Jamie Tran Battled a Bum Knee and Anxiety During the Latest ‘Top Chef: Portland’ The chef and co-owner of The Black Sheep talks about her experience on the show Share this story David Moir/Bravo Jamie Tran, the chef and co-owner of The Black Sheep, the Eater 38 restaurant in the southwest where Tran melds her Vietnamese upbringing with French techniques, competes on Top Chef: Portland with a goal of winning $250,000. Tran already made her mark in Las Vegas with The Black Sheep, which won an Eater Award for Restaurant of the Year. In Episode Four, “Thrown for a Loop,” Tran continues to make her mark on the show where so far, three chefs were eliminated.