#236 Right at the Moment: Kurt Huffman of ChefStable

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Recorded Monday, 23 March, 2020

We continue our coverage of the COVID-19's affect on the Portland restaurant industry with one of the key operators in the city, Kurt Huffman.  Kurt's ChefStable Group is dealing with the fallout from the Coronavirus on 20 separate fronts, as over 700 employees and their livelihoods are in limbo.  Kurt discusses how he made the decision to close all of his restaurants in conjunction with his separate partners at each establishment, what the dire cash flow numbers look like, and what he sees the restaurant industry might look like when and whether restaurants will be able to reopen. This is a special Right at the Moment edition of our podcast with host Chris Angelus operating out of his home.

www.chefstablegroup.com

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#235 Right at the Moment: Ringside's Craig Peterson and Toro Bravo Inc's John Gorham

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Recorded 18 March, 2020

We've scrapped our planned episodes for the moment, to talk about what's going on at the moment with Ringside's Craig Peterson and Toro Bravo Inc's John Gorham on Week 1 of Life in PDX with COVID-19.

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#234 Kiara Hardy - Trail Blazer Hassan Whiteside's Private Chef | Kitchen Killa Culinary Solutions

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Right At The Fork's International Women's Month continues, with a chat with Chef Kiara Hardy, owner of Kitchen Killa Culinary Solutions, and personal chef to Trail Blazer Hassan Whiteside. She's joined by Crystal Chanel, business guru and life partner, to talk about their journey to Portland, and what it's like as the personal chef to an NBA player. 

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#233 Emily Everett - Quaintrelle | Abbey Road Farm

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Emily Everett joins the podcast to talk about her journey from the East Coast to Portland, with an update on Quaintrelle and Abby Road Farm. 

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#232 Jace Krause - Fried Egg I'm In Love

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Jace Krause joins the podcast to talk about his journey from Montana, to Seattle, to Portland... and how his talent of making a really good fried egg sandwich was the start to Fried Egg I'm In Love.

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#231 Kelsey Glasser - Arden

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Kelsey Glasser is the owner and sommelier of Arden in Northwest Portland.  She joins the podcast to talk about what took her from the Willamette Valley to pursue acting in New York and L.A... and how wine brought her back to the Pacific Northwest.  Plus, she'll share how Arden brought the two career paths together.

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RATF Presents: The Joy of Drinking Podcast with Joy Church - Ep #2 Celebrates Valentine's Day with Matt Eyman and Purrington's Cat Lounge

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Welcome to Episode 2 of The Joy of Drinking! This two-parter is all about Valentine's Day drinking. Man-about-town Matt Eyman shares his list of the very best bars for grabbing a secret smooch and wooing your date. On the flip side, we have something special for singles-a visit to Purrington's Cat Lounge where we taste from their new beverage list and talk about the importance of cat companionship.

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#230 Scott Winegard - Farm Spirit

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Meet Scott Winegard, co-chef at Farm Spirit.   Scott joins the podcast to talk about what brought him Portland in early 2019, his  years of corporate cheffing for Matthew Kenney Cuisine - and what ultimately made him decide to join forces with Aaron Adams at Farm Spirit. 

Be sure to check out Farm Spirit's new lunch hours and menu - and their Folklore Brunch. Get your details at www.FarmSpiritPDX.com.

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#R180 Jenn Topliff - Roons

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It's a classic episode of Right at the Fork, going back to November of 2018.

Roons started out in a kitchen in Napa Valley back in 2010, when Jenn Topliff noticed a severe lack of (delicious) gluten-free treats.  Enter Jenn's homemade macaroons.

Hear what led Jenn to start up Roons... and what ultimately brought her and her family to Portland. And, check out Roons at www.EatRoons.com

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RATF Presents: The Joy of Drinking Podcast with Joy Church - Ep #1 Featuring Karen Locke & Tea Drunk

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Right at the Fork presents The Joy of Drinking Podcast with Joy Church!

Join host Joy Church for this two-part episode. First, Joy gets schooled by beverage writer/author/ business owner, Karen Locke, about Portland's best dark bars, hot toddies, and jello shots. In the second half, Joy gets a tea buzz with Ravi Kroesen, head tea maker at esteemed Smith Tea, and PoMo's "Restaurant Chef of the Year 2018," Chef Karl Holl while learning about their delicious Tea Drunk Dinner Series.

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#229 Joy Church - JC Plays with Food | The Joy of Drinking Podcast

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Joy Church returns to the podcast, and instead of guest-hosting, she's in the hot seat, talking with Chris and Cort about JC Plays with Food, and a new project, The Joy of Drinking Podcast, launching right here on Right at the Fork.

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#228 John Gorham - Toro Bravo Inc

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John Gorham is back on the podcast, making his fourth appearance, to talk about Toro Bravo Inc and his plans for expansion in 2020. Plus, a serious talk about his health. 

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#R131 Tommy Habetz - Bunk and Pizza Jerk

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Here's a look back at Episode 131 from August of 2017.

Tommy Habetz joins us to talk about his Connecticut upbringing on the outskirts of Bridgeport, his days at Ripe, where a crew of young chefs set the tone for the Portland food scene to come, as well as his love of music.

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#R63 Lisa Herlinger - Ruby Jewel Ice Cream

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It's a classic episode of Right at the Fork, going back to November of 2015, and two conversations with Lisa Herlinger of Ruby Jewel Ice Cream.  So much has changed (a national roll-out + new NW location), so we thought it would be fun to look back this convo from 4 years ago.

We've got the sweet backstory of one of Portland's best food artisan startups-to-empire success story.  It's a double scoop-sized podcast of Ruby Jewel!

Mentioned in this episode:
broderpdx.com/
www.sweedeedee.com/
www.milkglassmrkt.com/
www.lifeofpiepizza.com/
www.portlandwings.com/

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