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 atÂ
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
It s Restaurant Wars week, and chef Burrell gets in some hot (ham) water.
By
Timothy Malcolm
5/21/2021 at 8:18am
Team Penny, including Dawn Burrell (second from left), on
Top Chef.
SEASON 18 OFÂ
TOP CHEF IS HERE, and two Houston chefs are competing for the ultimate prize ($250,000 and other things) in Portland, Oregon. We re keeping our eyes glued on Dawn Burrell (who s soon to open Late August) and Sasha Grumman (who has a great focaccia hustle) as they battle each week (Thursday nights on Bravo).
The season continued with episode eight Thursday night. How did our chefs do?
By the way .Â
How Dawn Did
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