2025 Featured Chefs

Our Featured Chefs will be providing complimentary small plates throughout the event.

  • Serving: Korean Dirty Rice featuring spicy pork, chicken livers, Korean herbs, aromatics and spices.

    Featured Chef: Sunny Hatch

    Sunny Hatch is a hapa who was raised in Texas by his immigrant Korean mother. Sunny pulls inspiration from his childhood diet of fast food, southern food, and Korean food. Sunny started FRYBABY as another avenue to introduce Korean flavors Portland, OR, and to hopefully inspire folks to seek out more.

    www.frybabypdx.com

  • Serving: Savory Mascarpone Toasts on Fried Focaccia with Marmellata

    Featured Chef: Elise Gold

    Elise was born and raised in Flemington, New Jersey to a large Sicilian-American family. She grew up baking Italian cakes, cookies and pastries with her mom and great aunts. After an awe-inspiring trip to Sicily in October 2019, Elise decided to launch Sebastiano's - a sandwich shop and award winning Sicilian bakery in Sellwood.

    www.eatsebs.com

    Portland, OR

  • Serving: TBD

    Featured Chef: Ellian Rohrbacher

    Hello! My name is Ellian and am a Portland-based cheese specialist and owner of La Femme Fromage cheese + charcuterie catering. After years of working with amazing artisan products and makers, I wanted to offer elevated experiences in cheese and charcuterie. I truly enjoy connecting clients with new and delicious artisan products through my cheese and charcuterie boards. By highlighting local + artisan makers, it allows me to support my community and create unique and unforgettable cheese platters for every occasion.

    www.lafemmefromage.com

    Portland, OR

  • Serving: Bratwurst, Bierwurst, Bavarian Meatballs, and Swiss Cheese Fondue with Sliced Bread

    Featured Chef: Dominic Havlicek

    Dominic has twenty years of cooking experience in all different kinds of restaurants. His favorite style of food is the German style.

    www.urbangerman.com

    Portland, OR