Feast Portland 2016 Festival Lineup Announcement + Ticket On Sale

Now in its fifth year, Bon Appétit Presents Feast Portland returns to the Rose City from September 15 – 18, 2016. The foodie event that brings in chefs and attendees from around the globe features four packed full days of food, drink and education. This year’s event will see the return of the Night Market but with a new Latin twist along with a relocated Sandwich Invitational and our new favorite event, Smoked!. Festival tickets will go on sale at 9:00am Pacific on Friday, May 20. Best of all Feast Portland raised funds to help fight hunger. Last year organizers raised an astonishing $231,000 for its charitable partners.

Here is more information regarding Feast Portland from its press release:

At Bon Appétit Presents Feast Portland, one of America’s great food cities meets one of the country’s premier food and drink festivals. The festival is a culmination of more than 40 events at beautiful venues across Portland, including large-scale main events, once-in-a-lifetime collaboration dinners, expert-led tasting panels, hands-on classes, and raucous industry parties over four intense days of amazing food and drink.

“Our fifth year is here and we are ready to up the festival ante once again,” said festival co-founders Mike Thelin and Carrie Welch. “Our goal is to continue to best ourselves every year. Our fifth anniversary is a no-rerun year – everything is new and fun!”

Bon Appétit Presents Feast Portland continues to support efforts to end hunger in our community. Over the last four years, the event has donated over $231,000 to local and national charity partners working to end childhood hunger. For the fifth anniversary, the festival will keep charitable donation in its home state of Oregon, partnering exclusively with Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon with a concentrated effort on their campaign to raise awareness around school breakfast participation in Oregon schools.

2016 PARTICIPATING CHEFS
Bringing together the most legendary and hottest new chefs for a four-day party, Feast 2016 welcomes over 100 chefs from the U.S., Canada and Japan.

Visiting chefs this year include: Hugh Acheson of 5&10 (Athens, GA), Jason Alley of Pasture (Richmond, VA), Beverly Kim and Johnny Clark of Parachute Restaurant (Chicago), Kotaro Asakura of Kirakutei (Tokyo), Alex Barkley of Manolin (Seattle), Justin Brunson of Old Major (Denver), Ericka Burke of Chop Shop (Seattle), Alvin Cailan of Eggslut (Los Angeles), Chad Valencia and Chase Valencia of LASA (Los Angeles), Nina Compton of Compère Lapin (New Orleans), Abraham Conlon and Adrienne Lo of Fat Rice (Chicago), Chris Cosentino of Cockscomb (San Francisco), Tom Douglas of Tom Douglas Seattle Kitchen Restaurants (Seattle), Josh Even of Tosca Cafe (San Francisco), Isa Fabro of Unit 120 (Los Angeles), Brad Farmerie of Saxon + Parole (New York), Christine Flynn of iQ Food Co. (Toronto), Michael Fojtasek & Grae Nonas of Olamaie (Austin), Ben Ford of Ford’s Filling Station (Los Angeles), Aaron Franklin of Franklin Barbecue (Austin), Stephen Gerike of National Pork Board (Churchhill, MD), Duff Goldman of Charm City Cakes (Los Angeles), Matt Jennings of Townsman (Boston), Edouardo Jordan of Salare Restaurant (Seattle), Paul Kahan of Dove’s Luncheonette (Chicago), Jessica Koslow of Sqirl (Los Angeles), Tony Maws of Craigie on Main (Cambridge), Charles Olalia of RiceBar (Los Angeles), Ivan Orkin of Ivan Ramen (New York), Rene Ortiz of Launderette (Austin), Michael Scelfo of Alden & Harlow (Cambridge), Alon Shaya of Shaya (New Orleans), Bryan Lee Weaver and Michael Shemtov of Butcher & Bee Nashville (Nashville), and Rachel Yang of Trove (Seattle).

Local chefs this year include: Ben Bettinger of Laurelhurst Market, Phillippe Boulot of The Multnomah Athletic Club, David Briggs of Xocolatl de Davíd, Elias Cairo of Olympia Provisions, Beau Carr of Ringside Steakhouse, Devon Chase of Hamlet, Maylin Chavez and Melissa Mayer of Olympia Oyster Bar, José Chesa of Chesa, Peter Cho of Han Oak, Matt Christianson of Urban Farmer Restaurant, Lisa Clark of Petunias Pies and Pastries, Jami Curl of QUIN, Greg Denton and Gabrielle Quiñónez Denton of OX Restaurant, Scott Dolich of Park Kitchen, Patrick Fleming of Boke Bowl, Ryan Fox of Nomad PDX, Jason French of Ned Ludd, Rick Gencarelli of Lardo, Benjamin Gonzales of Nuestra Cocina, John Gorham of Toro Bravo, Gregory Gourdet of Departure, Andrew Gregory of The Woodsman Tavern, Tommy Habetz and Nick Wood of Bunk Sandwiches, Tim Healea of Little T Baker, Han Ly Hwang of Kim Jong Grillin, Eric Joppie of Bar Avignon, Scott Ketterman of Crown Paella, Dustin Koerner of Andina, Carlo Lamagna of Clyde Common, Chris Lascik of Oven and Shaker, Jenn Louis of Lincoln Restaurant, Maya Lovelace of Mae, Troy MacLarty of Bollywood Theater, Tyler Malek of Salt & Straw, Joshua McFadden of Ava Gene’s, Rich Meyer of Trifecta Tavern and Bakery, Katy Millard of Coquine, Kasey Mills of Mediterranean Exploration Company, Bonnie Morales of Kachka, Rodney Muirhead of Podnah’s Barbecue, Kristen D. Murray of Maurice, Kelly Myers of Xico, Earl Ninsom of Langbaan, Vitaly Paley of Imperial, Trent Pierce of Roe, Naomi Pomeroy of Beast, Nong Poonsukwattana of Nong’s Khao Man Gai, Annie Portlock of Annie Pies, Andy Ricker of Pok Pok, Ryan Roadhouse of Nodoguro, Gabe Rosen of Biwa, Matt Ross of The Bent Brick, Gabriel Rucker of Le Pigeon, David Sapp of Park Kitchen, Adam Sappington of The Country Cat, Sarah Schafer of Irving Street Kitchen, Billy Schumaker of Taqueria Nueve, Matt Sigler of Renata, BJ Smith of Smokehouse Tavern, Joel Stocks and William Preisch of Holdfast, Leather Storrs of Noble Rot, Erik Van Kley of Taylor Railworks, Kyle Linden Webster of Expatriate, Cathy Whims of Nostrana, Justin Wills of Restaurant Beck, Justin Woodward of Castagna Restaurant, and Jin Soo Yang of Bamboo Sushi.

2016 FESTIVAL EVENTS:
Bon Appétit Presents Feast Portland is launching a brand new series of four Fun-Size events based on the overwhelming popularity of the Aaron Franklin Stumptown Cook-Out event held in 2015. Bigger than a Dinner Series event though smaller and more intimate than the festival’s main events, these mid-size events with varying themes at venues around the city include a reprise of last year’s cook-out with Franklin Barbecue & Family, a party celebrating the art of the ultimate comfort food in its many forms at Eat Your Feelings – The Noodle Edition, hang out with the most incredible lineup of bartenders for a laid back afternoon of drinks and bites at Peace, Love and Cocktails, and a Southern-style picnic to wrap up the weekend at The Go Get You Some Picnic.

The festival’s Friday night main event USA Pears Night Market Presented by Alaska Airlines Visa Signature Card remains the party of all parties, featuring a light-strung village of stalls serving up a crazy slate of street food. This year’s theme: Playful Latin cooking, from Mexico to Madrid. With taco mashups, reimagined grilled Argentine meats, and inspired Spanish bites, the Night Market delivers a night of Latin song and sauce with the energy and excitement you’ve come to expect.

Sandwich Invitational Presented by Portland Monthly Magazine, the annual sandwich showdown that kicks off Feast weekend on Thursday night, is pulling up its tube socks and heading east across the river this year to the Rose Quarter Commons. 14 of the best chefs in the country will suit up to blaze a trail to sandwich glory. Guests hold the power to taste and vote for a favorite sandwich of the night, along with an esteemed panel of judges comprised of local and national culinary legends. From the cutting-edge, to the mysterious to the nostalgic – who will go for the long ball, Rip City-style? Boom Shaka Lacka!

Last year’s breakout new event, Oregonian Media Group Smoked! Presented by Tillamook will return to The Fields in Northwest Portland as the final main evening event of Feast on Saturday night. Don’t call it a cookout –Smoked! is a delightful meat-fueled inferno of the best chefs slinging Flintstonian cuts of beef, pork, fish and fowl where diners will sip regional reserve wines, rambunctious cocktails and cold beer as they wander from pit to pit tasting all the prized bites that grill gurus from the country’s top kitchens can dole out.

The Grand Tasting is the festival’s largest tasting event and a culinary road trip of America’s food culture. The walk-around tasting on Friday and Saturday afternoon of Feast weekend in Pioneer Courthouse Square, a cozy brick amphitheater in the city center, will introduce attendees to over 80 food and drink vendors from Oregon and beyond. Bon Appétit curates the best and most buzz worthy in the BA Mercantile, the brand’s weekend headquarters, featuring an appetizing assortment of food and fun.

Brunch Village Presented by Whole Foods Market closes Bon Appétit Presents Feast Portland weekend on Sunday in the best way possible – a spirited outdoor celebration, where brunch chef legends create the ultimate offerings of pork, eggs, flour, salt, butter, booze and love with Mimosas and Bloody Marys in-hand.

The Dinner Series events are once-in-a-lifetime meals crafted through the collaboration of the country’s most innovative culinary minds. This year’s coveted Dinner Series events feature Greg Denton and Gabrielle Quiñónez Denton, and Tony Maws at Ox Restaurant; John Gorham and Chris Cosentino at Plaza Del Toro; Jason French and Paul Kahan At Elder Hall; and the Twisted Filipino dinner featuring Filipino-American chefs Chad and Chase Valencia (LASA), Alvin Cailan (Eggslut), Charles Olalia (RiceBar), Isa Fabro (Unit 120), and host chef Carlo Lamagna (Clyde Common) at The Cleaners in Ace Hotel. The exclusive dinners hosted at KitchenCru, Portland’s culinary incubator, include Bon Appétit Presents the Hot Ten – America’s Best New Restaurants hosted by Bon Appétit Deputy Editor Andrew Knowlton and Editor in Chief Adam Rapoport; Shabbat Shalom celebrating Israeli cuisine with Alon Shaya (Shaya, New Orleans), Jenn Louis (Lincoln and Sunshine Tavern, Portland), Kasey Mills (Mediterranean Exploration Company, Portland) and Michael Shemtov and Bryan Lee Weaver (Butcher & Bee, Nashville); Konnichiwa PDX with Ivan Orkin (Ivan Ramen, New York), Naomi Pomeroy (Beast, Portland), Justin Woodward (Castagna, Portland), Gabe Rosen (Biwa, Portland) and Ryan Roadhouse (Nodoguro, Portland) and special guest and master chef Kotaro Asakura (Kirakutei, Tokyo); Enchantment Under the Sea with Trent Pierce (Roe, Portland), Joel Stocks and Will Presich (Holdfast, Portland), Edouardo Jordan (Salare Restaurant, Seattle), and Kristen Murray (Maurice, Portland); and Washington Wine– THE Dinner hosted by award-winning national wine writer Bruce Schoenfeld with chefs Scott Dolich and David Sapp (Park Kitchen, Portland).

Taste through premium beverages with national industry experts at Drink Tank Presented by Imbibe tasting panels in the beautiful Evans H. Roberts Sculpture Mall of Portland Art Museum. Feast panelists will share their extensive knowledge along with a few good stories as they explore new trends in the wine, beer and cocktail world. For those who want to bring home more than just a full belly from the festival, Feast’s Hands-On Classes provide a rare opportunity to learn the tricks of the trade directly from the nation’s most skilled artisans and chefs in culinary spaces around Portland.

The complete Bon Appétit Presents Feast Portland lineup with event descriptions, list of participants, and ticket information can be found at FeastPortland.com. Tickets for each event are available for purchase individually and prices are all-inclusive of food and drink served at that event.

MORE INFORMATION
Thank you to Feast Portland 2016 sponsors: (National Media Sponsor) Bon Appétit, (Platinum Sponsors) SagaCity Media (Portland Monthly Magazine and Seattle Met), Travel Oregon, (Event Title Sponsors) Oregonian Media Group, USA Pears, (Event Presenting Sponsors) Alaska Airlines,Alaska Airlines Visa Signature Card, Tillamook, Whole Foods Market, (Platinum Drink Sponsors) Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, William Grant & Sons(Gold Sponsors) Breville USA, Chase Bank, National Honey Board, Nicky USA, Provenance Hotels, Shun, Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Talenti, Travel Portland, Urban Pie Pizza Co., Washington State Wine, Williams-Sonoma, (Gold Drink Sponsors) Acqua Panna, Archery Summit, Double Canyon, Goose Island Beer Co., Perrier, Precept Wine, S. Pellegrino, Sokol Blosser Winery, Union Wine Co. (Sterling Sponsors) Le Creuset, National Pork Board, Nature’s Path, Open Table, Oregon Department of Agriculture, VerTerra Dinnerware, Willamette Valley Visitors Association, (Silver Sponsors) Beaujolais Wines, California Olive Ranch, DPI Specialty Foods, Farmhouse Culture, Foods In Season, Franz Bakery, Guittard, Jacobsen Salt Co., KitchenCru, Kite Hill, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Fruit Products, Oregon Raspberry and Blackberry Commission, Oregon State University, Oregon Wine Board, Pacific Coast Fruit Company, Pacific Seafood, Snake River Farms, Sunshine Dairy, Umpqua Bank, Zidell Yards, (Bronze Drink Sponsors) Brooks Wine, Dobbes Family Estate, Domaine Drouhin Oregon, Domaine Serene Winery, Elizabeth Chambers Cellar, Hyland Estates, Ponzi Vineyards, Stoller Family Estate, (Media Partners) Alpha Media, Eater, Edible Canada, Food52, Imbibe, KATU,Pollinate, (Hotel Partners) Heathman Hotel, Hotel DeLuxe, Hotel Lucia, Hotel Modera, Hotel Rose, Sentinel, The Westin, (Partners) Buffalo Trace, Cascade Organic LLC, Doug Fir Lounge, DRY Sparkling, Hama Hama Oysters, Health Ade, House Spirits Distillery, Oregon Cheese Guild, Red Duck Foods, Schwabe Williamson and Wyatt, The International Culinary School at the Art Institute of Portland, and West Coast Event Productions.

Visitors and media guests are encouraged to expand their festival experience by taking advantage of pre- and post-festival trips that take them to Oregon tastemakers’ favorite mouthwatering spots around the state. Travel Oregon’s “Trails to Feast” inspirational itineraries give a firsthand look into Oregon’s bounty – meeting the farmers, fishermen, winemakers, foragers and food artisans who contributed the ingredients behind Feast. For more information or to plan your tasty adventure, go to TravelOregon.com/see-do/eat-drink.

For more information visit www.feastportland.com and follow the festival on Facebook, Twitter (@FeastPDX), and Instagram (@FeastPortland)

ABOUT FEAST PORTLAND
Entering its fifth year, Bon Appétit Presents Feast Portland is the flagship food and drink festival in the Pacific Northwest, capturing the current energy and enthusiasm driving America’s food revolution. Founded in 2012 by Mike Thelin and Carrie Welch, Feast Portland showcases local culinary talent and Pacific Northwest ingredients alongside internationally recognized chefs, culinary professionals and industry leaders. Feast Portland continues to support efforts to end hunger in our community, donating 2016 net proceeds towards ending childhood hunger in Oregon through Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon.

ABOUT BON APPÉTIT
Bon Appétit is where food and culture meet. The award-winning No. 1 food lifestyle brand covers food through the lens of cooking, fashion, travel, technology, design, and home. Advertising Age named Bon Appétit brand of the year, the magazine was the No. 1 magazine on the A list and Pamela Drucker Mann was named Publishing Executive of the Year. That marks four consecutive years on the Advertising Age A list and 4 years on the Adweek Hot List. Bon Appétit has been nominated for 28 National Magazine Awards.

ABOUT PARTNERS FOR A HUNGER-FREE OREGON
Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon (PHFO) raises awareness about hunger, connects people to nutrition programs, and advocates for systemic changes that end hunger before it begins. During the past five years, PHFO has helped connect tens of thousands of children to nutritious meals in communities across Oregon. With the help of local partners and strategic advocacy, PHFO works to make basic needs like food, housing and childcare more accessible for millions of working families in Oregon. PHFO recently launched a campaign to encourage schools to serve breakfast in the most effective way: after the bell and at no charge. Connect with the PHFO mission during Feast Portland by using #WhyWeFeast.