‘Top Chef’ Portland’s Sara Hauman on self-confidence, yogurt and the importance of little fish
By Michael Russell, oregonlive.com
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Top Chef contender Sara Hauman at Soter Vineyards in Carlton, Ore., May 6, 2021, where she is head chef.
PORTLAND — Sara Hauman didn’t set out to become “Top Chef’s” granola-crunching, yogurt-loving “weird girl from Portland.”
The 34-year-old, one of two chefs with local ties featured on the popular reality show’s first Portland season, says that yogurt just happened to be front-and-center in the “Top Chef” fridge whenever she needed dairy, which over the first sixepisodeswasoften. And, yes, in her day-to-day life, she does use yogurt as a replacement for sour cream or buttermilk, leaning on the ingredient to add some natural tang to a dish.