Top Chef Portland starts April 1st on Bravo

Noodler on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 – 04:05 pm

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Thought all you foodies and fellow NWerners might enjoy this!

I'm a long time fan of Top Chef, and was stoked to hear they're coming to Portland Oregon this season. They filmed last Sept / Oct, so it'll be very different thanks to the pandemic, riots, fires, etc (they couldn't even film indoors due to the smoke on a few days). Sounds like their adventures go from Mt Hood to Tillamook to Salem to ??? I always enjoy the challenges they throw at the chefs, and this year should be particularly interesting!

Enjoy!!! (and Bon Appétit)

https://www.bravotv.com/top-chef

https://www.facebook.com/TOPCHEF

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Chef:_Portland

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MeditateontheQ

LLOLLO on Thursday, April 1, 2021 – 06:14 pm

Thanks Noodler!

Had no idea -- the image above was shot below the new bike / ped bridge, the Tillikum Bridge - one of my last media projects before I left the City of Portland was to coordinate a photoshoot there for Yes! Magazine.

Have never watched that show, but there's always a first time.

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Druba

Noodler on Thursday, April 1, 2021 – 07:17 pm

I remember channel surfing

I remember channel surfing when I had the busted leg, so much down time... tuned into Top Chef, and kind of got hooked. I remember one challenge where they were told the day before they'd be cooking for 25 athletes, but would have no idea what kind of facilities / equipment / etc they'd have until they got there. The catch, they had to shop that morning before going to the site. Some thought it'd be baseball, or soccer, etc (was in Los Angeles), but turned out the jocks were surfers riding the waves... and they had to contend with cinder block fire pits with a screen on it in the sand, and a pot and pan... interesting watching everyone adapt (can't use the oven, keeping sand out, fighting seagulls, lol).

I'm looking forward to the scenery, and challenges unique to Oregon (they did a season in Seattle recently).

The previews showed sturgeon, Tillamook cheese, Hood River fruit, wineries, brew pubs, etc, always fun seeing places you haunt on the tele...

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Sycamore Slough

Disco Stu on Thursday, April 1, 2021 – 08:29 pm

I told people from East Coast

I told people from East Coast / Chicagoland that Portland, OR was a nice town, but when they went there for work, it was all street Junkies carpeting downtown Portland.

People from Chicago said "Portland is a fucked-up place".

Their impression was bunches of needle junkies living in the Downtown streets, shitting on the sidewalks.

I haven't visited PDX in ages, but that was the report from a person I've known for decades. Chicago has problems of its own, but Chicago people said Portland is scummy.

Must be tough for Portland restaurant owners to try and make a living under conditions like that.

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Ken D.

Portland_ken on Thursday, April 1, 2021 – 09:04 pm

Downtown is hurting because

Downtown is hurting because Covid cleared out all the high rise office buildings and most people are still working remotely. Hopefully with so many people getting vaccinated, things will go back to normal soon (street junkies included). But even before Covid, Portland's real charm is the neighborhoods, which seem to be getting back to normal. They just started limited capacity indoor dining and looking forward to the return of live music and street fairs this summer.

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Thumbkinetic

(Bluestnote) on Thursday, April 1, 2021 – 09:20 pm