David Sponsor: The Dussin Group
SOLD OUTSEPTEMBER12 Scott Ketterman of Simpatica, at Linda Wisner’s Flicker Farm on Sauvie Island. Chef Scott Ketterman creates a cuisine that is sometimes simple, sometimes striking, and always satisfying to eat. Venture from the central courtyard to wander along shady paths, through sunny Mediterranean plantings and herb gardens, and into two bountiful vegetable gardens. Wine: AtoZ/REX HILL Sweets: Sahagun
